CLIA has confirmed this year?s Cruise Week will take place from September 16-25.
The annual event will see a host of trade-friendly cruise initiatives and updates made available for agents.
CLIA is calling on agents to ?Get Onboard?, by giving a keen focus on cruise during the week, so they can benefit from the wider PR activity being undertaken. The ?Get Onboard? theme also extends to holidaymakers, with the week showcasing the many reasons people choose to take a cruise holiday.
Specific trade activity includes:
- A host of marketing and social media activities, with shareable content and a particular focus on cruise destinations. A countdown will shortly begin online to help agents achieve maximum exposure
- From its Trade Working Groups, CLIA will share sales tips from cruise line executives to support travel agents looking to increase their sales
- A number of special Cruise Week webinars
- Exclusive cruise line deals and incentives for the trade, to be published in the membership area of the CLIA website
- A special Cruise Week page on CLIA?s website, offering a practical checklist of the ways in which agents can capitalise on the week and their CLIA membership, as well as download assets
Agents are being encouraged to use social media, marketing, their own events and PR to help amplify the messages shared during Cruise Week
Further details on all activities will be announced shortly.
