Cruise Planners Unveils Industry First Technology Tools
Cruise Planners, the nation’s largest home-based travel agency franchise network, made several exciting, game-changing announcements during their annual CP World Convention. (more…)
Cruise Planners, the Nation’s Largest Travel Franchise, Launches Annual 2024 “CP World” Convention. 4-day event in Fort Lauderdale
Cruise Planners kicked off their annual convention with over 900 franchise owners and advisors in attendance. The 4-day event in Fort Lauderdale concludes with a 3-night inaugural sailing to the Bahamas onboard Princess Cruises’ new ship, Sun Princess. (more…)
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Cruise Planners’ CP Cares Initiative Supports Blood Cancer Awareness Month
September marks Blood Cancer Awareness Month, a time dedicated to raising awareness and supporting the fight against leukemia, lymphoma, and myeloma. (more…)
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Cruise Planners Named a Top 50 Most Innovative Franchise by Franchise Business Review
Cruise Planners, the nation’s largest home-based travel franchise network, proudly announces its recognition by Franchise Business Review (FBR) as a Top 50 Most Innovative Franchise for 2024. (more…)
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Cruise Planners Hosts Luxury Forum at Secrets Moxche Playa del Carmen, Mexico
Cruise Planners recently hosted the highly anticipated Luxury Forum at the breathtaking Secrets Moxche Playa del Carmen. (more…)
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Cruise Planners Holds Arctic Expedition Cruise as Second Elite Summit of the Year for Top Producers
Cruise Planners, the nation’s largest home-based travel franchise network recently held its second Elite Summit in 2024 for top producing travel advisor franchisees aboard the luxurious Ponant Le Lyrial. (more…)
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Meet Maxx: Cruise Planners’ New Mascot on a Mission to MAXXimize Travel
Cruise Planners is excited to introduce the newest member of our team Maxx the D.O.G. (Director of Globetrotting)! Our advisors were eager for a mascot that represents their (CRM) tool CPMaxx, which was designed to help our travel advisors MAXXimize their business potential, efficiency and profitability. (more…)
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Cruise Planners Franchise Owner Launches App For LGBTQ+ Sailors
The MeetMeOnBoard cruise app for LGBTQ+ travelers has announced its debut. With MeetMeOnBoard, cruisers can discover fellow LGBTQ+ companions aboard their cruise, fostering connections before setting sail. (more…)
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Cruise Planners Hosts Exclusive Top Producer Summit
Cruise Planners, the nation’s largest home-based franchise host travel agency recently completed their elite top producer summit onboard Tauck’s newest river ship, the ms Andorinha. (more…)
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Cruise Planners Unveils Cutting-Edge Marketing Tools
Cruise Planners, the nation’s largest home-based travel advisor franchise network, introduced several new marketing initiatives to its travel advisors during its annual convention. (more…)
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Cruise Planners Achieves Record-Breaking Booking Week
Cruise Planners the nation’s largest home-based franchise host travel agency, proudly announces a historic achievement as the company reaches an unprecedented all-time high in sales for a single week. (more…)
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Cruise Planners Hosts Advisors to Multi-Day In-Depth Tech Learning Event
Cruise Planners hosted it’s first of three, two-day Tech Days in 2024 at its Home Office in Coral Springs, Fla. (more…)
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Cruise Planners Top Producer Michael Consoli Reaches Record $40 Million in Sales for 2023
Cruise Planners’ Michael Consoli & Associates have emerged once again as the top producing agency in the Cruise Planners network of travel agent franchises. (more…)
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Cruise Planners Awarded ‘Franchise Partner of the Year’ by Royal Caribbean International
Cruise Planners the nation’s largest home-based franchise travel network has been awarded the prestigious title of Franchise Partner of the Year by Royal Caribbean International, who has been voted Best Cruise Line overall for 21 consecutive years by Travel Weekly. (more…)
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Cruise Planners Celebrates Fifth Annual CP Day in Broward County and Marks 30 Years of Success with $1 Billion in Sales
30 Years of Travel Franchise Success
Cruise Planners, the nation’s largest home-based travel franchise network is celebrating several milestones. The Broward County, Florida Commission officially proclaimed January 29th, as “Cruise Planners Day” five years ago on January 29, 2019. (more…)
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Cruise Planners Announces Over 25 In-Person Events for 2024, Offering Unparalleled Learning Opportunities for Travel Agents
Cruise Planners, the nation’s largest home-based travel agent franchise network announces 25+ opportunities for in-person events for 2024 at their annual convention, CP World at the Broward County Convention Center. (more…)
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Cruise Planners Unveils Cutting-Edge AI Technology Tool at Annual Convention
Cruise Planners, the nation’s largest home-based travel agent franchise network, unveiled several new technology tools at their annual convention, CP World at the Broward Convention Center on November 27th. (more…)
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Cruise Planners Honored Again with Prestigious Award by Celebrity Cruises
Cruise Planners, a leading name in the travel industry, is honored to announce they have been recognized with the “Chairman’s Award” by Celebrity Cruises for 2023 for the 2nd year in a row and 3rd time overall. (more…)
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Cruise Planners Makes Exciting Announcements during ‘CP World 2023: Limitless’ Convention
Cruise Planners celebrated 30 years of success at its annual convention at the Broward Convention Center in South Florida. (more…)
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Cruise Planners Celebrates 30 Years of Success and a Major Milestone at their Annual Convention
Cruise Planners kicks off their annual convention in Fort Lauderdale, Florida with over 1,000 advisors in attendance at the Broward Convention Center from November 26-29 and then sailing onboard the Celebrity Ascent November 29-31. (more…)
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Cruise Planners Releases Secrets From Top Producers Ebook
