Category Archives: Press Releases

Hyatt Inclusive Collection hosted the four-day intensive training at Secrets/Dreams Playa Mujeres Fort Lauderdale, Fla. (September 26, 2023) – Land and resort vacation business is booming for travel advisors with Dream Vacations and CruiseOne®, with land sales up 20 percent year over year. The need for travel agent training in this niche is more important than ever. Hyatt Inclusive Collection ...

Avoya Creates New Executive Leadership Role to Further Drive Growth and Opportunity Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. – September 18, 2023 – Avoya Travel®, one of the travel industry’s most innovative brands, is thrilled to announce the engagement of Phil Cappelli as the company’s Chief Sales Officer (CSO). The addition of Cappelli, a highly respected executive leader across the travel industry, will ...

Conference to take place aboard Celebrity Cruises newest ship, Celebrity Ascent   Fort Lauderdale, Fla. (September 7, 2023) – Home-based agents with Dream Vacations and CruiseOne® were surprised at the Ft. Lauderdale Regional Training when Katina Athanasiou, senior vice president of sales and services for Celebrity Cruises, made the announcement revealing the date, cruise, and itinerary of ...

Cruise Planners hosts premiere Luxury Forum at Secrets St. James & Wild Orchid in Jamaica   CORAL SPRINGS, Fla. – Aug. 31, 2023—Fresh off the heels of a highly successful and lauded Land Symposium held in Fort Lauderdale, Cruise Planners is upping the ante and following up with another premiere Luxury Forum event held at Secrets St. James & Wild Orchid in Jamaica. The ...

Host Agency Members Gather for Annual Conference Aboard the Celebrity Equinox   IRVING, TX (August 19, 2023) – Nexion Travel Group, the travel industry’s premier full-service host agency, kicked off its annual member conference CoNexion today aboard Celebrity Cruises’ Celebrity Equinox. Taking place from August 19-27, 2023, the conference will sail from Fort Lauderdale, Fla. to the ABC ...

  Jacksonville, FL, August 15, 2023 – OutsideAgents.com, America’s premier host travel agency, is excited to announce the launch of a new training program called So Your Phone Rang (SYPR). This unique training program is designed to take the guesswork out of working a lead and navigates agents through the workflow from when the phone rings to after the clients return from travel. The ...

What Every Travel Advisor Needs to Know Now CORAL SPRINGS, Fla. – Aug.08, 2022— In an era where technology is king, Cruise Planners makes it a point to create and develop technology fit for royalty (travel advisor royalty that is) and answers the needs of advisors as they navigate an unprecedented booking season with finesse. The company recently partnered with Travel Market Report to produce ...

CORAL SPRINGS, Fla. – Jul. 31, 2023—In an effort to continuously educate advisors in the fast-growing land sector, Cruise Planners recently hosted their popular Land Symposium to help advisors network, learn and fine-tune their professional development skills. The event, which began in 2014, has become one of the most anticipated industry-leading events, bringing together land suppliers and ...

 Dream Vacations billboard featured in NYC’s Times Square through August 20th  New York, N.Y. (August 1, 2023) – Leading travel agency franchise Dream Vacations is illuminating New York City as its vibrant digital billboard shines bright in the heart of Times Square at 43rd St. & Broadway. Standing more than seven stories tall, this iconic LED display has become the talk of the town, ...

Dream Vacations/CruiseOne® is the only travel agency ranked #1 on this list  Fort Lauderdale, Fla. (July 26, 2023) – Dream Vacations/CruiseOne®  was recognized as one of the Best of the Best Franchises in 2023 by Entrepreneur. The ranking, which is featured in the July/August issue of Entrepreneurmagazine and on Entrepreneur.com, highlights the brands from Entrepreneur’s 2023 Franchise ...