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Awards + Recognition

2012
  • Entrepreneur magazine ranked #1 cruise only agency - 10 years in a row
  • Entrepreneur magazine Franchise 500 - ranked #34
  • Home-based/Franchise Agency of the Year Award - Norwegian Cruise Line - 3 years in a row
  • Top 25 franchises for African-Americans by Black Enterprise magazine
  • Gold Award Winner (5 individual programs) - Travel Weekly Magellan Award
  • Silver Award Winner (4 individual programs) - Travel Weekly Magellan Award
  • Vicky Garcia named The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society's Woman of the Year, Ft. Lauderdale
  • FUNJET 500 CLUB - GOLD Account Award Winner
  • Globe Award - American Express Vacations - 5 years in a row
  • MLT Vacations - STAR Award Winner
  • Sandals Resorts - STAR Award Winner and Preferred Sandals agency award
  • GLOBUS Family of Brands - Premier Agency Partner Award - 8 years in a row
  • Viking Platinum Circle - Viking River Cruises - 3 years in a row
2011
  • Entrepreneur magazine ranked #1 cruise only agency - 9 years in a row
  • Entrepreneur magazine Franchise 500 - ranked #44
  • Gold Award Winner (2 individual programs) - Travel Weekly Magellan Award
  • Silver Award Winner (2 individual programs) - Travel Weekly Magellan Award
  • Home Based Partner of the Year - Royal Caribbean International - 5 years in a row
  • Franchise Agency of the Year Award - Norwegian Cruise Line
  • Globe Award - American Express Vacations - 4 years in a row
  • American Express Travel Representative Excellence Award - 7 years in a row
  • Gold Award Winner - AFF-ADDY Award
  • Silver Award Winner - AFF-ADDY Award
2010
  • American Express Travel Agency of the Year
  • Entrepreneur magazine's #1 franchise in category (Cruise Tour/Travel Agencies)
  • Entrepreneur magazine Franchise 500 - ranked #62
  • American Express Travel Services Representative Excellence Award
  • Royal Caribbean International's Homebased Partner of the Year
  • Norwegian Cruise Line - Homebased Partner of the Year
  • Norwegian Cruise Line's President's Club Elite
  • Celebrity Cruises' Regional Partner of the Year
  • Globus Family's Top Premier Travel Partner
  • Travel Weekly Magellan Awards - Silver
  • Travel Weekly Magellan Awards - Gold
  • Apple Vacations' Florida Premier Apple Agency
  • Carnival Cruise Lines' Pinnacle Award
  • Princess Cruises' I-Excel Gold
  • Holland America Line's Centurion Award
  • Celebrity Cruises' Key Account
  • Travel Impressions/American Express Vacations' Globe Award
  • AFF-ADDY Award - Gold
  • AFF-ADDY Award - Silver
  • Michelle Fee named "Top 25 Most Influential Business Women", South Florida Business Journal
  • Michelle Fee named "Top 25 Most Extraordinary Minds" in sales and marketing, Hospitality Sales & Marketing Association International (HSMAI)
  • Michelle Fee named "Top Women in Business" Finalist, Stevie Awards
2009
  • American Express Travel Services Representative Excellence Award
  • Entrepreneur magazine's #1 franchise in category (Cruise Tour/Travel Agencies)
  • Royal Caribbean International's Homebased Partner of the Year
  • Norwegian Cruise Line's President's Club Elite
  • Celebrity Cruises' Elite Travel Partner
  • Globus Family's Top Premier Travel Partner
  • Travel Weekly Magellan Awards - Silver
  • Travel Weekly Magellan Awards - Gold
  • Apple Vacations' Florida Premier Apple Agency
  • Carnival Cruise Lines' Pinnacle Award
  • Princess Cruises' I-Excel Gold
  • Holland America Line's Centurion Award
  • Celebrity Cruises' Key Account
  • Travel Impressions/American Express Vacations' Globe Award
2008
  • American Express Travel Services Representative Excellence Award
  • Entrepreneur magazine's #1 franchise in category (Cruise Tour/Travel Agencies)
