| 词条 | Cruise Planners |
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| name = Cruise Planners | logo =Cruise Planners logo.png | type = Privately held company | founded = 1994 | hq_location_city = Downtown Coral Springs, FL | key_people = Michelle Fee (CEO), Vicky Garcia (COO) | services = Travel & Franchise Services | owner = Michelle Fee, Vicky Garcia, Tom Kruszewski | num_employees = | website = {{url|CruisePlanners.com}} }}Cruise Planners is a privately owned American Travel Agency franchise network.[1] The company is headquartered in downtown Coral Springs, Florida. The company’s travel agency franchisees specialize in booking cruises/travel to destinations around the world.[2] The company has more than 1,800 franchise owners in all 50 states.[3][4] The company is a licensed travel agency, an American Express Travel representative, and a member of CLIA (Cruise Lines International Association),[5] NACOA (National Association Of Cruise Oriented Agencies), and ASTA (American Society of Travel Agents). HistoryThe company was co-founded by Michelle Fee in 1994 in Coral Springs, Florida. Just prior to the retirement of the company’s original co-founders Lynn Korn and Marvin Davis in 2007, their shares in the company were purchased by Palm Beach Capital.[6][7] In 2013, CEO Michelle Fee,[8] CFO Tom Kruszewski and COO Vicky Garcia together purchased the company from Palm Beach Capital.[9] The company continues to be privately held, and has approximately 100 employees.[10] Cruise Planners listed on Entrepreneur’s Annual Franchise 500 List for 15 years in a row.[11] In 2016, Cruise Planners won Norwegian Cruise Line's Elite Agency of the Year Award.[12] In July 2017, Cruise Planners won Carnival's Ted Arison Founder's Award.[13] In 2018, Cruise Planners was inducted into the Cruise Lines International Association (CLIA) Hall of Fame as the Travel Agency Innovator of the year.[14] [15][16]See also
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