Carnival Now Offers Complimentary Cruise Opportunity For Travel Agents Who Complete All Carnival Passport Training Levels
MIAMI
(November 11, 2015) – As part of a new incentive under the Carnival Passport
training program, Carnival is awarding a complimentary cruise to travel agents
who complete all six levels of the award-winning sales and marketing training
initiative.
Travel
agents may select a sailing from the line’s popular Seminar at Sea program
which provides agents an opportunity to experience the Carnival product
first-hand while learning about a variety of topics such as product enhancements,
social media strategies and sales and marketing techniques.
To
make qualifying for the complimentary cruise even easier, the line is also
significantly increasing the amount of credits agents may earn for completing
tutorials within Carnival Passport. Effective immediately, agents will earn 50
credits for completing tutorials of 30 minutes or less and 100 credits for
completing tutorials greater than 30 minutes (previously agents earned 10 and
20 credits, respectively, for completing these tutorials.)
“We
wanted to show our appreciation to the 20,000 agents who are expanding their
sales and marketing knowledge each month through Carnival Passport by offering
them an opportunity to earn a complimentary cruise,” said Carnival’s Vice
President of Trade Sales & Marketing Adolfo Perez. “While we know the
educational opportunities within Carnival Passport are valuable to agents, we
know the time they take to advance in the program is valuable, as well, which
is why we’re introducing this exciting new incentive.”
Carnival Passport is the line’s comprehensive
training portal that houses all of Carnival’s educational activities in one
easy-to-access area within GoCCL.com, the line’s travel agent Internet
portal. With Carnival Passport, agents may select learning activities
that best suit their particular educational needs while earning credits along
the way. Travel professionals can earn credits within Carnival Passport by
participating in tutorials, webinars, trade shows, seminars at sea and more.
In addition, Carnival Passport also features
Carnival Adventures, the line’s social learning game for travel agents that is
unique in the cruise industry and is designed to provide a fun and engaging
platform for learning more about the company and all of its helpful tools.
After completing various levels within Carnival
Passport, agents will be issued credits, which they can convert into points
applicable to the line’s Travel Agent Rewards Program. Additional
features and benefits of Carnival Passport include a menu highlighting live and
upcoming events, a video library and an educational catalog that references all
of the offerings within the site.
Credit increases will be applied in Carnival Passport
automatically. Agents who are registered in Carnival Passport will see their
amount of total credits earned increase for all tutorials previously
completed. Carnival will be making these credit adjustments in early
November.
For additional information, travel agents may visit
GoCCL.com.
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About
Carnival Cruise Line
Carnival,
a unit of Carnival Corporation & plc (NYSE/LSE: CCL; NYSE: CUK), is
"The World's Most Popular Cruise Line®" with 24 ships operating
three- to 16-day voyages to The Bahamas, Caribbean, Mexican Riviera, Alaska,
Hawaii, Canada, New England, Bermuda, Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific
Islands. The company currently has two new 133,500-ton ships on order--Carnival
Vista, set to debut in 2016, and an as-yet-unnamed vessel scheduled to enter
service in 2018.
