Full time income - for part time work!

Welcome to CruiseBiz.biz, the ‘obligation FREE’ courtesy information site for the CaribbeanCruiseLines.travel IC’s (Independent Contractors) cruise travel agency business opportunity. CaribbeanCruiseLines.travel affords you the opportunity to open your own online cruise travel agency with a 24/7 fully automated cruise search and booking engine tool kit.

Your personal CaribbeanCruiseLines.travel web site sells cruises for you to online shoppers from around the world even when you are sleeping.

The very newest technology now enables travel agents and home office based CCL Independent Contractors the ability to compete head to head with the biggest internet cruise booking sites on the world wide web.

Sure you could invest a couple of million dollars to design your own technically advanced automated cruise selling web site. Why waste time and money when you can buy a turnkey customized CaribbeanCruiseLines.travel cruise agency ‘business in a box’ all ready to go, for less than ten thousand dollars?

Benefits Include:

• Trade under the CaribbeanCruiseLines.travel brand name.
• Your own virtual CaribbeanCruiseLines.travel web site.
• Your own CaribbeanCruiseLines.travel e mail address.
• Your own personal extension and voice mail box attached to our toll free North America Reservations Center number.

Only CaribbeanCruiseLines.travel gives you the option (no additional charge) to receive live phone leads from incoming customer calls through our 877-415-5442 Reservations Center lines. Our unique system of qualifying and routing leads allows our IC’s to spend more of their time selling to qualified clients, if they choose to be more proactively engaged in their business.

Don’t want to deal with clients on the phone? Simply let your custom automated CaribbeanCruiseLines.travel web site do all of the work for you. Your site visitors will find easy to use ‘point-and-click’ cruise search, booking and payment functionality at CaribbeanCruiseLines.travel in just a few mouse clicks.

Monitor your CaribbeanCruiseLines.travel cyber store 24/7 for real-time commission tracking and watch the cash roll in.

Internet Marketing & Advertising Strategies
1.1 billion Internet users worldwide will account for $7.1 trillion in online e-commerce purchases in 2007. 40% of all Americans have made a purchase online already.

People looking to buy a cruise are searching for your own proprietary CaribbeanCruiseLines.travel web site right now.

• Over 11 million passengers cruised in 2006 .
• Search engine marketing and Internet advertising have become the most cost effective ways to reach your customers
• 24/7 and offer unprecedented targeting capabilities.

CCL Internet marketing and advertising training seminars teach you techniques like where and how to place Web ads, Guaranteed Inclusion ads and Pay-Per-Click ads.

Pay-Per-Click advertising is the leading form of search engine advertising, the equivalent of a ‘cruise customer-seeking’ homing device. PPC campaigns allow you to reach consumers when they are actively searching for your products and services, sending qualified buyers straight to your business.

• Full time income – for part time work!
• Everyone on this earth is blessed with an entrepreneurial spirit.
• For some that entrepreneurial spirit is just waiting to be unleashed and nurtured.
• Here is the life changing business you’ve dreamed of owning.

Release your entrepreneurial talent today.

Our business is selling cruise vacations and cruise vacations are big business. You probably already know of family, friends, neighbors and work collogues who have taken a cruise and over 81% of first time cruisers become repeat customers. They could easily become your first customers with our highly competitive discount cruise fares.

Earn free cruises for you and your immediate family members.

We’ll show you how to dive into the lucrative group cruise business and earn free CCL Tour Conductor cruise tickets. For every special interest there’s a group of associated members ready to take a group cruise. Churches. School fund-raisers. Golfers. Honeymooners. Ballroom dancers. Family reunions. Even corporate meetings at sea.

The CaribbeanCruiseLines.travel IC home office based cruise agency comes to you ready to go.

• It’s a complete kit of business tools in a box.
• The best technology.
• Every thing you need to get started.
• The best ongoing training.
• Turn the key and you’re off and running.

