June02-06-2010 First time Cruise 3 Sixty was held out of Ft Lauderdale. 1407 Registered Travel Professional delegates. International participants from Austria,Brazil. India and Turkey. 46 per cent Canadian Agents. American Express-presenting Sponsor and Hong Kong another major sponsor.
The Conference opened at the beautiful Vancouver Aquarium with a Dolphin show,flowing cocktails and finger food.It was nice venue as Vancouver is such a natural City:greenry,flowers,mountains,Bay,Gardens,Modern Artitects and the most friendly Canadians.
CLIA seminars for credit,workshops,destination briefings,cruise line products,ship inspections and booking demonstrations.CLIA's Cruise Industry Hall of Frame inducted four new members.
The GALA Dinner featured live entertainment by the famous Blue Man Group from Las Vegas sponsor by NCL and the 42 Five a featured act by Celebrity Cruises. A delicious dinner was served at the Ballroom-Canada Place.
I got to inspected couple ships that was actually docked at Canada Place-you probably could have touch the ships from the walkway of the Hotel.
It was great meeting so many great Agents and networking about travel. We even completed our three CLIA exams in a group effort. It was much better than completing it indivdually. For me, it was a great learning experience and I really enjoy CLIA Cocktail Party for their Graduates at the Westin Bayshore Shore Hotel,another new sponsor. Fantastic seafood and dessert(home made ice cream sundaes) buffet with live music and exotic cocktails.The Currents served delicious Brunch.I highly recommend staying at the Westin Bayshore-right across Stanley Park,the Bay and the City Glass/Steel buildings. It is so Eco friendly,miles of walking trails and water sports.
Cruise 3Sixty 20011 bw back to Fort Lauderdale-April14-17-2011. $89,$109 and $169 per person. Check www cruise 3sixty.com. Anyone in the Travel business should at least attend one/two conferences for the lastest update in the industry.
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I got a good report back from Chris also - who hopefully will also share some of her insights (hint, hint) w/ us. Anyone who is interested in developing their cruise sales and meeting w/ some of the top cruise line executives, top selling agents who really know how to market needs to attend. Of course it is an investment, Chris estimates she spent $1000 between airfare/lodging/conference and other personal expenses and she didn't even stay the entire time. But we all know, you have spend $$ to make $$ and travel is no different from any other business in that respect.
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