AIDA Cruises named Best Employer 2014 in Tourism

The following press release has been translated from German to English. Please excuse any grammatical errors. 

Rostock, January 28, 2014 /3BL Media/ - The cruise company AIDA Cruises was on Monday evening (27 January 2014) with the focus Seal "Best Employer 2014" award in the tourism industry.

"We thank our employees for their trust. This award shows us that our commitment to our employees arrive, "says Michael Ungerer, President of AIDA Cruises. "We offer a working environment in which the individual abilities of all employees are valued and developed. We support motivated employees with potential in their personal career planning. "

In the largest survey of this type detected, the news magazine Focus in collaboration with Xing, the leading professional network in the German-speaking world, and Kununu, the largest German employers review the portal that. 800 best employers with more than 500 employees from 22 industries The representative survey that has been conducted by Statista, based on the reviews of 19,700 workers from all hierarchical and ages as well as 23,200 employer ratings on Kununu. Workers assess employers, employees, their bosses: How the respondents said, among other things, how satisfied they are with the leadership of their superiors, their job prospects, the content and the image of their employer. It was also the willingness to recommend their own employer as well as the willingness to recommend other employers within the industry in which the respondents are active queried. Focus awarded the "Best Employer Award" at the top three employers in all industries, divided into large-and medium-sized companies. (All results of the employee survey are "the best employers in Germany" published in Focus Special on January 28, 2014.)

AIDA Cruises is one of the fastest growing and most successful business tourism firms in Germany and has won several awards as a top employer in Germany. The company currently employs 6,900 people from 34 countries, 6,000 of them on board, 900 to the corporate headquarters in Rostock and Hamburg.As a shipping company and organizer operates and markets AIDA Cruises currently has ten cruise ships, one of the most modern fleets in the world. The ships are operated to the highest international quality, environmental, and safety standards. By 2016 the AIDA fleet will grow to twelve ships.