We offer the best cruise counselor training in the world; you’ll qualify as a ‘CCL Certified Cruise Counselor’ recognized by the Cruise Lines International Association ……CLIA.

And user friendly tutorials are on the web. Easy to access via the internet anywhere any time.
Dial into tele-conferencing training seminars covering sales and marketing plans, building business plans and lots more.

Visit cruise ships in port. Attend our CCL ‘Seminar At Sea’ sales training cruises.

Maximize commissions on your cruise sales bookings.
We’ll show you how.
Do business 24/7 with your very own CaribbeanCruiseLines.travel web site.

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Caribbean Cruise Lines Ltd. IC systems are designed to assist our international network of CCL ‘Accredited Cruise Counselor’ IC’s (Independent Contractors) to capitalize on the booming and profitable cruise holiday market.

The opportunity is tremendous. The time is now. Cash-in on cruising.

Full time or Part time. Home-office, business-office, mall kiosk or store-front or add-on to existing business, or simply operate as an internet business.

Flexibility and freedom for your lifestyle!
Professional development choices and leading edge travel technology solutions await you as a CaribbeanCruiseLines.travel IC business owner.

Caribbean Cruise Lines (Canada) Ltd., GSA to 22 of the world’s leading cruise lines since 1988, representing over 96% of the international cruise industry.
Bonded. Licensed. Insured.

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TRAINING · EDUCATION · PRODUCT KNOWLEDGE

CaribbeanCruiseLines.travel IC’s receive dynamic training to effectively sell cruises in an interactive environment. Certified CCL IC’s sell 86% more cruises than non-certified counterparts and typically see cruise sales productivity increases of 235% after completing the CCL approved ‘Accredited Cruise Counselor’ certified training course. Attend on-demand online class in the convenience of your home or office and work at your own pace.

Education and on-going training are the cornerstones of a successful CaribbeanCruiseLines.travel IC business. Two annual Caribbean Cruise Lines “Convention At Sea” cruises for all IC’s and monthly “Seminar At Sea” training cruise departures for IC’s coupled with regular “CCL IC Conference Sales & Training Calls” featuring invited guests representing the Sales & Marketing departments of our preferred cruise line partners. CCL Independent Contractors (IC’s) can easily keep up-to-date on what’s happening in the exciting world of travel through lively, informative Teleconferences with CCL industry partners and travel suppliers. These telephone sessions let you interact with vendor representatives to learn how to market and sell their products as well as to receive expert answers to your questions right on the spot.

WEBEX - Webinars Included

Intensive training from the comfort of your own home may sound too good to be true. But with CCL online Webex-Webinars, in-depth information on marketing, selling and succeeding is literally at your fingertips! These beneficial programs offer CCL Independent Contractor agents invaluable opportunities to maximize their knowledge and earning potential — without even having to leave the house.

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FREE “Seminar At Sea” Included

The very best way to gain cruise product knowledge is to take a cruise yourself.
That’s why Caribbean Cruise Lines rewards our graduating CCL ‘Accredited Cruise Counselors’ with an IC Seminar At Sea (included in the IC membership fee) and the Travel Industry’s recognized genuine official CLIA Photo ID card, the required travel agent credential requested by CLIA member cruise lines for familiarization training cruises and reduced rate travel…….and it’s recognized worldwide by preferred hotels & resorts, car rental and air travel industry partners for travel industry courtesy discounts too.

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Ship Inspections Included

CCL ship inspections let you gain the expertise you need to excel by experiencing a variety of vessels firsthand, without ever leaving port. Each tour lets you sample life onboard a particular ship by visiting individual staterooms, public areas, dining rooms, recreational facilities, entertainment venues and more. Ship inspections are offered in combination with CCL & CLIA Convention participation in Miami, Fort Lauderdale, Tampa, Los Angeles, San Diego, Baltimore, New York, Houston, New Orleans, Seattle and Barcelona.

