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Cruise Planners has Incredible Week of Purchases Driven by Royal Caribbean’s Icon of the Seas

 

CORAL SPRINGS, Fla. Nov.04- It’s not quite Black Friday yet, but Cruise Planners posted an incredible week of sales driven by Royal Caribbean’s announcement for their newest ship, Icon of the Seas. Cruise Planners booked a record number of cabins for the Icon of the Seas, which is slated to debut in the fall of 2023. After the announcement and opening for sales on October 25th, Cruise Planners advisors hit the ground running to book cabins for the ultimate, family-friendly ship that will break records as the largest cruise ship in the world when it debuts.

 

“Every time Royal Caribbean introduces a new ship, we see a direct correlation in our sales, and Icon Of the Seas did not disappoint,” said Michelle Fee, CEO and founder of Cruise Planners. “Families are ready to make memories and they want to be wowed. Royal Caribbean continues to outdo themselves and we are excited for families to have this option when planning their next cruise vacation.”

 

Cruise Planners is gearing up for their annual convention, which begins November 11th. There, they will reveal several new innovations, initiatives, programs and tools that will continue help advisors be more efficient and grow their travel sales. Travel is back and 2023 is pacing to be a record year for Cruise Planners.

 

 

Company Background: 

Cruise Planners was founded in 1994 and is the nation’s largest home-based travel agent franchise network. As a leader in the travel franchise industry, Cruise Planners positions a nation-wide network of 2,500 franchise owners for success by providing innovative marketing programs, proprietary and cutting-edge booking and technology tools, as well as professional development and travel agent training with the industry’s top executives. The company continues to be an industry leader and was named the No.1 travel franchise by Entrepreneur magazine for 18 consecutive years and awarded by Franchise Business Review as “Best-In-Category” for 2 years.

 

Franchise Business Review also ranked Cruise Planners #3 OVERALL on their list of Top 200 Franchises of 2022. Cruise Planners was recently featured in Entrepreneur as one of the top 30 franchise innovators in technology, has been consistently named as one of the Top Women-Owned Businesses by the South Florida Business Journal, is on the Inc. 5000 list as one of the fastest-growing private companies in America, and was recognized as one of the Top Workplaces by the Sun Sentinel.

 

Visit our website, www.cruiseplanners.com, for more information or to view the complete list of awards and honors. For those interested in becoming a franchise owner, please visit https://www.cruiseplannersfranchise.com/

Santiago Alvarado

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