It's official! On October 7, 2009, during its national conference aboard the Carnival Pride, CruiseOne and Cruises Inc. launched their first land division. As reported in today's edition of Travel Pulse, "As part of the new integrated program, 1,000-plus CruiseOne franchise owners and Cruises Inc. independent agents are now officially licensed to sell land travel and will be rewarded for doing so with exclusive incentives. The new land division of CruiseOne and Cruises Inc. will be rolled out in several phases. The first phase includes 10 preferred land partners -- Apple Vacations, Club Med, Disney Destinations, Funjet Vacations, Globus Family of Brands, GOGO Worldwide Vacations, Sandals Resorts, Trafalgar, Travel Impressions and US Airways Vacations. Future phases expected to launch over the next 24 months will include the addition of new land partners."
This is REALLY big news for us CruiseOne agents because so many times we have gotten requests from clients for land packages, but we've never really had access to great deals before. Traning on land operators has always been on-our-own -- I am already a Certified Apple Vacations Agent, and am in the process of completing my training with Disney Destinations -- but now we can expect more formal training and support from our corporate headquarters. But the best part about this news is that now, by forming partnerships with these top land providers, we can access great deals for our clients and earn top commission dollars as well. So it's definitely a win-win situation and I am very excited about this opportunity.
So start thinking about that next vacation to Hawaii, Europe, DisneyWorld or Las Vegas and call me, your Independent Cruise Specialist, at (630) 868-6719 or toll-free at (877) 823-8597.
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