{"id":16296,"date":"2022-10-13T09:00:40","date_gmt":"2022-10-13T08:00:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.franchiselocal.co.uk\/news\/?p=16296"},"modified":"2022-10-07T15:33:55","modified_gmt":"2022-10-07T14:33:55","slug":"not-just-travel-wins-cruise-awards-best-homeworking-agency-for-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.franchiselocal.co.uk\/news\/not-just-travel-wins-cruise-awards-best-homeworking-agency-for-2022\/","title":{"rendered":"Not Just Travel Wins Cruise Awards Best Homeworking Agency for 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 2<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutes<\/span><\/span><p><strong>The Event<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Not Just Travel was presented with the Cruise Award for BEST HOMEWORKING AGENCY 2022 in a lavish ceremony aboard The Cutty Sark in Greenwich, London last month. Run by CRUISE ADVISER, the leading cruise publication for the travel trade, the Cruise Awards recognises the very best companies in travel.<\/p>\n<p><strong>How We Got Here \u2013 The Cruise Mastery Programme<br \/>\n<\/strong>NOT JUST TRAVEL is a leading UK travel franchise with over 500 franchisees. We\u2019re keen to help our homeworking consultants react to industry trends. In fact, we\u2019ve built a whole department around the cruise boom \u2013 <strong>our Cruise Division<\/strong> \u2013 employing experts that teach franchisees everything they know about cruising via learning-based modules and webinars over a 15-month period. Members get access to our key cruise partners and exclusive offers, a dedicated website and more. We\u2019re thrilled that all our hard work in this area has been recognised by The Cruise Awards and by our franchisees like Jenifer, who recently made a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.franchiselocal.co.uk\/news\/this-is-how-i-made-a-40k-cruise-booking-working-part-time\/\">\u00a340k cruise booking<\/a>\u00a0or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.franchiselocal.co.uk\/news\/how-i-went-from-the-military-to-a-million-pound-booking-with-zero-travel-experience\/\">Moses who secured an\u00a0amazing \u00a31million booking<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Every agent that signs up to voluntary The Cruise Mastery Programme gets invited on a Seminar at Sea, a cruise with experts who will offer further training onboard to include mentorship and business insights. Over 200 of our travel consultants \u2013 plus head office team members \u2013 recently attended our inaugural <strong>Seminar at Sea<\/strong> aboard the new luxury NCL <em>Norwegian Prima<\/em> with cruise experts and famous personalities including BBC Presenter Zara Janjua and brand champion, Olympic medal winner, Daley Thompson, who shared their tips on everything from social media videos to a winning mindset.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Samuel Ballard, managing director of Cruise Adviser and its awards says<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNot Just Travel are clear winners in their category. Judges told us they were highly impressed by the number of key initiatives Not Just Travel implemented to grow cruising. These include its travel podcast, its in-person events and the way it utilised PR channels to capitalise on the demand for seacations, converting them into long-term repeat cruise bookers.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>The judges &#8211; members of the Cruise Lines International Association (CLIA) \u2013 said <\/strong>they were impressed by Not Just Travel\u2019s significant investment in people, technology and events during the pandemic, that led to a four-fold increase in cruise sales from pre-pandemic level.\u00a0They also admired Not Just Travel\u2019s continuous innovation and initiatives &#8211; our repeat customers have grown from 20% to 60% this year.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Our co-founder Paul Harrison says: <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cOnce again, we\u2019ve beaten off stiff competition to prove ourselves the best in business. Our consultants show they provide the ultimate expertise and customer service in this lucrative, but complex market. Our total cruise sales this year has already beaten the entirety of last year\u2019s.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut we\u2019re not stopping there. We have launched our new Cruise Division to boost franchisees\u2019 sales in the market and our Cruise Mastery training programme, which takes our already-expert travel consultants and immerses them in intensive cruise-specific training to become industry Masters.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>This comes after<\/strong> <strong>multiple awards and nominations for Not Just Travel<\/strong> in recent months. We\u2019ve also won\u00a0Homeworking Agency of the Year\u00a0(now 6x winners) and\u00a0Sustainability Champion of the Year, while co-founders Paul &amp; Steve have been nominated in multiple entrepreneurship awards including the\u00a0Great British Entrepreneur\u00a0and\u00a0British Business Excellence. We\u2019re also Elite Business Awards Best Travel Franchise in the UK and finalists in Lloyds Bank British Business Excellence Awards and the 25th Annual Growing Business Awards.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Event Not Just Travel was presented with the Cruise Award for BEST HOMEWORKING AGENCY 2022 in a lavish ceremony aboard The Cutty Sark in Greenwich, London last month. Run by CRUISE ADVISER, the leading cruise publication for the travel trade, the Cruise Awards recognises the very best companies in travel. 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