Episode 11: Checking-in with Michelle Fee
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anticipating change is something that's just absolutely incredibly important for so many businesses inside and outside of travel
i literally came from the school of hard knocks i did exactly what the agency community is doing
i had two phones on my desk it's pretty funny so i answered one friendship travel can i help you and i would book you an airline ticket or a cruise or anywhere you wanted to travel and the other one i answered cruise planners
we're 45 ahead of where we were in 2019 as far as future bookings
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While there are so many factors that go into being able to keep consistent success in the travel industry, one of the ones that may be overlooked is anticipating change. In this episode, Michelle Fee of Cruise Planners speaks about how, as a frontline travel agent in the 1990s, she saw where the travel trade was trending and bet on those instincts, creating Cruise Planners, one of the industry's most notable host agencies that is just three years away from celebrating its 30th anniversary. **Subscribe, like, and comment for more #travelagent content** Subscribe to TMR's daily newsletter here: https://www.travelmarketreport.com/tmr-sign-up Follow Dan McCarthy on Twitter: https://twitter.com/DMcCarthy_NY 00:00 Intro 03:20 Greetings 05:00 Going from Travel Agent to Founder of Cruise Planners 10:00 Taking the Travel Business Online 14:05 Michelle’s Relationship with Cruising 20:35 Michelle on Travel’s Resilience During COVID-19 31:40 Michelle’s Hobbies Outside of Travel