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| The Current is our monthly newsletter where you'll enjoy greater insights into our company and cruising. |
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| Photo Highlight |
| This month we look at what the future has in store for cruising and The Cruise Web, including future cruise ships, future vacation plans and our brand spankin' new office which is featured below in this month's photo gallery. |
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| President's Message |
| Into the Future! |
| When I started this company 17 years ago, introducing the CruiseWeb.com web site just after the launch of the very first Netscape web browser, The Cruise Web was a one person company, setting up our first supplier contacts, and preparing for our very first cruise bookings. Only about 3% of the North American population had ever cruised at that time, and cruise lines, with their classic ship designs, were just starting to more aggressively reach out to the greater U.S. population. |
| Wow - how times have changed! The number and variety of cruise ships today is amazing; with sizes ranging from small and intimate to almost city-sized, and with onboard feature, amenity, and benefit innovations that few of us could have even imagined 17 years ago. |
| As for The Cruise Web, we have grown from one of the smallest cruise retailers in our region, to one of the largest independent cruise sellers in North America over these same 17 years. The Cruise Web did not take any short-cuts to this growth: we did not acquire other agencies or buy up any customer lists. Instead The Cruise Web's loyal, hard-working, client-facing employees built 100% of this growth by earning the business of new clients one at a time, by exceeding the expectation of existing clients, and gradually building repeat business and... Read More» |
| Frans Hansen |
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| Don Dean |
| Director of Finance and Human Resources |
| Favorite Itinerary: Mediterranean |
| Favorite Destination: London |
| Favorite Sports Team: Anything Ohio State |
| Favorite Pets: My dogs Zoey and Codi (RIP) |
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| Favorite Food: Meat and potatoes (but don't tell his doctor that) |
| In keeping with the theme of "Into the Future," this month we would like to introduce our Director of Human Resources and Accounting, Don Dean. Don came to The Cruise Web after working with us as a consultant for many years. The Cruise Web was quite a different career path compared to what Don was used to, but that was part of why Don accepted the offer to work here. |
| "I have received job offers from just about every company I have consulted for," explained Don. "The Cruise Web was the only offer that I ever considered and accepted." There were a lot of reasons that went into accepting his position at The Cruise Web, and all of them dealt with the future and the direction of the company. "When I started talking with Frans about the direction he wanted to take the company (the new office, the size, and growth of the company) I knew it was an opportunity that I could really be excited about." |
| And has the job been everything he thought it would be? "Well, the most challenging thing about this position is the reminder of all the small things that are necessary to make a company successful. At the consultant level, I was dealing with big picture ideas." And that challenge is balanced out by the best part of his position, which is "getting to interact with employees across the entire company." |
We also wanted to know what the future of Don's cruise destinations looked like. "I plan on going back to Europe with my wife, to see where we once lived and then to check out the Mediterranean. And then a few years from now, I would like to take my two children and their families on a cruise. I will likely have to wait a few more years as my youngest grandson is just a couple of weeks old and our sixth grandchild is due in December."
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| The Current Spotlight: Cruise to the Future! |
| By Ken Cho, Senior Cruise Consultant |
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| What's in store for the future of cruising? I'm not a seer with additional insight into the industry and the "future" can mean so many different things. Really, I'm still waiting for the flying cars I was promised 30 years ago. But let's start with the concrete and immediate tangents of what we can expect for the future of cruising... |
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| The Current Cruiser's Poll |
This Month's Question:
What amenities or features do you most want to see on future cruise ships? |
| Submit Your Responses! |
| Click Here to view the results of last month's survey! |
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| The Cruise Web Photo of the Month! |
A Fantastic Start to Another
Bright Future of Cruising! |
| Submitted by Stephen and Rowena Enriquez |
| Submit your own photos for consideration to: |
| newsletter@cruiseweb.com |
| And check out other submissions in our |
| Photo of the Month Gallery! |
| Happy cruising and photographing! |
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| Future Cruise Plans |
| A compilation by The Cruise Web employees. |
| Being a cruise travel agency, it makes sense that our employees would be extremely enthusiastic about cruising. As a matter of fact, it's not uncommon for at least one employee to be on a cruise at any given moment. For the rest of us back at the office, it's hard not to think about where we want to cruise next. Read on to see our future cruise plans. |
Karolina S.
"I'm thrilled to say that my future cruise plans include a voyage on the Norwegian Epic this New Year's Eve! I'm taking my husband and daughter out to sea to bring in 2012 and we can't wait!" |
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Next month's theme:
Travel Tips!
Look for it on Wednesday, December 14th! |
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