  • Royal Caribbean International's Homebased Partner of the Year
  • Norwegian Cruise Line's President's Club Elite
  • Celebrity Cruises' Elite Travel Partner
  • Globus Family's Top Premier Travel Partner
  • Travel Weekly Magellan Awards - Silver
  • Apple Vacations' Florida Premier Apple Agency
  • Carnival Cruise Lines' Pinnacle Award
  • Princess Cruises' I-Excel Gold
  • Holland America Line's Centurion Award
  • Celebrity Cruises' Key Account
  • Travel Impressions/American Express Vacations' Globe Award
2007
  • American Express Travel Services Representative Excellence Award
  • Entrepreneur magazine's #1 franchise in category (Cruise Tour/Travel Agencies)
  • Royal Caribbean International's Homebased Partner of the Year
  • Norwegian Cruise Line's President's Club Elite
  • Globus Family's Top Premier Travel Partner
  • Apple Vacations' Florida Premier Apple Agency
  • Carnival Cruise Lines' Pinnacle Award
  • Princess Cruises' I-Excel Gold
  • Holland America Line's Centurion Award
  • Celebrity Cruises' Key Account
2006
  • Michelle Fee was named Travel Agent of the Year by Travel Trade
  • Celebrity Cruises' Southeast Agency of the Year
  • American Express Travel Services Representative Excellence Award
  • Entrepreneur magazine's #1 franchise in category (Cruise Tour/Travel Agencies)
  • Travel Impressions/American Express Best of the Best Globe Award
  • Norwegian Cruise Line's President's Club Elite
  • Globus Family's Top Premier Travel Partner
  • Apple Vacations' Florida Premier Apple Agency
  • Carnival Cruise Lines' Pinnacle Award
  • Princess Cruises' I-Excel Gold
  • Holland America Line's Centurion Award
  • Celebrity Cruises' Key Account
2005
  • American Express Travel Services Representative Excellence Award
  • Entrepreneur magazine's #1 franchise in category (Cruise Tour/Travel Agencies)
  • Carnival Cruise Lines' Agency of the Year
  • Royal Caribbean International's Cruisetours Top Producing Agent
  • Norwegian Cruise Line's President's Club Elite
  • Globus Family's Top Premier Travel Partner
  • Princess Cruises' I-Excel Gold
  • Holland America Line's Centurion Award
  • Celebrity Cruises' Key Account
2004
  • American Express Travel Services Representative Excellence Award
  • Entrepreneur magazine's #1 franchise in category (Cruise Tour/Travel Agencies)
  • Norwegian Cruise Line's President's Club Elite
  • Carnival Cruise Lines' Pinnacle Award
  • Princess Cruises' I-Excel Gold
  • Holland America Line's Centurion Award
  • Celebrity Cruises' Key Account
2003
  • Michelle Fee named the Most Powerful Woman in Travel by Travel Agent magazine
  • Entrepreneur magazine's #1 franchise in category (Cruise Tour/Travel Agencies)
  • Norwegian Cruise Line's President's Club Elite
  • Carnival Cruise Lines' Pinnacle Award
  • Princess Cruises' I-Excel Gold
  • Holland America Line's Centurion Award
  • Celebrity Cruises' Key Account
2002
  • Norwegian Cruise Line's President's Club Elite
  • Carnival Cruise Lines' Pinnacle Award
  • Princess Cruises' I-Excel Gold
  • Holland America Line's Centurion Award
1999
  • Princess Cruises i-Excel Gold
  • Carnival Cruise Lines' Pinnacle Award
  • Holland America Line's Centurion Award
Other notable achievements:
  • Platinum Partner - Crystal Cruises
  • Top Producer - Silversea Cruises
  • Key Account - Regent Seven Sea Cruises
  • Inner Circle Member - Cunard Line
  • Connoisseur Club - Oceania Cruises
Active member of these boards:
  • Royal Caribbean International Advisory Board
  • Celebrity Cruises and Azamara Cruises
  • Carnival Cruise Lines Executive Forum
  • Norwegian Cruise Line, NCL Home Based and NCL Partnership 2.0 Advisory Board
  • Regent Seven Seas Cruises Council
  • American Express Advisory Board
  • CLIA Travel Agency Advisory Board
 
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