Cruise Lines Pledge Millions For Bahamas Relief Efforts

Cruise lines pledge millions for Bahamas relief efforts

Royal Caribbean, Disney Cruise Line and Carnival Cruise Line have pledged millions of dollars in support for relief and recovery efforts in the Bahamas.

Three major cruise lines that sail to the Bahamas have pledged their support for Hurricane Dorian relief and recovery efforts.

Dorian ravaged the Bahamas with relentless winds which caused catastrophic damage and flooding. As of Tuesday, the death toll in the Bahamas had risen to seven and is expected to go even higher.

Relief officials have reported scenes of utter ruin is some areas.

Royal Caribbean said it would be committing $1 million to Dorian disaster relief, and ITM – its partner in a joint venture developing the Grand Lucayan Resort in Freeport – is also donating an additional $100,000.

The company said its working with the Bahamian government, local charities and its non-profit partner Pan American Development Foundation (PADF) to make sure the money goes where its most needed. Royal Carribean said its also loading supplies like generators, water, clean sheets and more to deliver them to the Bahamas.

Additionally, Royal Carribean said it will match guest and employee donations to the Pan American Development Foundation up to $500,000. PADF has set up a page on its website specifically for those donations.

“We can’t make every bad memory of Dorian go away. But we can start making things better — today,” the company said in its announcement about launching relief efforts.

The Walt Disney Company, led by Disney Cruise Line, announced Tuesday it has committed more than $1 million in cash and in-kind support to help relief and recovery efforts in the Bahamas.

The company said its commitment includes a $1 million donation to nonprofit relief agencies who will be handling recovery and rebuilding efforts.

The Disney Cruise Line also vowed to provide a range of resources to its employees in impacted areas. The cruise line’s private island, Disney Castaway Cay, employs more than 60 Bahamians from Abaco and Grand Bahama, according to the company.

“We hope our $1 million donation will provide much-needed relief and help our neighbors, colleagues, and all those impacted by this devastating storm begin the long process of recovery as they work to put their lives and communities back together,” said Robert A. Iger, Chairman and CEO of Walt Disney.

The Carnival Cruise Line has also pledged its support in the recovery efforts and said they are working to determine how to help the Grand Bahama shipyard and its employees.

“To our friends in The Bahamas, please know you will not be alone in your effort. All of us at Carnival Corporation pledge to work with you,” Carnival Corporation CEO Arnold Donald said in a statement. “We have been and remain in constant contact with government officials as they determine the highest priorities for both the short term and long term.”

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Royal Caribbean Invites Top Travelution Agents to Inaugural Launch of The Harmony of the Sea

Travelution Travel Agents have had a very busy and exciting November and December full of cruising the high seas.

During Cruise World– a top travel agent event where the top cruise lines and suppliers come together with thousands of agents, Travelution agents were given a special invitation and honor to join the highly coveted Inaugural Launch of Royal Caribbean’s Harmony of the Sea.

Dave Manning and Faraday Hosseinipour, owners of Your Travelution Inc and top producing travel agents Inocencia and Jerome Chisolm of Signature Cruise and Travel got to experience the largest most spectacular ship at sea first hand and got to experience the awe and amazement with everything the Harmony of the Sea has to offer. From the Abyss, which is the largest and highest cruise slide in existence, to the top of the line flow-riders, rock-climbing, zip-lining, water-slides, carousels, boardwalks and bionic bars-everything about the Harmony of the Sea was first class!

The Harmony of the Sea, the largest ship at sea, was built with 7 distinct neighborhoods.

Central Park offers trendy restaurant choices and shopping to your hearts content. Royal Promenade is the perfect neighborhood for a pub-hop, restaurants and more shopping. Royal Pomenade features the Bionic Bar– where you can have fun ordering your custom drinks with a bionic bartender. The Boardwalk features the spinning carousel and arcade. Johnnie Rockets is a favorite hamburger spot before you watch a show at the aqua theater with aerial aquatics in the deepest pool at sea. The Pool and Sports Zone will keep you busy for hours with the fast paced action, exciting water slides, flow rider, miniature golf, basketball and more. Vitality Spa and Fitness serves up an amazing spa experience and a fitness room and class selection that won’t have you breaking from your fitness routine.
Entertainment Place keeps you entertained serving up comedy, a Vegas Style Casino-Royale experience and broadway quality productions like Grease. Youth Zone offers everything the kids could possibly want to keep them entertained for hours!

