Awards & Recognition

CORAL SPRINGS, Fla. Feb. 1 - Cruise Planners continued their reign at the top by being named Best-in-Category for the third year in a row by Franchise Business Review in the Travel & Hospitality sector. They were also named as a Top 200 franchise for 2023 overall. This is the 18th annual ranking of the 200 best franchise opportunities as rated by franchise business owners. The list is available at https://franchisebusinessreview.com/page/top-franchises/.

CORAL SPRINGS, Fla. Dec. 29- Cruise Planners is ending 2022, an exceptional year of strong travel sales, with the honor of the highest recognition from a travel supplier, the distinguished “Chairman’s Award” from Celebrity Cruises.

CORAL SPRINGS, Fla. Oct. 17, 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 Weekly’s Magellan Awards recognizes top travel organizations worldwide and honored Cruise Planners’ outstanding work with a high standard of excellence within the travel industry. This year, Cruise Planners received five Magellan Awards for the brand’s superior STAR University training program (GOLD), innovative CP Social marketing program (GOLD), S.O.A.R dashboard analytics tool for agents (GOLD) and CP Mobile & CP Maxx Mobile technology application (SILVER). Cruise Planners franchise owner Claire Maguire also won a Magellan award in the “Individual Travel Advisor - Marketing-Promotions with Purpose” category (SILVER). “The Magellan Awards are a premiere benchmark for Cruise Planners and we are thrilled to add five to our collection this year,” said Michelle Fee, CEO and founder of Cruise Planners. “It reiterates why we dedicate so much of our resources to making sure our marketing, training and technology programs are top notch.” Travel Advisor Organizations- Marketing- Social Media CP Social Program Travel Advisor Organizations- Overall- Business Strategy- S.O.A.R Dashboard Travel Advisor Organizations- Overall- Training Program- STAR University Travel Advisor Organizations- Overall-Technology Solutions- CP Mobile & CP Maxx Mobile Individual Travel Advisor - Marketing-Promotions with Purpose- Make your Bucket List Trip a Reality Book CP Social Program- GOLD WINNER Cruise Planners innovative CP Social Program is a one-stop shop for advisors to share social media content. Advisors can choose between three levels of this program which includes a free, basic version, a Pro version and an Elite version. The CP Social Program posts daily curated content to advisors’ Facebook, Instagram and provides quality content on their Google Business Profile. Cruise Planners also runs monthly localized Facebook ad campaigns, designs the creative content with customized fields and builds the audiences based on the product being featured. All completely hands off for their advisors, so they can focus on making connections and book travel. SOAR Dashboard- GOLD WINNER The “S.O.A.R. Dashboard” stands for Strengths, Opportunities, Aspirations, and Results and allows our agents to easily track these key metrics. This new feature in Cruise Planners’ list of tools keeps track of franchisees’ goals and their attainment, helping to keep them focused and on track to achieve them. The dashboard breaks down the advisor’s business into over 120 metrics that will allow them to see where they have their strengths, their opportunities, and most importantly their results. STAR University & Training Events- GOLD WINNER When it comes to training agents, Cruise Planners has nearly 30 years of success with their signature Sales Training to Accelerate Results (STAR University™) training program. It features six days of in-depth learning and networking that is the baseline for our franchisees to be able to start their travel career and be successful. Cruise Planners also offers over 500+ online courses for every facet of the travel industry including: Cruises, Land Tours & Resorts, Luxury and Group Travel, Travel Insurance and more. CP Maxx Mobile & CP Mobile- SILVER WINNER CP Maxx mobile is a full-featured, travel advisor assistant app that syncs with our revolutionary and proprietary booking engine, CP Maxx. Agents can send quotes to clients, manage leads, and book travel directly from their smart device, make payments, sell excursions and more. Clients also have their own app as well called CP Mobile. Clients can favorite a resort, tour, or cruise itinerary for their advisor to see, request additional details with the click of a button, make payments and more.

CORAL SPRINGS, Fla. July 28, 2022 – Cruise Planners continues to stand out in the crowd with their signature “Cruisitude” and was recently named to Franchise Business Review’s third annual “Culture100”. This is a feather in the cap for Cruise Planners, who earlier this year, were awarded the #3 spot overall on FBR’s 2022 list of “Top 200 Franchises”;“Best-In-Category”; “Top Low-Cost Franchises” and “Top Franchises for Women”.

CORAL SPRINGS, Fla. July 6, 2022 – As the nation’s largest home-based travel agent franchise network, Cruise Planners is thrilled to be recognized at #18 on Travel Weekly’s prestigious 2022 Power List. This marks an impressive jump of five spots from last year’s ranking and puts Cruise Planners in the top ten amongst leisure travel companies. Cruise Planners first made the list in 2013 at #44 and in that time, has steadily climbed to #18 with impressive year-over-year growth to become the powerhouse agency it is today. The Power List is determined by companies that typically has a minimum of $100 million in travel sales in the previous year. Despite the standstill in travel due to the pandemic, Cruise Planners has grown with an estimated sales revenue of $545 million. Rankings in 2021 were frozen to reflect the global shutdown for travel. “Despite many obstacles, Cruise Planners has continued to thrive, and I attribute that to the perseverance of our incredible network of advisors and Home Office team,” said Michelle Fee, CEO and co-founder of Cruise Planners. “We’re looking forward to 2023 and are excited to unveil our signature list of new initiatives and innovations at this year’s convention.” For the full profile, you can click here.

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