CLIA To Introduce Luxury Cruise Specialist

To Whom It May Concern:

We came across this information in the trades and thought it would be of
interest to this newsgroup as well. If this is somehow a repeat of an
earlier post, sorry we apparently missed it. This can always be ignored or
deleted. Likewise, if it is indeed a repeat of an earlier post, this may
offer a slightly different take and style of reporting from the trades on
the subject matter, and at least it has not been edited... for what it is
worth.

Happy sailing,
John Sisker
SHIP-TO-SHORE CRUISE AGENCY®
(714) 536-3850 or toll free at
(800) 724-6644 & (pagoo ID: 714.536.3850)
http://www.shiptoshorecruise.com





Cruise selling is increasingly going upscale and to meet burgeoning demand
for such sales, Cruise Lines International Association (CLIA) will roll out
a new Luxury Cruise Specialist designation in 2007. Terry Dale, CLIA's
president and CEO, said "there is still a lot to be flushed out" but CLIA's
Travel Agent Advisory Board has already begun to define the training program
content and how the certification program will be structured, What is clear
is that agents will need an Accredited Cruise Counselor (ACC) certification
to participate, to hold affiliation with a CLIA member agency, to
successfully complete the Luxury Cruise Specialist course, and to complete
the Selling Interest/Niche Markets and Cruising - the Ultimate Incentive
training courses. The luxury specialist must also complete a luxury voyage
on a pre-designated CLIA member line ship. Dale said more details will be
forthcoming over the next few months, and agents should stay turned to
[www.cruising.org] for updates.

On Wed, 12 Apr 2006 03:39:56 GMT, John Sisker wrote:

Cruise selling is increasingly going upscale and to meet burgeoning demand
for such sales, Cruise Lines International Association (CLIA) will roll out
a new Luxury Cruise Specialist designation in 2007.

As the WalMart crowd moves the "elite" off the megaships......
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Thus spake "John Sisker" :





Cruise selling is increasingly going upscale and to meet burgeoning demand
for such sales, Cruise Lines International Association (CLIA) will roll out
a new Luxury Cruise Specialist designation in 2007. Terry Dale, CLIA's
president and CEO, said "there is still a lot to be flushed out" but CLIA's

I hope that's a typo.

Travel Agent Advisory Board has already begun to define the training program
content and how the certification program will be structured, What is clear
is that agents will need an Accredited Cruise Counselor (ACC) certification
to participate, to hold affiliation with a CLIA member agency, to
successfully complete the Luxury Cruise Specialist course, and to complete
the Selling Interest/Niche Markets and Cruising - the Ultimate Incentive
training courses. The luxury specialist must also complete a luxury voyage
on a pre-designated CLIA member line ship. Dale said more details will be
forthcoming over the next few months, and agents should stay turned to
[www.cruising.org] for updates.

--
dillon

I didn't climb to the top of the
food chain to become a vegetartian.

Is this a typo? It could be. We present the information in its original
unedited format. It should not be up to us, or anyone else, to edit how the
story is presented and what it really says - typos and all.

John Sisker
SHIP-TO-SHORE CRUISE AGENCY®
(714) 536-3850 or toll free at
(800) 724-6644 & (pagoo ID: 714.536.3850)
http://www.shiptoshorecruise.com





"Dillon Pyron" wrote in message
...
Thus spake "John Sisker" :





Cruise selling is increasingly going upscale and to meet burgeoning demand
for such sales, Cruise Lines International Association (CLIA) will roll
out
a new Luxury Cruise Specialist designation in 2007. Terry Dale, CLIA's
president and CEO, said "there is still a lot to be flushed out" but
CLIA's

I hope that's a typo.

Travel Agent Advisory Board has already begun to define the training
program
content and how the certification program will be structured, What is
clear
is that agents will need an Accredited Cruise Counselor (ACC)
certification
to participate, to hold affiliation with a CLIA member agency, to
successfully complete the Luxury Cruise Specialist course, and to complete
the Selling Interest/Niche Markets and Cruising - the Ultimate Incentive
training courses. The luxury specialist must also complete a luxury voyage
on a pre-designated CLIA member line ship. Dale said more details will be
forthcoming over the next few months, and agents should stay turned to
[www.cruising.org] for updates.

--
dillon

I didn't climb to the top of the
food chain to become a vegetartian.