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18 Video Training Seminars Included

Introduction to Cruise Holidays
Building a CCL Cruise Agency Business Plan
Creating a CCL Cruise Marketing Plan
Cruising Knowing the World You Sell
CCL-CLIA Fleet Review
Principles of Professional Selling
Power Selling Techniques
Selling to Special Interests/Niche Markets
Direct Mail That Sells
Effective Presentation Skills
Group Sales Made Easy
Psychology of Selling
Cruising Ultimate Incentive Travel Award
Managing Your Time Effectively
Negotiating to Win
Local Public Relations Techniques Free Advertising & Publicity
Customer Relations Management Made Easy
Marketing your CCL cruise agency on the Internet

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Bonus Video INCLUDED

Selling Cruises as a Home Office Based CCL Cruise Agent.
This video will take you on an exploration of the fast-growing trend of home-based travel selling. You’ll discover the seven advantages of working at home….. and the five biggest challenges. You’ll learn insider tips on how to work with travel suppliers, what technologies you should use and how to best maintain an efficient home office.

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Cruise Marketing Essentials CD & Workbook

How to create ads that sell cruises
Techniques for launching an effective public relations campaign
Professionally designed, customizable marketing materials
E-mail marketing Strategies
Online advertising tips

What you’ll find on the CD:

• How-to articles on Direct Marketing
• Electronic Marketing, Advertising and Public Relations Techniques
• Professionally designed and written Direct Mail templates (flyers, letterhead, postcards and newsletters), Press Release samples, Internet banner ads and print Advertising Shells that can be customized for your own CCL cruise agency.
• Easy to use artwork including company logos, tag lines and cruise themed clip art.
• Sample copy for cruise event invitations, e-mail promotions and power-point sales presentations.

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Technology

Caribbean Cruise Lines technological backbone is CCL Res, the company's proprietary on-line selling system that combines customer relationship management with your own sales accounting system. This powerful tool was built specifically to handle your cruise and vacation business operations.

Meanwhile, the content-rich CaribbeanCruiseLines.travel web site with your own Pin# URL extension (example CaribbeanCruiseLines.travel/007) keeps CCL IC agents connected 24/7 to a personalized website program option. This tool is easy to use and easy to access using any Internet connection.

This website program is only available to Caribbean Cruise Lines IC agents, so it has been customized for the network. This optional program gives you the advantages of a personalized website, (with a built in search engine), without the hassle of keeping it updated. Your website will automatically be updated with current content on your main pages by CCL.

• Very Easy to navigate
• Very easy to use
• Operated via the internet
• No software to install
• All from one source
• No web designer needed
• Fully loaded content
• Integrated SEO - Search Engine Optimization
• Low Cost Entry
• Secure servers
• Built by e-Travel Professionals
• Can integrate available booking and reservation system
• Modular System
• Add-on mass e-Mailer

CaribbeanCruiseLines.travel CCL-Res platform offers powerful state-of-the-art technology and hi-speed functionality with superb cruise travel business management and up-to-the-minute reporting tools that allow the CCL IC to monitor his or her business daily, around the clock.

• Real time access to dynamic content constantly updated.
• Live direct access to cruise line reservation systems.
• Easy prompted use for both client on-line and CCL agent bookings in as few as three steps.
• Highly rated client satisfaction and loyalty via a multi-channel platform that enables CCL agents to serve customers 24/7.
• Cutting edge integration and reporting maximizing productivity and efficiency.

Your own proprietary protected Caribbean Cruise Lines site (example: www.CaribbeanCruiseLines.travel/007) makes a fully automated web-based point and click cruise and travel planning and purchase process effortless for your online visitors. Easy steps, from cruise selection to booking to payment to auto generated client e mail confirmation, itinerary details and invoice. The cutting edge CaribbeanCruiseLines.travel technology even allows clients and agents to add travel insurance and shore excursions. Just two of our huge {value add’s} that increase your commissionable income potential.

