Iceland Unlimited awarded the 2015 TripAdvisor Certificate of Excellence

A milestone in the Icelandic travel agency’s saga

Reykjavik, Iceland – WEBWIRE – Thursday, May 21, 2015

"The entire team has been striving for this for some time now and we’ve worked hard to achieve this. We couldn’t be happier”

Iceland Unlimited, a Reykjavik based travel agency and tour operator announced today that it has received a TripAdvisor® Certificate of Excellence award. Now in its fifth year, the award celebrates excellence in hospitality and is given only to establishments that consistently achieve great traveler reviews on TripAdvisor. Certificate of Excellence winners include accommodations, eateries and attractions located all over the world that have continually delivered a superior customer experience.

When selecting Certificate of Excellence winners, TripAdvisor uses a proprietary algorithm to determine the honorees that takes into account the quality, quantity and recency of reviews and opinions submitted by travelers on TripAdvisor over a 12-month period as well as business’s tenure and ranking on the Popularity Index on the site. To qualify, a business must maintain an overall TripAdvisor bubble rating of at least four out of five, have a minimum number of reviews and must have been listed on TripAdvisor for at least 12 months.

“Winning the TripAdvisor Certificate of Excellence is a true source of pride for the entire team at Iceland Unlimited and we’d like to thank all of our past guests who took the time to complete a review on TripAdvisor,” said Jón Gunnar Benjamínsson, CEO & Founder at Iceland Unlimited. “There is no greater seal of approval than being recognized by one’s customers. With the TripAdvisor Certificate of Excellence based on customer reviews, the accolade is a remarkable vote of confidence to our business and our continued commitment to excellence. We’ve been striving for this for some time now and the entire team has worked hard to achive this. We couldn’’t be happier”, said Jón Gunnar.

TripAdvisor is pleased to honor exceptional hospitality businesses that have received consistent praise and recognition by travelers on the site,” said Marc Charron President, TripAdvisor for Business. “By putting a spotlight on businesses that are focused on delivering great service to customers, TripAdvisor not only helps drive increasing hospitality standards around the world, it also gives businesses both large and small the ability to shine and stand out from the competition.

About Iceland Unlimited
Iceland Unlimited is founded in 2010 as the entrepreneur project of Jón Gunnar Benjamínsson. His brother, Kristjan Helgi who is a professional guide of Iceland, soon joined in. Today the company employes 9 people and operates in Iceland, Greenland and the Faroe Islands. The office is located in Borgartún 27 in a fully accessible and modern building in the financial district of Reykjavik.

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