October 02, 2017
The South Florida Business Journal (SFBJ) honored Michelle Fee, CEO, and co-founder of Cruise Planners, an American Express Travel Representative, at the 2017 South Florida Ultimate CEO Awards. The awards ceremony was held on Sept. 28 in Fort Lauderdale, where Fee was recognized as a top executive officer for her business acumen, travel expertise and philanthropy.
For the second time, she is considered an Ultimate CEO from SFBJ. For over 23 years, Fee has been recognized as an astounding leade [...] Media Room
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Cruise Planners®’ Excellence Shows No Boundaries with Eight Magellan Awards
September 20, 2017
Cruise Planners®, an American Express Travel Representative, continued its legacy of achievement by winning eight Magellan Awards from Travel Weekly, the premier award for the travel industry. Cruise Planners’ eight Travel Agency awards span a variety of categories, highlighting the company’s successful luxury travel program, training, technology, marketing and community outreach.
Cruise Planners, an American Express Travel Representative earned eight Magellan awards, including [...] 
Cruise Planners Takes Luxury Up a Notch at First-Ever Luxury Forum
August 16, 2017
Cruise Planners, the nation’s largest network of home-based travel professionals, recently hosted the inaugural Luxury Travel Forum in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. The luxury-dedicated event is in reaction to an increase in travelers booking luxury vacations through travel advisors.
"Luxury travel continues to grow and Cruise Planners travel professionals are now even more equipped to plan customized high-end vacations on land and on the sea,” said Michelle Fee, CEO and co-founder of Cru [...] 
Why More People Under 40 are Becoming Travel Agents
August 14, 2017
During the past 3 years, Cruise Planners has seen a 66% increase in franchisees under 40 joining the growing network. Cruise Planners, an American Express Travel representative, is the nation’s largest network of home-based travel agents who customize and plan a variety of vacations for all types of travelers.
As a profession, travel agents are making a resurgence with the number of travelers using a travel agent reaching an six year high in 2016 according to MMGY Global’s Portrait [...] 
Cruise Planners Top Producers Explore the Galapagos Islands on Exclusive Trip
June 27, 2017
Cruise Planners, an American Express Travel Representative, the nation’s largest home-based travel franchise business network, invited this year’s top-producing travel advisors from the Cruise Planners franchise network on an exclusive week-long trip to the shores of the Galapagos Islands. Each year, Cruise Planners co-owners Michelle Fee and Vicky Garcia, travel with top producers and this year they all set sail on a trip of a lifetime on the forty-eight passenger Celebrity Xperienc [...] 
Cruise Planners is the “Best of the Best” in Travel
May 24, 2017
Cruise Planners, an American Express Travel Representative, stands apart from the competition as the No. 1 Travel Franchise on Entrepreneur’s 2017 Best of the Best list. This top ranking continues to make Cruise Planners one of the best franchises to own and is determined from in-depth research and data in several areas including franchisee support, brand strength and financial stability.
Cruise Planners’ business-in-a-box model provides franchise owners with the tools needed to ju [...] 
Cruise Planners 2017 Convention Set to Ignite Agents’ Passions and Spark Innovation
May 17, 2017
Cruise Planners, an American Express Travel Representative, will be hosting its annual convention at The Grand at Moon Palace in Cancun, Mexico October 15-19, 2017. This year’s theme, CP Ignite, is a fiery mantra designed to inspire Cruise Planners agents to spark innovation and explode beyond their personal records through collaborations and sessions with the Home Office Team, travel industry partners and fellow Cruise Planners agents.
“Cruise Planners agents who attend [...] 
Cruise Planners Transforms Professional Development with Latest Technology Investment
April 12, 2017
Committed to providing the latest tools and continual, specialized training to its network of more than 1,800 franchise owners, Cruise Planners, an American Express Travel Representative has launched Cruisitude™ Academy, a brand new virtual learning tool for Cruise Planners travel advisors. Cruisitude Academy is the company’s latest investment in technology with more than 150 courses representing 700 hours of customized learning experiences.
Created to be mobile responsive, th [...] 
Cruise Planners Announces New Virtual Associate Training Program
March 13, 2017
Cruise Planners, an American Express Travel Representative, is making it easy for franchise owners to grow their businesses by introducing a new virtual associate training program. The newly-launched program helps franchise owners confidently recruit new associates to join their growing franchise businesses by offering travel agent mentorship, flexibility to work from home and a new training platform to onboard associates with ease and professionalism.
"Our goal is to help our franchise owners [...] 
Cruise Planners’ Business Model Ideal for Armed Forces and First Responders
March 07, 2017
"We know that armed forces personnel and first responders are ideal for our franchise model as their leadership skills and our on-the-job training allow them to run their own business, without needing travel experience,” said Vicky Garcia, COO and co-owner of Cruise Planners, an American Express Travel Representative. “We are committed to helping the military and public service communities transition to civilian life by being small business owners and entrepreneurs using the Cruise P [...]
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