PHOTO: Cruise Planners COO and co-owner Vicky Garcia. (Courtesy of Cruise Planners)
Since its inception in 1994, Cruise Planners, an American Express Travel Representative, has perpetually enhanced its turnkey business solutions to help agents stay several steps ahead of the competition.
Travel advisors attending the Agent@Home Travel Summits in Long Beach and Atlantic City will have the opportunity to learn about Cruise Planners' myriad competitive advantages first hand. "Cruise Planners is participating in the Agent@Home Summit to network with our own Cruise Planners travel advisors in attendance as well as showcase our business model to those who may not have an affiliation with a host agency, consortia or franchisor," Vicky Garcia, COO and co-owner of Cruise Planners.
"We feel strongly that travel agents should look at joining an organization that not only offers them top commissions, but also provides them with strong marketing tools, exclusive offers, cutting-edge technology, training and business development support," Garcia said. "There is way too much information in the travel industry, and home-based agents should have the support so they aren't alone."
As Garcia likes to say, the company provides travel franchisors "a business in a box." Part and part parcel of that box is a robust range of educational offerings designed to help agents stay several steps ahead of the competition. "At Cruise Planners we believe training is an essential part of understanding the overall travel industry, and we provide multiple opportunities for our travel agents and franchise owners to constantly learn at their own pace," said Garcia. "There is a heavy emphasis placed on training and the importance of providing a range of customizable training opportunities and tools in order to resonate with all learning styles."
The company's educational options run the gamut, from its one-on-one coaching sessions to online forums to regional training programs to seminars at sea.
Its Cruise Planners University Program is designed to help franchise owners maximize sales and manage their businesses more effectively. The program, which is free to all franchisees, includes a curriculum with more than 600 videos and tutorials.
Cruise Planners, which is participating as an Agent@Home Travel Summit Silver Sponsor, provides agents with work-from-home franchise opportunities.
Agent@Home Travel Summits, the first of their kind, provide a forum where home-based travel agents, the readers of Agent@Home magazine, can network, learn how to improve their business, and discover more about travel industry products and services. Twin summits are scheduled in Long Beach, Calif., Sept. 15-18, and Atlantic City, N.J., Sept. 29-Oct. 2.
The summits bring Agent@Home, the only magazine that caters to home-based travel professionals and entrepreneurs, to life by offering extensive educational programming covering the top issues facing the travel agency trade today. Agent@Home is a sister publication to TravelPulse.com.
For more information or to register, click on Agent@Home Travel Summit. Travel suppliers interested in exhibiting and/or speaking at either event should contact show organizer Paul Muir at pmuir@mse-management.com.
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