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Carnival Kicks Off 2018 Carnival Conversations Travel Agent Engagement Program
New and EnhancedMeeting Format Designed To Further Engage, Support and Build Business withLine's Valued Travel Agent Partners
MIAMI(Feb. 28, 2018) - Carnival Cruise Line kicked off its 2018 CarnivalConversations travel agent engagement program in San Antonio, Texas yesterday.Seven Carnival Conversations events featuring a panel of Carnival executivesare planned through November 2018.
This year,Carnival is introducing an enhanced Carnival Conversations format designed tooffer more targeted training for agents as well as roundtable discussions togather feedback from agents on how the line can provide the best sales andservice to partners. Each event will feature a panel discussionwith Carnivalexecutives on sales and marketing techniques highlighting technology, groupsales, social media, as well as general marketing and business acquisition. Atthe conclusion of each general session, agents will be assigned to smallerroundtable breakout sessions of up to 10 people to discuss topics more in-depthand garner feedback with Carnival sales team members.
"In creating our new series of Carnival Conversations events, we worked closelywith agents in developing a format that would maximize their training anddevelopment and give them tools they could implement immediately after theevent," said Carnival's Senior Vice President of Sales & Trade MarketingAdolfo Perez. "This program is richer in content than ever before and isdesigned to supplement the hundreds of additional field trainings we offerthroughout the year."
The next Carnival Conversations event will be held today in Austin, Texas.Additional events are scheduled in Boston, Massachusetts; Miami, Florida;Toronto, Ontario; Orlando, Florida and Providence, Rhode Island.
Agentsmay register to participate through Carnival Passport, located within theline's travel agent web siteGoCCL.com. Travel agents may view a full list of CarnivalConversations trainings and events on Carnival Passport, as well.
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About Carnival Cruise Line
Carnival Cruise Line, part of Carnival Corporation & plc (NYSE/LSE: CCL;NYSE: CUK), is "The World's Most Popular Cruise Line®" with 25 shipsoperating three- to 16-day voyages to The Bahamas, Caribbean, Mexican Riviera,Alaska, Hawaii, Canada, New England, Bermuda, Europe, Cuba, Australia, NewZealand and the Pacific Islands. Two 133,500-ton Vista class ships arecurrently scheduled for delivery - Carnival Horizon in 2018 and CarnivalPanorama in 2019. Additionally, two new 180,000-ton ships are scheduled toenter service in 2020 and 2022.
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