I’ve had the good fortune the past couple of years to be associated with the Cruises Inc. organization and the many unselfish agents under its umbrella. As Blue Marble days go, a transition to their “franchise version” sister company CruiseOne, was really not on my radar, at least not for several years.
Well, I need my radar serviced because here I am, a newly minted CruiseOne owner. I soon discovered that I’d fallen into equally good fortune again to now be in the company of unselfish CruiseOne franchise owners.
With this change in venue, I am taking the opportunity to focus personal attention on expedition and exploration travel, activity more aligned with the Blue Marble theme and my particular professional background. While I’ll still represent all of the major cruise lines, I just wanted to do something where I could weave my biology and marine science underpinnings and 30 years working in various environmental disciplines into the fabric of this new CruiseOne enterprise.
Therefore, in the coming months I will be evaluating potential travel partners who practice the established global tenets of sustainable tourism for both land based and cruise oriented exploration travel to promote to my clients. Also, one person won’t be able to do it all so I will be bringing on Associates with diverse travel industry backgrounds and experiences to support our client’s varied needs.
Finally, I’m returning a favor to one of those unselfish CruiseOne franchise owners I reached out to early on in this transition. In the near future I’ll be creating sort of an “Associates” incubator for travel professionals, experienced or new to the field.
This will be an opportunity for like-minded individuals who share my vision of helping people to see the Blue Marble as few will ever see it and to do so with travel partners who possess the greatest respect for and exercise care during their visits to sensitive ecosystems as well as historical and cultural destinations. And that these Associates will ultimately move on to establish their own travel agencies, consultancies or careers with sustainable tourism as a core business value.
They may even find themselves one day as a newly minted CruiseOne owner.
Sunday, April 17, 2011
Wednesday, February 2, 2011
CruiseOne & Cruises Inc. Announce Partnership With Shore Excursions Group
CruiseOne & Cruises Inc., the nation’s leading cruise travel retail network as part of World Travel Holdings, today announced their new partnership with Shore Excursions Group. Known as the experts in delivering exceptional travel experiences to cruise passengers in ports around the world, the Shore Excursions Group partnership will provide CruiseOne franchise owners and Cruises Inc. independent contractors a valuable opportunity to increase sales and deliver an added high quality service to their clients.
“The goal of partnering with Shore Excursions Group is to not only help our agents increase their earning potential, but to also provide better service and a more diverse array of offerings to cruise travelers,” said Dwain Wall, Senior Vice President and General Manager of CruiseOne & Cruises Inc. “We searched for the best partner and ultimately found that Shore Excursions Group is the leader in providing extraordinary, commissionable shore excursions to agents and consumers worldwide.”
CruiseOne & Cruises Inc. agents will earn a very competitive commission on the sale of Shore Excursions Group products. The process of selling excursions has also been simplified, giving customers of CruiseOne & Cruises Inc. agents direct access to dedicated websites with Shore Excursions Group staff handling the rest.
“We are extremely excited to partner with such a highly regarded and prestigious organization,” said Brad Miller, co-founder of Shore Excursions Group. “We look forward to providing CruiseOne & Cruises Inc. customers with high-quality, cost-effective shore excursions that will complement the great vacation experiences their agents are planning for them”.
The CruiseOne & Cruises Inc. corporate marketing and technology teams have already begun integrating Shore Excursions Group information into each agent’s personalized consumer website, and will continue to do so moving forward as part of future marketing programs. The company’s training and sales performance teams also plan to deliver webinars, customized training materials and online Q&A sessions to offer agents additional information on the partnership, as well as on how to most effectively market and sell excursions to their customers.
From "Cruise Industry News" - 2 February 2011
“The goal of partnering with Shore Excursions Group is to not only help our agents increase their earning potential, but to also provide better service and a more diverse array of offerings to cruise travelers,” said Dwain Wall, Senior Vice President and General Manager of CruiseOne & Cruises Inc. “We searched for the best partner and ultimately found that Shore Excursions Group is the leader in providing extraordinary, commissionable shore excursions to agents and consumers worldwide.”
CruiseOne & Cruises Inc. agents will earn a very competitive commission on the sale of Shore Excursions Group products. The process of selling excursions has also been simplified, giving customers of CruiseOne & Cruises Inc. agents direct access to dedicated websites with Shore Excursions Group staff handling the rest.
“We are extremely excited to partner with such a highly regarded and prestigious organization,” said Brad Miller, co-founder of Shore Excursions Group. “We look forward to providing CruiseOne & Cruises Inc. customers with high-quality, cost-effective shore excursions that will complement the great vacation experiences their agents are planning for them”.
The CruiseOne & Cruises Inc. corporate marketing and technology teams have already begun integrating Shore Excursions Group information into each agent’s personalized consumer website, and will continue to do so moving forward as part of future marketing programs. The company’s training and sales performance teams also plan to deliver webinars, customized training materials and online Q&A sessions to offer agents additional information on the partnership, as well as on how to most effectively market and sell excursions to their customers.
From "Cruise Industry News" - 2 February 2011
Tuesday, January 25, 2011
San Diego Launches Shore Power System with Oosterdam
The Port of San Diego is now the second port in California and fifth in the world to use shore power at its cruise ship terminals. The system known as cold ironing is the process of switching from a ship’s onboard diesel power supply to shore-based electrical power while at dock. This process reduces polluting air emissions from the ships since electricity from the grid is much cleaner than generating energy from diesel engines.
The Port of San Diego officially celebrated the installation of the $7.1 million system during a media event on Dec. 11. Port executives, including Commissioner Michael B. Bixler, County Supervisor Greg Cox, and officials from the San Diego County Air Pollution Control District and San Diego and Electric (SDG&E) helped dedicate the system during a ceremony at the B Street Cruise Ship Terminal.
