Category Archives: Press Releases

 Top travel agency franchise for veterans has given away 58 free home-based travel businesses since 2012    Fort Lauderdale, Fla. (December 13, 2022) – One of the leading travel agency franchise for veterans, Dream Vacations, recently awarded two military veterans with free travel franchises as part of its 11th annual award-winning annual business plan contest “Operation Vetrepreneur: ...

Avoya’s Travel Advisor Education Platform Offers Dynamic and Comprehensive Curriculum for New-to-Travel Entrepreneurs   Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. – December 05, 2022 – Avoya Travel®, one of the travel industry’s most innovative brands, has just launched a new travel advisor education platform named Travel Agent Education Powered by Avoya™. The education platform is designed for ...

Avoya’s First-Ever Hybrid Conference Concludes In-Person Celebrating the Avoya Network and Announcing New Evolutions in Marketing and Technology   Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. – November 28, 2022 – Avoya Travel®, one of the travel industry’s most innovative brands, recently concluded part two of the 2022 Avoya Conference, which took place onboard the Celebrity Beyond November 8 – 13, ...

CORAL SPRINGS, FL., Nov. 22, 2022 — Cruise Planners Chief Sales Officer, Theresa Scalzitti, celebrated the naming of Atlas Ocean Voyages World Traveller as its godmother in the fjords of Beagle Channel’s Glacier Alley in Chile this past weekend. The dual naming ceremony included the World Navigator, which has been in service since last year but was never formally named. Adventurer Karen ...

Trapper Martin, Shane Smartt & Associates Win the Bobbye Haupt Franchise of the Year Award   Fort Lauderdale, Fla. (November 17, 2022) – It was a star-studded and emotional evening filled with laughter, tears, and awe at the Dream Vacations and CruiseOne® annual awards ceremony hosted by Drew Daly, senior vice president and general manager, Joelle Delva, vice president of operations, and ...

VP of IT Sandi Szalay Announces New Augmented Groups Application and COO Debbie Fiorino Delivers a Motivational Address     Fort Lauderdale, Fla. (November 15, 2022) – On the second full day at sea of the Dream Vacations and CruiseOne® National Conference aboard Norwegian Encore, the travel agency franchise  announced an innovative technology for booking group cruise and land vacations. ...

CORAL SPRINGS, Fla. Nov.12- There’s no place quite like home, and in the case of Cruise Planners, their 2022 annual convention is finally back in South Florida after hosting its previous one in Riviera Maya, Mexico. The convention, taking place Nov. 11-14 at the Intercontinental Hotel in Miami, will host over 700 travel advisors from across the country and include supplier executives from all ...

TripChix, a consumer-facing brand developed by Travel Planners International, has won Travel Weekly’s Gold Magellan Award for their Travel Channel-inspired video, TripChix Virgin Voyages Scarlet Lady. In partnership with Virgin Voyages, TripChix, Elisabeth McGuire and Amelia Rodriguez, were sponsored and brought on board to film a complete experiential review of the Virgin Voyages product. ...

Cruise Planners recognized for excellence in Marketing, Training and Technology with 3 GOLD and 2 SILVER Magellan Awards from Travel Weekly CORAL SPRINGS, Fla. Nov. 9, 2022 –  Cruise Planners continues its awards streak to take home three GOLD and two SILVER Travel Weekly Magellan awards after also being named a Top 100 “Most Innovative Franchises” from Franchise Business Review. Travel ...

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 ...