Thursday 27 November 2008

Complete Cruise Solution Attend the British Travel Awards



Fiona Snow, Sian Crossey, Zoe Scott and Dink Ganatra from Complete Cruise Solution all attended the British Travel Awards. They were joined by Sarah Bolton, Maria Wade, Keren Bleich, Kerry Hannington, Dave Mills and Sarah Hall who had all won the opportunity to attend through Waves of Wisdom.


On Thursday 6th November at 4pm the team made their way, in all their finery, to Battersea Evolution.



Here is their account of the evening....


After getting lost in the taxi on the way, we arrived at the pre awards cocktail party with music of a Caribbean steel band playing. With over 900 guests attending, all looking forward to hearing the awards results, there was a brilliant atmosphere.




With the live band playing and presenter, Frankie Boyle, coming on stage, the evening got off to a great start. After the awards ceremony our dinner arrived during which the entertainment was a tribute band to the Supremes. Then, the highlight of the evening, Signature, the second place act in Britain's Got Talent, performed. After dinner we had more awards and then the Supremes tribute band continued to play as we danced the night away. The VIP area had a fantastic chocolate fountain which was drawing huge crowds and the hot dogs at the end of the night were also well received.

We would like to say a big thank you to all the WOW winners who joined us at the table. A fantastic evening was had by all and we are now eagerly looking forward to next years event.




Complete Cruise Solution attend Travel Counsellors 2008 Annual Conference in Marbella.....





Gill Smeal, Jo Cook and Caroline Moody from Complete Cruise Solution headed off to sunny Spain on Friday 21st November. After an early start (3am!) we arrived into Malaga along with 1200 others which included 800 Travel Counsellors, partners and other suppliers. On arrival at the top conference hotel the Gran Melia Don Pepe, we checked in and started making up 800 goody bags with flyers with all our Wave collateral and other goodies to give out at the Pow Wow!

At 8pm the Welcome Party started at Olivia Valere in Marbella, an amazing typically Andalusian venue opening its drawbridge to a magical world where our generous hosts from the Costa Del Sol showed us a little of what Spain has to offer with fantastic food, exciting entertainment and an amazing opening to Conference 2008!

After attending the welcome party we carried on with the CCS goody bags eventually finishing stuffing them at 1am! It was definitely time to get some rest....
The next day feeling somewhat refreshed after a good nights sleep, the main conference started at the Marbella Conference Centre including a welcome from David Speakman and our 8 minute CCS video which was shown to over 1000 people! WOW WOW WOW WOW.



The afternoon's main event was the Pow Wow where we had prime position at the front of the venue with a large stand and 800 bags to give out! This was a fantastic networking opportunity for us and we were delighted to see so many of our Travel Counsellors colleagues visiting us on our stand.




That evening was a free evening so we headed down to nearby Puerto Banus where all 1200 delegates had descended into Linekars bar as they were offering a discount for the conference, the evening turned into a typical travel Industry party and even Hugh Grant showed up! (need we say more!)

On Sunday the conference ended with a fantastic motivational speech from Annabelle Bond who climbed Mount Everest and then went onto scale all seven summits. That night we hosted 2 tables at the Gala dinner and awards where we were delighted that Caroline Howden who won the best Cruise Travel Counsellor 2008 was on our table - well done Caroline from all at CCS.
Finally on Monday after a busy but successful few days we bid a tearful farewell to our colleagues at Travel Counsellors as we headed back to Malaga airport for our return to the cold in the UK.

Thank you for a fantastic weekend Travel Counsellors - mucho gracias
We look forward to working with you in 2009.

Tuesday 18 November 2008

Cumbria Cruises Get Raising for Children in Need



On Friday 14th November 2008 Cumbria Cruises joined in with the Charity fun in raising money for Children In Need.



The whole office dressed up in their Pyjamas for Children in Need, brought in their teddys and sold cakes to raise money for charity.



They raised a total of £56.54. Well Done!!




Thursday 30 October 2008

FIRST EVER CUNARD QUEEN VICTORIA CRUISE EXPERIENCE




Complete Cruise Solution Account Manager, Gillian Smeal led the first ever Cruise Experience onboard Cunard's Queen Victoria ship.

The cruise experience took place between 24th and 28th October and after the group flew out to Barcelona they cruised on to Monte Carlo, Livorno for Florence and Naples where they flew back to the UK. The group spent 4 nights on the ship and were wow'd with dinner in the main Brittania restaurant and Todd English Restaurant, visits to the exquisite Princess and Queens Grill, tours of the galley and bridge, afternoon tea in the elegant Queens room, shows in the spectacular Royal Court Theatre.