For you, it automates your cruise business. Over the phone, paper-intensive methods of booking cruises with suppliers are a thing of the past. Eliminates long ‘on-hold’ times with the cruise lines.

It speeds and streamlines the way you work, providing online access to all of the cruise information you need in a snap, so your professional productivity soars. You’ll be able to cut through the paper, brochure and catalog clutter and whip your planning process into great shape so you can serve more customers better, drive costs down and drive commission revenue up.

Having your own proprietary protected CaribbeanCruiseLines.travel web site lets the world know you’re there and easily helps you reach new markets and expand existing ones – and every cruise sale made through your personal Pin# site is commission protected for you.

Direct access to the CaribbeanCruiseLines.travel database means you’ll have instant access to more of the cruise lines up to the minute fares and close-in sailing sell-offs than you ever imagined possible. With CaribbeanCruiseLines.travel at your command, you’ll achieve your business potential in no time.

Some Features:

• Full-color, online, informative, purchasable quotes for your customers
• Booking options for air, car, hotel, cruise, tour, insurance & shore excursions
• Automatically maintains client profiles
• Marketing tools and revenue-management capabilities
• Complete automated transactions reporting for booking, sales and commissions
• Provides spell checking for all manual-entry fields
• Provides translation of city and airport codes
• Ability to build and export lists to direct-mail or e-mail programs
• Customer profile data and preferences can be stored in a database for maintaining account information, such as address, telephone, fax number, passenger list, billing data, seating preferences, dining requests, frequent-cruiser numbers, special meal requirements, credit card numbers, email, etc.
• Reminders can be set up in the system to call back or follow up with customers. The system automates some reminders such as cruise final payment reminders or failed credit card authorizations for quoted customers.
• Dynamic packaging allows the CCL IC to build a complete multi-option cruise vacation package with airfare, pre-or-post cruise hotel, car rental, cruise fare, shore excursions and trip insurance that will display and invoice one price to the customer. The system incorporates mark-ups, discounts, vendor coupons, bonus commissions and MCOs (service fees).
• Modifiable quotes can be created online and shown to a customer on a secure web site. The quotes, invoices, confirmations and trip itineraries are faxed or emailed to the client in an instant.

Owning a CaribbeanCruiseLines.travel IC business offers a product that is interesting, fun to sell, and provides many cruising and other travel opportunities for you.

In order for you to succeed, we need to provide you with the best tools and guidance possible. CaribbeanCruiseLines.travel training, support, technology, and turn-key marketing solutions are the foundation behind a successful CCL IC business.

Caribbean Cruise Lines has developed an expertise in travel franchising with our GolfAhoy Golf Travel Bureau brand franchise. This expertise, coupled with years of retail and wholesale tour & travel experience, makes our CCL IC business model highly sustainable.

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Marketing For Success

Caribbean Cruise Lines offers its IC franchisees an extensive array of marketing programs. CCL mail merger is a vital direct marketing tool. This online direct marketing system enables you to personalize professionally produced direct mail pieces and mail them to your customer database. CCL mail merger provides the advantages of a major marketing campaign at a fraction of the cost, all in a simple automated environment that you control.

The CCL electronic marketing program offered by Caribbean Cruise Lines let’s you harness the power of the internet to easily market to your prospects and customers. It allows you to create, target, deliver and then track email campaigns. Even if you have limited computer knowledge you can quickly acquire the skills necessary to effectively utilize e-marketing.

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What Does My CaribbeanCruiseLines.travel IC Fee Include?

Your Fee includes business systems and ongoing training/support and your own basic use of the CCL CaribbeanCruiseLines.travel web site & booking engine.

Sales commissions you receive are based on the overall buying power of Caribbean Cruise Lines Ltd., and its IC member group. Ongoing training and assistance are provided to all IC’s.

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What Office Equipment Will I Need?

You will be required to have an "up to date" computer and color laser printer and dedicated phone number with a voice mail feature.

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