“This is an important moment in the port’s history. This installation puts the Port of San Diego into a very exclusive club,” Bixler said. “Clearly, we’re on the cutting edge of this technology, and this dedication underscores the port’s commitment, and the commitment of our board, to address environmental issues.”
Cox said the shore power installation is a joint effort. “This project was made possible by the assistance of the county’s Air Pollution Control District,” Cox said. “The district provided $2.4 million in state grants from the Carl Moyer Program. The benefit to the county’s air quality and public health is substantial.”
Holland America Line’s Oosterdam was the first of the cruise lines to power up using the shore power system. “We can provide up to 12 megawatts of power,” said Michelle White, manager of the Port of San Diego’s Green Port Program. “That’s enough to power a large college campus.”
Initially, one cruise ship can be powered from shore at a time. Eventually, the system will be able to power two cruise ships simultaneously, either at B Street or at the auxiliary terminal, the Port Pavilion on Broadway Pier. For more information, visit http://www.portofsandiego.org/.
From "Travel Pulse"
14 December 2010
Saturday, January 1, 2011
ENERGY FOR GREEN PORTS - VENICE HOSTS INTERNATIONAL FORUM
An Exhibition Congress organized by VTP Events as an important date for stimulating debate among companies, researchers, academics and technical experts on new technologies and solutions for using ports and harbours to produce renewable energy.
What energy sources of low environmental impact can be used in ports? And how can we efficiently and sustainably use them? These are the focal points of “Energy for Green Ports”, the new exhibition‐congress taking place in Venice (Italy) on the 4th and 5th of February 2010 in the Conference Centre and the exhibition area of the Cruise Terminal of Venice.
Organized by VTP Events, a company owned by Venezia Terminal Passeggeri S.p.A. (which has been managing the passenger terminal since 1997), this event provides a significant meeting opportunity for companies, researchers, sector operators, academics and technicians who want to find out more about the new technologies and solutions available to produce renewable energy in port areas.
It is a highly topical subject as ports occupy large surface areas. Also, in light of the new European, national and regional rules, these areas can be exploited for building innovative energy systems as resources which supply power to not only the port areas and their related transport means (electric wharfs used to power vessels moored with their engines off, allowing sizeable reductions in emissions and noise pollution), but also the vicinity, as is already happening in some pilot projects.
“Energy for Green Ports” is divided into two sections:
A conference programme with an international panel of speakers who will be updating participants on the latest topical environmental issues. The programme includes sessions on: “Planning energy supplies and consumption”, “Costs and Benefits of mature alternative energy sources”, “New technologies in renewable energy and their uses”, “Roll‐out Strategies for the Green Ports” and “Setting up a panel for a national Green Ports programme”.
An exhibition hall devoted to technological innovations in renewable energy, with an area concentrating on “green” technologies (solar‐thermal, photovoltaic, wind, hydrogen, biomasses and biogas), and one on low‐consumption building construction solutions, microgeneration and teleheating. There will also be a review of ideas dedicated to the world’s new ports with a view to matching environmental awareness with energy recycling and saving.The event has the patronage of Venice’s Port Authority, the Veneto Region, Assiterminal (Italian Port Terminals Association), Medcruise (The Association of Mediterranean Cruise Ports), Confitarma (Italian Ship owners Confederation), Assomarinas (Italian Tourist Ports Association) and Assonautica (Italian Yachting Association).
From Cruise Industry News
27 Novemebr 2010
What energy sources of low environmental impact can be used in ports? And how can we efficiently and sustainably use them? These are the focal points of “Energy for Green Ports”, the new exhibition‐congress taking place in Venice (Italy) on the 4th and 5th of February 2010 in the Conference Centre and the exhibition area of the Cruise Terminal of Venice.
Organized by VTP Events, a company owned by Venezia Terminal Passeggeri S.p.A. (which has been managing the passenger terminal since 1997), this event provides a significant meeting opportunity for companies, researchers, sector operators, academics and technicians who want to find out more about the new technologies and solutions available to produce renewable energy in port areas.
It is a highly topical subject as ports occupy large surface areas. Also, in light of the new European, national and regional rules, these areas can be exploited for building innovative energy systems as resources which supply power to not only the port areas and their related transport means (electric wharfs used to power vessels moored with their engines off, allowing sizeable reductions in emissions and noise pollution), but also the vicinity, as is already happening in some pilot projects.
“Energy for Green Ports” is divided into two sections:
A conference programme with an international panel of speakers who will be updating participants on the latest topical environmental issues. The programme includes sessions on: “Planning energy supplies and consumption”, “Costs and Benefits of mature alternative energy sources”, “New technologies in renewable energy and their uses”, “Roll‐out Strategies for the Green Ports” and “Setting up a panel for a national Green Ports programme”.
An exhibition hall devoted to technological innovations in renewable energy, with an area concentrating on “green” technologies (solar‐thermal, photovoltaic, wind, hydrogen, biomasses and biogas), and one on low‐consumption building construction solutions, microgeneration and teleheating. There will also be a review of ideas dedicated to the world’s new ports with a view to matching environmental awareness with energy recycling and saving.The event has the patronage of Venice’s Port Authority, the Veneto Region, Assiterminal (Italian Port Terminals Association), Medcruise (The Association of Mediterranean Cruise Ports), Confitarma (Italian Ship owners Confederation), Assomarinas (Italian Tourist Ports Association) and Assonautica (Italian Yachting Association).
From Cruise Industry News
27 Novemebr 2010
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