CCS set the agents a group task and the winning group of 4 were awarded with one of the west end style private Royal Boxes where they enjoyed a champagne reception prior to the show in their own exclusive lounge followed by champage and chocolates served in the box!

The positive comments below from the agents who were on the cruise experience show just how successful the trip was:

  • Thank you so much for such an amazing trip. It was the best I had ever been on. And I am sure we have all made some friends for life. Amanda Bryan, Travel Counsellors
    I can't believe its all over, looking out of my window at the snow, not quite the same as Monte Carlo!!

  • We all had a fantastic time and have some amazing memories that will stay with us forever, I just wanted to say a personal Thank you it was brilliant and I am truly converted !! Ann Spencer, Travel Counsellors

  • Thank you so much for such a wonderful educational, I am not very good at saying too much but believe me this was one of the best trips that I have been on with some brilliant people.

  • I can go on and on but I just want to say a very big thank you for being such wonderful hosts. Gina Embleton, Travel Counsellors

  • Thank you! I had the best weekend of my life it was so much fun thank you so much. Rachel Varndall, Travel Counsellors


Monday 27 October 2008

Noddy and Paddington Pay a Visit to the Complete Cruise Solution Team!


On Friday 24th October the Complete Cruise Solution team had some surprise visitors come to the office.
Noddy and Paddington Bear were in the area and wanted to pop in to see their favourite Cruise Sales team.
Noddy filled us in with all the news from the P&O Cruises ship Ventura and all the friends he has made onboard. He has been busy keeping all the guests entertained onboard!!


Watch out for more news from our cuddly friends!!

Friday 24 October 2008

Complete Cruise Solution Win Big at the Travel Bulletin Awards



The Travel Bulletin awards were held on 15th September at the Landmark Hotel in London. Fiona Snow, Events and Training Coordinator, attended on behalf of Complete Cruise Solution and was pleased to be called up to the stage twice to accept awards.

P&O Cruises won the Star Mainstream Cruise Company and Waves of Wisdom won Star Online Training Course.

A great evening was had by all and a big thankyou to everyone who voted for us.

Monday 29 September 2008

Baby Boom at Complete Cruise Solution!!



Emily Williams Gives Birth
Chaos was caused at Complete Cruise Solution's Sales Conference on 24th and 25th September when text messages were delivered to members of the team during Pieter Van Der Schee's Commercial Presentation, stating that Account Manager of the year Emily Williams was in labour.
At lunch the topic of conversation was will it be a boy or girl & how was poor Pete coping?
We did not have long to wait as messages were soon sent just before the end of the first day's presentations announcing the birth of Baby Ruby Jessica Williams.

Her CCS family are looking forward to having another Princess amongst them.

Lucy Holliday Gives Birth
Lucy Holliday Account Manager in the East Team gave birth to a gorgeous baby boy on Saturday 13th September . 12 days late Archie Jake McNeil was a whooping 9lbs 4oz.

Everyone at CCS is looking forward to meeting the new arrival.
Giles Hawke's baby girl no 3
Giles - Baby Number 3 !

Gile Hawke - Director of Sales is now the proud father of baby girl no 3. At 14:28 on Tuesday 2nd September Giles's wife Abi gave birth to a baby girl weighing in at 8lb 7oz whom has now been named as Madeline Amelie Hawke.

Many congratulations to all the proud parents.

Tuesday 2 September 2008

Breaking News ........... Top East Lancs Cruise Agent Receives Tumultuous Homecoming!



Martin Hay of Go Cruise displays his support for the CCS Olympics Competition!!



Thursday 28 August 2008

Wii are Going For Gold





Whilst Britain have been winning Gold in Bejiing 1st 4 Cruising have been getting into the olympic spirit in the office too!!




Loving their chocolate medals and fortune cookies they have been working hard towards securing all the bookings they can for the Complete Cruise Solution Olympics Competition.




GOOD LUCK!!

Friday 22 August 2008

It's a FAB Friday in the office!!


With the Bank Holiday weekend to look forward to spirits were running high in the Sales Team Office. Unfortunately though not long into the day the air-conditioning broke sending the office into high temperatures!


With no hope of it being fixed until Tuesday next week enthusiasm and energy was running low with concentration becoming a bit of a struggle!


In a bid to try and cool everyone down Sales Director, Giles Hawke kindly bought the whole office FAB Lollies!!