The small things that matter to busy entrepreneurs that you will really appreciate about Harmony of the Sea is the Voom internet that offers the fastest internet at sea. We also appreciated the huge selection of top class restaurants and bars.

The suite class of category offers the over the top luxury experience you have come to expect on an all-inclusive luxury vacation and your personal Genie in the Royal Suite is there to answer your every wish, as long as it’s legal.

We enjoyed the opportunity and the honor to be invited on the inaugural launching of this spectacular ship. Please contact us to book into the Thanksgiving Holiday Harmony of the Sea Group Cruise Inocencia and Jerome have scheduled for November of 2018. We know you will enjoy it as much as we did.

Royal Caribbean International Invites Top Travelution Agents to Port Canaveral Space Center Fam

Travelution travel agentsts are back at at just one day after getting home from a Club Med Sponsored Learning Event at Club Med Sand Piper Bay.

Travelution travel agents are different and they take the business of their travel clients deadly serious!

That is why so many are having extraordinary travel success with no travel agent backgrounds or experience.

Take Inocencia and Jerome Chisolm who spent the 4 Days with Royal Caribbean Strategic Business Development Manager Kelly Sackyrd and their fellow Travelution agent veteran Ray Steen with Sandee Beach Travel.

Inocencia and Jerome Chisolm with Signature Cruise and Travel had no prior background in travel prior to Travelution. Jerome, a hard working programmer was laid off from his job and the couple struggled to take care of their family with one income. They relied on their faith and belief in God and each other to get past the hard times. Little did they know that their faith and close involvement with their church and ministries across the country would develop into enthusiastic groups of travelers resulting in close to a half million dollars in group cruises and all-inclusive get-aways.

When you ask Inocencia Chisolm what is the secret to their swift success in their travel business she says, “We open our mouths and share our enthusiasm!”

I can tell you from personal experience and being along side Inocencia and Jerome on 5 group Fams “familiarization trips” and educational travel events I have attended with this super couple- there is much more to the secret of their success. They go to the “next level” and do it “all” for their client- whether it is going down the Abyss on Harmony of the Sea, ziplining, experiencing the flow-rider on Harmony of the Sea or kissing stingrays in the Cayman Islands. This couple and their fellow agent Ray Steen will do it all for their clients! The only way to fully service their travel clients is “experience the travel first hand” so theycan give an accurate description and be an informed travel adviser who their travel clients can rely on.

After 3 nights in Club Med Sandpiper Bay, the next day Inocencia and Jerome Chisolm along with fellow Travelution agent Ray Steen enbarked on a 4 day travel learning adventure sponsored by Royal Caribbean and super strategic business manager Kelly Sakyrd. The Space Coast Fam included 2 Royal Caribbean cruise inspections on Majesty of the Sea and super ship Oasis of the Sea which has moved to the Port Canaveral Port. The travel tribe also explored the local port hotels like Hilton, Radison, Courtyard Marriott of Cape Canaveral, Best Western Cocoa Beach, the Homewood Suites Cocoa Beach and Surfside Hotel, a fun and trendy beach front hotel.

The NASA Kennedy Space Center visit was part of the outstandingly well planned out fam “Familiarization Trip” to not only orient our Travelution agents with the Port Canaveral Royal Caribbean ships and port hotels but with the local attractions like the Cocoa Beach Pier and Pelican’s Bar and Grill, a local favorite on the pier with great food and fun.

This is going “above and beyond” for their clients. This is what sets Travelution agents apart- and this is how our agents take their business seriously and have fun at the same time!

Thank you kindly to Royal Caribbean and our amazing bdm business development manager for putting this amazing Fam “familiarization trip” together. Thank you to our amazing agents Inocencia and Jerome Chisolm and Ray Steen for taking your business seriously and being great ambassadors of travel and of Travelution.

Next up with Royal Caribbean is a 50 person Ship inspection of the Oasis of the Sea on December 18th and we can’t wait!