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AUSTRALIAN md of Cruise Holidays Les Farrar recently attended the Cruise Holidays International annual convention onboard Royal Caribbean’s Allure of the Seas, along with 250 other Cruise Holidays franchise owners, consultants and industry experts. The Cruise Holidays franchise group has already signed up three home-based agents and a retail store in Australia, despite the program yet to officially launch here. Described as “the most important educational and networking event of the year for Cruise Holidays franchise owners” by Farrar, the conference included presentations on the latest industry trends, included discussions on ways to improve client services, and showcased recent developments of Cruise Holidays technology platforms. The conference also saw the majority of convention participants join in a 5km walk around Allure’s jogging track to raise funds for the MS Society. Royal Caribbean even got in on the charity act, donating $1,000 to the cause. Vicki Freed, senior vp of sales at Royal Caribbean and Dondra Ritzenthaler, senior vp of Sales Celebrity Cruises are pictured above presenting the $1,000 cheque to Mark Schiffner, coo of Cruise Holidays and Tom Baumann, president of Travel Leaders Group. |