With energies restored everything was back on track!!

Tuesday 19 August 2008

Lorraine Reveals All in Her Drawer!!



For everyone that has ever meet the fitness queen of CCS, you would know that all she lives off is salad, carrots and the occasional vodka!!


But what a suprise when someone caught Lorraine going in to her drawers to find that they were filled with crisps!!!

Monday 28 July 2008

MEET YOUR NAVY EVENT - 25th - 27th July 2008



CCS & Ocean World Travel were riding high on the crest of a wave at the weekend, with the Royal Navy at Portsmouth’s ‘Meet Your Navy Event ‘at The Historical Dock Yard. 30,000 visitors flocked to the event to see what the modern Navy has to offer and visit aircraft carriers HMS Illustrious along with foreign navy vessels from Japan, Brazil, Chile, Denmark, and France. The event was a chance for the public to see the Royal Navy past, present and future and CCS & Ocean World Travel provided the public, who were interested in all things nautical a chance to see what travelling on a cruise ship is all about. The stand proved popular with families and couples alike and was a chance to talk to people who had never cruised before.

During the weekend of festivities that included a dramatic air show from the Red Arrows and the Royal Marines Beat The Retreat CCS & Ocean World Travel dealt with various enquiries and bookings including a couple on a cruise of a lifetime on Oriana Round The World Voyage. There was a lot of family interest in Ventura The Superliner built for Britain alongside Ocean Village, Princess Cruises and Cunard.

Friday 25 July 2008

Travel Weekly Agent Excellence Awards


Last week, Polly Lyons, National Regional Sales Executive for Complete Cruise Solution attended the Travel Weekly Agent Excellence Awards for the Southwest & Wales. Looking as gorgeous as ever, Polly was actually shortlisted for an award herself; Best Dressed!




There is also a video of the night available to watch by following the link below...




Thursday 17 July 2008

Anna Baxter from the WEST region is simply the Best

Anna Baxter from the WEST region is simply the Best, as she communicated the Princess Caribbean 09/10 Special Departures to the rest of the Sales Team. Donning her Tina Turner wig and claxon she made sure the rest of the team did not forget what day it was.



Don't forget Princess Caribbean 09/10 goes on sale on Monday 28th July

Thursday 10 July 2008




Success At The Three Peaks Challenge!

On Saturday 5th July, Giles Hawke, Haydon Williams and Bob Dixon from Carnival UK together with Simon Robinson, Marc Bennett and Steve Vaughn from Thomas Cook took on the challenge of climbing Ben Nevis, Scafell Pike and Mt. Snowdon within 24 hours. The day was to present us with many challenges, some natural and others quite unnatural. One of the unnatural challenges was transport between the peaks. Even at the height of his record-breaking powers, Roy Castle wouldn't have attempted to cram 6 large fellas and all their mountaineering clobber into a Vauxhall Zafira. Poked in the ribs by each others walking poles and taking it in turns to inhale, it was as cosy as an iron maiden.


But of the five climbers four were ex-holiday reps, men toughened by seasons of flight delays and hotel overbookings. Heroes of this calibre laugh in the face of hardship and chortle at the prospect of discomfort. (Marc had never been a rep but he used to play rugby for Harlequins which is nearly as tough!)

Our first peak was Ben Nevis, which was a delight. A very pleasant tab (Paratrooper word for 'walk') up a beautiful mountain with some well marked paths. The recommended time was 6 hours and we polished it off in 4.31. Scafell Pike on the other hand is a piece of hell that has burst through the earth's crust and just kept on growing. Every one of nature's best ankle-snapping devices thrives in great abundance on this accursed peak and we were very happy to be off it but still managed to chip a half hour off the recommended climb time. We started our ascent of Snowdon at 11.30pm, wearing head torches. Looking like a delegation from the NUM, it was a solid yomp (Royal Marine word for 'walk') to the summit, part of which was along the track of the railway, the head beams reaching eerily into the foggy gloom. At the summit we established that we had two hours remaining in which to reach the foot of the mountain.

Exhausted after nearly 22 hours of climbing everyone knew that it would take a supreme effort to make the deadline. At this point, the weeks of training kicked in as we unsheathed our muesli bars and popped our dextrose tablets with practised ease. Charging off the mountain everyone closed their minds to the complaints issuing from respective feet, knee, calf and thigh departments, arriving at the finish post more or less on our chin straps but crucially in time to complete the challenge in 23 hours and 46 minutes. We felt that there was a certain cavalier panache in cutting it so fine!