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One of the hallmarks of what makes Cruise Planners so unique is the culture of support and sharing among advisors and this is most evident in the newly released eBook titled: “Secrets from Top Producers”. (more…)
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Scenic Group Awards Cruise Planners with 2023 Sales Award for Top Franchise Network
Cruise Planners recognized by Scenic Group USA for “Top Franchise Network” at the second annual Night of the Stars award ceremony on Saturday, Oct 21 at Miami’s renowned Frost Museum of Science. (more…)
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Cruise Planners hosts premiere Luxury Forum at Secrets St. James & Wild Orchid in Jamaica
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. (more…)
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Cruise Planners releases new eBook
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. (more…)
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Cruise Planners hosts Land Symposium in Fort Lauderdale to luxury land market
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. (more…)
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Cruise Planners invites advisors to their Coral Springs Home Office for popular Tech Days event
Cruise Planners, the nation’s largest network of home-based franchise travel agents, hosted a 2-day workshop at its Home Office in Coral Springs, Fl. that delved into all the best practices and to familiarize themselves with the new, proprietary applications that the company has rolled out. (more…)
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Cruise Planners’ 2nd 2023 Elite Summit sails on the Seabourn Encore to Israel, Cyprus, Greece and Turkey to recognize top producers
With 2023 marking a year that will induct more top producers into the top echelons of sales tier than ever before, Cruise Planners hosted the second of two bi-annual Elite Summit trips on the magnificent Seabourn Encore from May 14-20. (more…)
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Classic Vacations selects Angela Kelso as recipient of 2023 scholarship to E3 Summit in honor of late COO Vicky Garcia
Classic Vacations has chosen Cruise Planners Travel Advisor Angela Kelso as the recipient of a Scholarship to attend the 2023 E3 Summit in the name of Cruise Planners late COO and Co-Owner, Vicky Garcia. The scholarship will cover the cost for participation as well as air accommodations. (more…)
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Cruise Planners releases state of the company updates at Town Hall meeting
Earlier this year, Cruise Planners CEO and Founder Michelle Fee deemed 2023 the “Year of Travel” and judging by the robust and strong wave season that just wrapped up, 2023 is set to be the “Year of Travel and BEYOND”. (more…)
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Cruise Planners’ hosts first exclusive Elite Summit of 2023 on the Avalon Envision in Europe for top producers following strong wave season
On the heels of an incredibly busy and successful wave season, Cruise Planners proudly hosted their bi-annual Elite Summit for top producers on Avalon Waterways’ Envision in Europe. (more…)
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Cruise Planners Once Again is one of Allianz Partners Top Agencies for 2022
Allianz Partners, a leader in travel insurance and travel assistance, has named Cruise Planners one of their top travel agency partners for 2022. (more…)
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Why Veterans are the Perfect Business Owners and Travel Advisors – Cruise Planners
Military veterans and their families are the lifeblood of America and their sacrifice to serve our country is commendable. After they leave military life, there is so much more out there for them than just retirement. (more…)
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Cruise Planners releases top travel industry technology trends to look out for in 2023
Innovation is the root of technology and how it makes our lives easier. When it comes to travel, there are countless new ways that companies are making the experiences more seamless, more enjoyable and less stressful. (more…)
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Cruise Planners announces changes to executive team and welcomes Jeff Sherota as VP of Operations
Cruise Planners is excited to announce key promotions and a restructuring of their organization to solidify an already formidable and talented executive team. (more…)
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Cruise Planners’ top producing agent closes off 2022 with record $24 million in sales
Michael Consoli & Associates continued their reign as the top producers in the Cruise Planners network of travel agent franchises, ending 2022 with over $24 million in total sales. (more…)
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Cruise Planners strong sense of community strengthens even more with “Destination Hub”, a new directory platform in the company’s proprietary engine, CP Central
When it comes to destination experience all over the world, Cruise Planners travel advisors have an abundance of tips and recommendations to share. (more…)
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Cruise Planners releases list of 2023 Travel Trends. Travel industry is back in a big way and the demand is at an unprecedented rate
As we look ahead to 2023, it’s clear that the travel industry is back in a big way and the demand is at an unprecedented rate. At Cruise Planners, 2022 ended on a positive note, with purchases up 15% versus 2019, which was a banner year for travel. (more…)
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Cruise Planners launches innovative new tool for reservation amenity tracking to increase advisor’s efficiency and showcase their value to their clients
With the myriad of offers and promotions that are available from travel suppliers, consortia partners, Cruise Planner’s Home Office team and more, Cruise Planners has created a new tool called the Amenity Tracker. (more…)
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Cruise Planners launches revolutionary, patent-pending interactive tool “LivePlanner”
With an unwavering commitment to innovation, Cruise Planners launched a new interactive product called “LivePlanner” during its annual Convention in Miami. (more…)
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Cruise Planners reserves two capsules and becomes the first franchise travel agency to offer space travel aboard Space Perspective’s Spaceship Neptune in 2025
To infinity and beyond! Cruise Planners is excited to announce that they are working with Space Perspective to offer their clients a chance to break barriers and go beyond the final frontier: space. (more…)
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