Category Archives: Cruises

324 – Cruise the Alaska Coast With Lorene on the Alaska Dream Cruise

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Podcast Number 323 COHOSTED SEGMENT Join Lorene as she describes her experience cruising the Alaskan coastline aboard the small ship, Admiralty Dream of the Alaskan Dream Cruise Lines. Lorene provides vivid details of whale sightings, kayak adventures, wildlife and exquisite meals aboard the ship. Lorene’s experience is an audio brochure that will convince you or … Continue reading 324 – Cruise the Alaska Coast With Lorene on the Alaska Dream Cruise →

322 – Learn About a Cruise Experience That Will Make Your Client Come Back For More

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Podcast Number 322 Find more travel business related content at the TRAVEL CONSULTANT ACADEMY. COHOSTED SEGMENT In today’s show we talk with Lisa Presley. Lisa is the home based channel director for the Globus Family of Brands. Lisa describes many of the advantages for a travel agent to become a part of the Globus Family. … Continue reading 322 – Learn About a Cruise Experience That Will Make Your Client Come Back For More →

319 – Pack Your Bags For This Alaskan Dream Cruise

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Podcast Number 319 Special Edition Find more travel business related content at the TRAVEL CONSULTANT ACADEMY. COHOSTED SEGMENT Every once and a while a great opportunity comes up that Lorene and I want to pass along to you. This show is a special edition to let you know about a FAM trip that you can … Continue reading 319 – Pack Your Bags For This Alaskan Dream Cruise →

315 – Key Elements and Best Practices to Build Your Travel Business

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Podcast Number 315 Find more travel business related content at the TRAVEL CONSULTANT ACADEMY. COHOSTED SEGMENT Cris DeSouza from Celebrity Cruise Lines joins the show to talk about best practices and key elements to build your travel business. This show is full of gems you can use and put into practice that will take your … Continue reading 315 – Key Elements and Best Practices to Build Your Travel Business →

309 – NACTA Annual Conference

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Podcast Number 309  Try GoToMeeting free for 30 Days! COHOSTED SEGMENT Familiarization (fam) trips expand your knowledge of destinations. Many fam trips offer classes to go along with the destination experience. Lorene recently attended NACTA‘s Annual Conference at Sea. MSC Cruise Lines hosted the event taking travel agents on a fall color tour of the … Continue reading 309 – NACTA Annual Conference →

293 – Celebrity Goes All Out for Travel Agents

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Podcast Number 293 Try GoToMeeting Free for Thirty Days COHOSTED SEGMENT The fact that Celebrity Cruise Lines goes all out for travel agent is supported by the fact that 90% of their business is booked through their travel agent channel. Cris DeSouza from Celebrity joins Barry and Lorene to talk about exciting developments at Celebrity … Continue reading 293 – Celebrity Goes All Out for Travel Agents →

292 – Azamara Club Cruises Offers Destination Immersion

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Podcast Number 292 Try GoToMeeting Free for Thirty Days COHOSTED SEGMENT Edie Bornstein, Azamara’s Vice President of Sales and Marketing is on board to talk about the great opportunities Azamara Club Cruises offer travel agents. Learn about the value proposition this luxury cruise line offers your clients. You can contact Edie at ebornstein@azamaraclubcruises.com. TRAVEL NEWS … Continue reading 292 – Azamara Club Cruises Offers Destination Immersion →

289 – Travel Agent Friendly Fort Lauderdale

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Podcast Number 289 Try GoToMeeting Free for Thirty Days COHOSTED SEGMENT Fort Lauderdale has always been travel agent friendly says Josh Winston, Associate Director of Sales for the Greater Fort Lauderdale Convention and Visitors’ Bureau. Josh joins the show to talk about what Fort Lauderdale has to offer your clients. Fort Lauderdale has many attractions … Continue reading 289 – Travel Agent Friendly Fort Lauderdale →

279 – Putting Together a Theme Cruise and Helping Your Clients Rave About You

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Podcast Number 279 BUSINESS SEGMENT Testimonials are great sales tools everyone should employ to drive business.  Don’t leave your client scratching their head about what to write when you ask them for a testimonial.  Bust through a client’s writer’s block by giving them a template to prompt them to write a winning testimonial for you. … Continue reading 279 – Putting Together a Theme Cruise and Helping Your Clients Rave About You →

276 – Branding Your Business and Viking Riverboat Cruises

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Podcast Number 276 BUSINESS SEGMENT Creating a brand for your business will help you gain business. Barry defines what a brand is and how you can create a brand for your travel business. CO HOSTED SEGMENT Mike Weldon from Viking Riverboat Cruise lines joins Lorene and Barry in the co-hosted segment of the show. Mike … Continue reading 276 – Branding Your Business and Viking Riverboat Cruises →