Are you excited to learn all about river cruising? Mark you calendars for April 15th and join us in Kirkland along with 5 River Cruise suppliers! RSVP link coming to your mailboxes soon!

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Many of you may have received an email from Garrett Landry,  Market Sales Manager for the Pacific Northwest, however we thought we would share some information with you. 

As you know, out of an abundance of caution for the safety of both their guests and crew, Celebrity Cruises made the difficult decision to cancel the remaining cruises of its Asia season.  Due to those cancellations, the ship is being relocated to the West Coast where it will take on several great sailings. 

She will start with some California sailings, however those details have not been finalized. After completing those sailings, she will move up to Seattle where she will conduct two (2) roundtrip sailings (5 nights) with stops in Astoria, Victoria and Vancouver BC. She will then sail some 11 night early season Alaska sailings (one RT Seattle sailing and one Seattle to Vancouver sailing) both with stops in 7 amazing Alaska ports of call and Inside Passage Cruising. 

As a thank you to Celebrity Travel Partners, they will give you a free cabin for 3 cabins sold on these!

As another thank you, they are offering a $50 bonus commission on select 2020 sailings! For a limited time,  book a Retreat, Aqua Class, Concierge Class or Veranda stateroom on qualifying sailings and earn a $50 bonus commission. This is fleet wide, so take advantage of this wonderful opportunity to close some Celebrity bookings!

Check out the fliers below for more information!!

A huge thank you to everyone who attended the "Europe by Land and Sea" event on February 19th! We had a great turn out and learned a lot of great information to help us all build our business and give new options to our current clients!

A very special thanks to our suppliers who worked hard to make this an amazing event!

• Michelle Barlett - Authentic Vacations
• Chaz Dunwoody - Silversea Cruises
• Garret Landry - Celebrity Cruises

We would also like to thank the former President of ASTA, Chris Russo (who is now on the supplier side for Insight) for attending our event and sharing some of his expertise about the power of ASTA with us as well!

If you were unable to attend this event, don't worry, we have more events coming soon. Keep an eye out for your invite to the River Cruise Showcase on April 15th in Kirkland! 

​See photos from the event below.