Service Grounded In Experience!

Cruise-Meetings brings a unique blend of experience and capability to your event needs. Our personnel
have extensive experience with trade shows, corporate meetings, incentive programs and assorted group
sailings. 

Planning Your Event

The success of your cruise event is directly related to the quality of your up-front planning. Form
budgeting and ship selection to welcome home feedback, we provide all the assistance you will need.
Our experts have the experience to help you plan an event that will avoid those annoying event surprises
and problems.

Success Is In The Planning

Meeting on a cruise ship is a different (and wonderful) experience! You need not worry about the differences
as we can help you to navigate through the rough waters of planning for a truly fantastic event.

Ship & Itinerary Selection

Should you meet on a small or "mega" ship? Which cruise line will serve your group best? Will the ship have
the meeting space needed for your group? How long a cruise is best for your group? Where will the ship go?
How nice is the ship? We help you answer these and many more questions. To start, check out our web sections
about the Ships and Destinations.

Pricing & Contract

We assist you with the complex process of contracting for group space on a ship to insure that you get the best
possible price and terms for your event. Our national buying power gets you the best price. Our experience gets
you the best terms whether your group requires a large group contract, a partial ship charter or a full ship charter.

Event Coordination

We work for you with the cruise line to insure that you have all the needed meeting space, equipment and support
for your events. Having an event in the best possible space on the ship can dramatically increase your meeting impact.

We know the ships!

We can even assist with shore excursions and events in port!

Marketing Your Event

Many cruise ship events require assistance with selling the program to prospective attendees. From the creation of
marketing materials to obtaining sponsors and coop money, we can usually provide the needed assistance. Our
experts can even provide you with advice based on years of experience on how to sell your group.

Marketing Your Group!

Many group  events are established to allow like-minded individuals to travel together such as a club, church group,
fans of a certain celebrity, etc. These types of groups require help in getting the word out about their group cruise.

Marketing Collateral

We can provide you with cruise line brochures, flyers, posters and more to support your marketing effort. We can
even develop custom literature to announce your event. How about your own web site for prospective attendees to
learn all about the event and even sign up on line? We are your partner in the marketing effort.

Group Presentations

For local groups, an effective way to get the word out is to hold a "cruise night" party. This would be a simple get
together of prospective group members during which the group cruise is introduced. We can help you with these
types of events by supplying party materials, handouts, gift items, etc.  In certain circumstances we can even attend
the event to help answer questions about the cruise.

Direct Mailings

Direct mail is a great way to directly contact prospective attendees since it is targeted to your market. We can assist
with the development of your direct mail piece, even providing cruise line "shells" to use for added impact. And
whether yourdirect mail campaign is electronic or traditional, you will find us very capable of helping you build your group.

Administration

Handling individual attendee reservations can be tricky and requires time and technology. We can be your reservation
department with toll free phone lines available during business hours and even on weekends. We can also provide
you with a custom web site and the ability for your attendees to sign up on line! We will even go on the cruise with
you to insure that everything goes as planned providing you with a free event staff.

Getting Your Group On Board!

We will be there to see your group through to the actual sailing and back. From collecting reservations to handling
documents we are there for you. We even go along on the cruise if the group needs merit to help on board.

Reservations

We provide every means possible to ease the process of signing up for your cruise. We offer toll free reservation
lines that are manned seven days a week. We can even provide you with a dedicated web site that allows signup on
line through a secure third party site!

Documentation

Making sure that your attendees bring along the correct proof of citizenship is important to insure that all the
participants actually get on the ship. From the moment they sign up, we are instructing and assisting with the
proper documentation requirements.The other document of concern is the actual cruise ticket. We handle all
ticketing and delivery so you do not have to worry about a thing.

Relax!

Cruise-Meetings has everything handled. It is what we do and do best! We will even be there on the ship, if
needed, to insure that everything is delivered as planned for the most successful group event yet!