INDEPENDENT cruise wholesaler Creative Cruising has launched a new “one stop shop” cruise booking site for agents, allowing access to live bookings with cruise lines alongside wholesale and retail airfares, live hotel inventory and exclusive package deals.
The company’s General Manager Peter Forsyth said the new platform would help agents sell more product & pair the right sailings to the right customers.
“We are very excited to launch our new B2B agent website, which follows best practice design,” Forsyth said.
“The platform allows travel agents to seamlessly book dynamic cruise packages and easily access and add on private and public airfares, special one-way cruise fares and pre- and post- cruise accommodation in just a few clicks,” he added.
As well as aggregated pricing, rich content, video, interactive deck plans and itineraries, the site also provides a cruise comparison tool enabling consultants to review up to six sailings side by side, comparing itineraries day by day, start and end ports, pricing by cabin categories and bonus offers, all on a single screen.
Creative Cruising developed the tool in consultation with agents in an effort to provide the most effective content & functionality.
“We have taken on board their feedback, with many suggestions and ideas now featuring in our technology roadmap,” said the company’s Head of Marketing and Sales Caroline Hitchen.
To celebrate the launch, the company is giving agents who make a booking on the platform before 15 Feb 2019 the chance to win a cruise courtesy of Royal Caribbean Int’l, Celebrity, MSC, Princess and Oceania Cruises.
Source: traveldaily