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 By Chuck Brown
President & CEO
Cruise & Vacation Specialists came to fruition in 2001 with the purpose of providing the leisure travel industry with a consortium that could help market a smaller group of specialized companies.
As the competition for leisure travel sales continues to skyrocket, leisure travel sellers will need to focus on certain segments of the marketplace, enabling them to advance to the next level of specialization. Cruise & Vacation Specialists is currently the only marketing consortium in the industry that focuses on specialization and niche market travel sales.
Cruise & Vacation believes that in order for the small to medium-sized leisure travel seller to continue to thrive in the travel business they will have to evolve in several ways:
• Focus more of their energies and resources toward affinity group business;
• Concentrate on the type of leisure travel and clientele that would have a greater need for their services;
• Advance to the next level as a “specialist” that will enable them to effectively tap into that “Global Distribution System” of which we are all struggling to become a viable part.
Cruise & Vacation’s umbrella of companies and programs can provide leisure travel sellers with the tools they need to help build a niche for themselves regardless of their “designation.”
Whether an individual chooses to work from a retail location, office suite, home office or treehouse, our organization does not make a distinction between members. We’ve developed a unique flexible program that allows our members to maximize the benefits from all our programs at an affordable and fair price, regardless of sales volumes.
Cruise & Vacations Consultants is the most recent addition to our offerings that provides marketing, technology, and training for the leisure travel industry through a group of independent technology experts, marketers, and educators who can assist members to pave a road to success.
If you are interested in learning more about Cruise & Vacation Specialists, please feel free to give us a call at (866) 424-5262 or visit our Web site at www.candvspecialists.com
| Cruise & Vacation Specialists, Inc. |
115 Metairie Rd.
Metairie, LA 70005
(866) 424-5262 • Fax: (504) 833-7048
www.candvspecialists.com
E-mail: chuckb@cruiseandvacation.com
Sondra Brown, CFO
Chuck Brown, President/CEO
National Leisure Travel Organization
Year Organization Started: 1984
Years in Business: 23
Membership Fee: from $445
Special Member Services:
Cruise & Vacation Specialists, Inc. has carefully selected and negotiated with a wide variety of leisure travel companies, including cruise lines, tour operators, wholesalers and ancillary suppliers to help our members increase group business, penetrate upscale markets and develop niche market awareness. Our Preferred Partners feature Bonus Commissions, Marketing & Coop Support, Training, Technology and more.
Comprehensive Member Support Program featuring our own, custom-designed, online desktop tool — AgentNavigator. Cruise & Vacation Specialists also offers more Technology options than any other consortium. From complete, all-in-one, online booking engines to customized consumer targeted Web sites, we help you make the best possible technology choice.
Cruise & Vacation Specialists has put together marketing programs designed specially to help the leisure travel seller compete in today's highly competitive marketplace. In addition to helping you trim marketing costs, we can help you produce a marketing image that evokes quality, specialty, uniqueness, and professionalism. Marketing elements include both traditional and more contemporary approaches.
In addition to providing some of our own training and consulting, we tap into an impressive pool of knowledgeable travel industry leaders and consultants. We also provide special discounts to many of the leisure travel industry's top educational forums including: CLIA, NACOA, NACTA, Travel Trade's CRUISE-A-THON and more.
Cruise & Vacation Specialists is the lowest cost leisure travel consortium in the industry. In addition to our many programs, Cruise & Vacation is the best choice for the frugal-minded small to midsized leisure travel seller.
Goal:
Our goal is to be profitable while offering programs that are unique to the market place. Our Mission Statement is to help our members enjoy a healthy, profitable, and fun business environment in which they can realize their entrepreneurial dreams through an exciting lifestyle of travel. |
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