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CRUISE PLANNERS – AMERICAN EXPRESS TRAVEL CELEBRATES SUCCESS OF CRUISITUDE™ REVOLUTION

Cruise Planners – American Express Travel Executive Team including CEO & Co-founder Michelle Fee, Executive Vice President of Sales and Marketing Vicky Garcia, and Chief Financial Officer Tom Kruszewski set the stage for what the company expects to be a successful 2013 at the opening session of the Cruisitude™ Revolution, the company’s 16th annual convention that took place at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Hollywood, Florida, late last week and concluded with a special two night preview cruise aboard Celebrity Reflection.

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The Cruisitude Revolution was packed with the best breakouts in the biz.

Day two of the Cruisitude Revolution was packed with the best breakouts in the biz.  From Home Office marketing and technology sessions to destination specialists and social media experts, Cruise Planners secured the best of the best in their fields to provide agents with a slew of business and marketing advice. 

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The Cruisitude Revolution Rocks the House.

Cruise Planners – American Express Travel’s annual convention started off with a bang as nearly 500 travel advisors, many dressed in their green and bling gear, gave CEO Michelle Fee and the Home Office team a round of applause as they entered the main ballroom of Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino.

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Breakout Sessions Kick Start Day 2 of 2011 CP Con

Bienvenido!  It is day two of 2011 CP Con and theYucatansun is shining brightly overRivieraMaya,Mexico.  The morning began with a full breakfast buffet sponsored by Norwegian Cruise Line before the day’s first series of breakout sessions. Home Office team and cruse line industry professionals led the workshops with the goal to provide CP travel advisors with business advice that will ultimately help them build the confidence they need to tackle the upcoming cruising season.

 

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Cruise Planners/American Express- Full Speed Ahead CP CONV 2011

Hola CPer’s!  We have to admit, day one of 2011 CP Con was beyond a success!  Hundreds of Cruise Planners travel advisors flew to Riviera Maya, Mexico, to kick start this annual event held for the FIRST TIME abroad at the all-inclusive El Dorado Royale!  What better way to begin our opening session than with an authentic mariachi band, dancers and Michelle Fee attempting to speak Spanish before hundreds of Cruise Planners travel advisors. Great job by the Home Office team helping her pull that one off! 

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Cruise Planners Kicks Off 2010 Convention

To better support Cruise Planners’ agents, the executives announced a number of upgrades to the company’s arsenal of stellar services to help agents serve clients, work faster and SELL!

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Cruisitude Convention – Fireside Chats with Execs

One of the benefits of being a Cruise Planners franchise owner is that each agent receives support and has direct access to the Home Office team.

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Cruisitude Convention – Celebrity and Royal Caribbean’s Recipe for Success

Being passionate about cruising is vital to closing sales so she recommends finding your passion.

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Cruisitude Convention – Epic Changes in Cruising

This year more than $4.7 billion was invested in 15 new (and some extremely large) ships, which is a great sign for travel agents.

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Cruisitude Convention - Carnival Cruise Lines' Adolfo Perez

VP of Worldwide Reservation Sales for Carnival Cruise Lines kicked off the morning with tips on how agents can make more money without spending a dime.

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Cruisitude convention – Results-driven Social Media Marketing

Social media has grown exponentially since last year’s conference, so this year, we invited Ashley Norman.

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Cruisitude Convention - It's a Family Fued

It's a Family Feud at the Cruise Planners Convention.

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Cruisitude convention - Cruise line executive panel

Each executive shared how agents can benefit from their line's incentive programs.

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Cruisitude convention - Celebrity Cruises' Dondra Ritzenhaler

Travel professionals are in the business of inspiration and sell it everyday. What is more inspiring for anyone than going on vacation?

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Cruisitude convention - Princess Cruises' Lee Robinson

Lee Robinson, VP of Field Sales for Princess, provided agents with a lesson in how a little time travel can teach survival tactics for the future.

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Cruisitude Convention 2009 - Opening ceremonies

A completely unique, industry-leading training program offering Cruise Planners core business content; a partnership with CLIA; anchor partners including Royal Caribbean, Celebrity and Azamara; and courses taught by internal and external business experts.

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Cruise Planners American Express launches CPU - industry’s first virtual education platform

Agents now have access to leading online educational content, social networking opportunities and the industry’s highest accreditation 

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Cruisitude Convention 2009 - Kick-start!

The tradeshow is a convention favorite and has something for everyone.

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THE CRUISITUDE IS SET FOR CRUISE PLANNERS’ ANNUAL CONFERENCE

Highlights of the convention will include an important announcement about Cruise Planners University (CPU) and industry updates and forecasts from top executives.

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CRUISE PLANNERS-AMERICAN EXPRESS LAUNCHES INDUSTRY’S FIRST VIRTUAL EDUCATION PLATFORM

Cruise Planners launches industry’s first virtual education platform Agents now have access to leading online educational content, social networking opportunities and the industry’s highest accreditation   Fort Lauderdale, Fla. – November 18, 2009 – During today’s opening ceremony of the Cruise Planners/American Express annual convention, company leaders unveiled a new virtual educational platform that integrates Cruise Planners University (CPU) with Cruise Lines International Association’s (CLIA) certification process and cruise line traini...Read More...