CruiseWorld’s Educational Content Will Help You Level Up Your Business

A Comprehensive Learning and Networking Opportunity for Travel Advisors

 

Contributed by: Northstar Media

 

Travel Weekly’s CruiseWorld continues its commitment to advisor education. This year’s event is taking place November 6-8 at the Greater Fort Lauderdale/Broward County Convention Center in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Programming will include a multitude of learning options for attendees including: general sessions, peer-led workshops, supplier training sessions, and a think tank thought sharing and engagement.

 

 

Speakers on the general session stage will include CEOs, presidents, and sales and marketing executives from airlines, cruise lines, hotels and resorts, destinations, professional services and tour operators. Notably, Carnival Corporation & plc is set to sponsor a pivotal general session, providing exclusive insights from this industry leader. Additionally, the event will feature breakfast and lunch presentations from leading brands including Carnival Cruise Line, Celebrity Cruises, MSC Cruises, Norwegian Cruise Line, Royal Caribbean, and Silversea Cruises. Attending advisors will hear straight from the leadership about innovations, changes, new products, and new opportunities in the coming year, plus how they can use that information to create better experiences for their clients and earn higher profits for themselves and their agencies.

 

Back again are CruiseWorld’s Spotlights, where the audience hears from suppliers in different segments of our industry about their brands and the importance of the travel advisor in their future. This year’s spotlights will feature Alaska – Visit Anchorage, ALG Vacations, Cunard, Sandals & Beaches Resorts, Virgin Voyages, and Windstar Cruises.

 

Returning are the ever-popular Pitch Perfect sessions. During these sessions advisors host panel discussions with suppliers in a specific category. These sessions help the audience better understand the brands in each category and how to match them to their clients. This year’s categories include luxury, river/small-ship cruises, groups, and adventure/expedition. Participating suppliers include, AmaWaterways; Avalon Waterways; Blue Diamond Luxury Boutique Hotel; Celestyal Cruises; Dominican Republic Tourism Board; Exoticca; Explora Journeys; Inclusive Collection, part of World of Hyatt; Oceania Cruises; Regent Seven Seas Cruises; Riviera River Cruises; Sandos Hotels & Resorts; Seabourn; Scenic Luxury Cruises; and Windstar Cruises.

 

 

TW Talks are set to inspire advisors through short, thought-provoking messages from travel agency leadership including, Cruise Planners, Dream Vacations, Ensemble Travel, Envoyage, Nexion Travel Group, and Vacation Planners.

 

Peer-to-peer workshops, sponsored by Holland America Line, are led by some of the most esteemed advisors in the industry. Taking place on Friday, November 8th, advisors will dive into topics such as group cruises, strategies for selling luxury, e-mail and social media marketing tools, growing your travel business, unleashing your leadership potential, travel and the law, referral bookings, and more.

 

The advisor attendees will also have a chance to brainstorm together in an interactive Think Tank. Attendees will be able to share ideas about what has worked for them and ask for assistance from their peers for challenges they are facing.

 

Supplier-sponsored workshops will also be offered on Wednesday and Thursday, November 6 and 7. Attendees will hear from Alaska- Visit Anchorage, Carnival Corporation, Celebrity Cruises, Cruise Planners, Greater Miami Convention & Visitors Bureau, The Hawaiian Islands, Holland America Line, Japan National Tourism Organization, Majestic Resorts, Norwegian Cruise Line, Playa Hotels & Resorts, Sandals & Beaches Resorts, Royal Caribbean Cruise Line, Scenic Luxury Cruises and Emerald Cruises, VAX VacationAccess, Virgin Voyages, and Windstar Cruises.

 

 

A special pre-event workshop will be offered by Disney Destinations on Tuesday, November 5^th. Marketing & sales representatives from Disney Destinations & Lindblad Expeditions will share key updates, important brand positioning and impactful marketing strategies to help grow your sales of three exciting vacation options.

 

Travel Institute graduates with a Certified Travel Associate (CTA), a Certified Travel Consultant (CTC) or a Certified Travel Industry Executive (CTIE) who attend CruiseWorld will earn 10 Continuing Education Units (CEU’s)

 

To view the full program of sessions and events and to register, click here. Use code HBTA at checkout to receive $25 off the current registration rate.