Cruise Planners, an American Express Travel Representative, kicked off its highly anticipated annual Convention in Hollywood, Fla. at The Diplomat Beach Resort with more than 700 Cruise Planners® travel advisors and hundreds of trade partners. Its 26th year Convention theme is Mission Possible, inspiring the network to identify their mission and make it possible.
HOLLYWOOD, FLA. (PRWEB) December 03, 2019 - Cruise Planners, an American Express Travel Representative, kicked off its highly anticipated annual Convention in Hollywood, Fla. at The Diplomat Beach Resort with more than 700 Cruise Planners® travel advisors and hundreds of trade partners. Its 26th year Convention theme is Mission Possible, inspiring the network to identify their mission and make it possible.
Positive Sales Growth
For 2019, Cruise Planners reported strong sales growth year over year in cruise, luxury, river and land sales at an average growth of 19%. Looking ahead to 2020, Cruise Planners is pacing at 25% year over year.
“The annual sales growth of our Cruise Planners seems nearly impossible. It’s not an easy task to continue to maintain such large growth year after year,” says Michelle Fee, CEO and founder of Cruise Planners. “But we have the best travel advisors in the industry and the best marketing, training and technology programs all working together to achieve the impossible.”
Top Three Destinations
Europe had its best year ever and is trending strong again in 2020. Caribbean and Alaska, always top destinations, remained popular and showing double digit growth as well for 2020.
As an industry leading innovator, Cruise Planners announced an incredible 14 new proprietary tools designed to help travel advisors to be more efficient, effective and to help analyze their business.
Here are a just a few of the new tools:
Loyalty And Retention
Accommodating Client’s Changing Needs
“At Cruise Planners, our in-house marketing and technology teams develop and automate marketing campaigns focused on lead generation and client retention,” says Vicky Garcia, COO and co-owner. “We continue to develop new programs geared towards making life easier for our travel advisors and helping them be successful.”
The annual convention ends with a three-night cruise onboard Princess Cruises’ brand new ship, the Sky Princess.
Fee adds, “Our Cruise Planners travel advisors’ mission is to grow the Cruise Planners’ World... Mission Accomplished!”
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Caitlin Gardner
Cruise Planners, an American Express Travel Representative
954-344-8060
Susan Chou
Cruise Planners, an American Express Travel Representative
954-344-8060
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Cruise Planners, an American Express Travel Representative, is a home-based travel agent franchise network in the travel industry.