Standing: Steve Vaughn, Marc Bennett, Giles Hawke, Bob Dixon
Crouching: Simon Robinson

Our success was in no small part down to the navigational skills and nerve of the driver, Haydon Williams who navigated unerringly (well almost) between the peaks as speedily as possible. Bearing in mind that Haydon is normally a Porsche driver, he extracted a level of performance from the Zafira (kindly donated by AVIS) which you won't ordinarily find in the owner's manual.

In all it was an amazing experience and the muscle aches were soon replaced with the warm glow of achievement. Most importantly, thanks to the generosity of those people who sponsored us, we have managed to raise a substantial sum for Action Medical Research and know that this will be spent wisely in funding further advances in medicine. If you would like to sponsor us 'after the event', you can make a donation at www.action.org.uk/~gileshawke

Wednesday 2 July 2008

This coming weekend, Giles Hawke, Haydon Williams and Bob Dixon join a team from Thomas Cook (together we're the 'Carnival Cooks' - we spent hours dreaming that one up!) to take on the challenge of the Three Peaks. Starting at 4am, the team will climb Ben Nevis before navigating unerringly to tackle Scafell in the Lake District and then proceeding to Mt. Snowdon in Wales, which we aim to ascend at about 11 pm that night. The Three Peaks Challenge is a supreme test of physical endurance and team work, undertaken only by the supremely fit or the hopelessly insane. (We're still not sure in which camp we belong.) Every year, many people who attempt the feat never return and the shrieks and wails of the lost souls can often be heard echoing off the valley walls. Even some of those who do make it are never quite the same again, adopting the thousand yard stare of the terminally bewildered and often given to bouts of speaking complete gibberish (e.g. Peter Shanks, Michael Whales, Rachel Noel and Katy Rabjohn who have all done this before!)
This year, we will be walking in aid of Action Medical Research. This is a charity which has been making medical breakthroughs for over 50 years improving the health and quality of life for millions of people. Among the advances Action Medical Research has been wholly or partly responsible for:
The first British Polio vaccine
Artificial hip replacement surgery
New treatments for epilepsy
Specialised treatment of burns injuries in children
New tests to improve the chances of successful bone marrow transplants
Utrasound scanning in pregnancy
Action Medical Research continues to make important discoveries and advances. The Charity is currently looking for answers to premature birth, sickle cell disease, cerebral palsy, stroke, epilepsy and osteoporosis.
Any one of these medical challenges puts climbing three peaks in 24 hours into perspective. But with your support and a little bit of sweat and foot odour on our behalf, we hope to make a significant contribution to advances in these areas.
We would be really grateful if you could sponsor us on our quest. To make an on-line donation, please click on the link below, it's perfectly safe. Because Giles occasionally errs on the side of egocentricity, he has created the donation site in his own name. However, I can guarantee that any donation made on that site is in support of the whole team!


Monday 30 June 2008

Go Karting Of A Different Variety



Cunard were the sponsors of recent Thomson RSM & Deputy Managers Meeting at the Hinckley Island Hotel, Leicester. Around 50 Thomson staff attended the event along with myself, Emily Williams, Katie Jefferis, Helen Green & Stuart Redhead from Complete Cruise Solution.




We all took part in a team building challenge which was a go kart challenge, our very own Stuart was part of the winning team!



The day was rounded off with a 3 course meal & wine in the hotel.

A great time was had by all!


By Luke Smith

Baby Joy For The Mults Team

We're delighted to let you know that Paul Beale, Account Manager for the Multiples is now the very proud Daddy of Oliver Clive, born at 13:55 on 13th June weighing 7lbs 11oz.

Baby, Mummy & Daddy are all doing well!

Monday 23 June 2008

Ocean Village Cruise Experience

Anna Baxter and myself escorted 19 travel agents onboard Ocean Village for a 7 Night Eastern Med Cruise.


The agents received tailored training sessions on the Ocean Village product along with the other CCS brands. They were able to experience the whole Ocean Village informal atmosphere they did an action ashore trip in Limassol, dined in James Martin's endorsed restaurant The Bistro, experienced al fresco dining in La Luna and watched a spectacular open air deck aerial show, featuring acrobatic performances high above the pool deck, plus much much more.

As well as all this 7 lucky agents also got the chance to have an escorted ship visit on
Emerald Princess while both ships were in the port of Mykonos







By Alyshia Bartlett

Tuesday 3 June 2008

Three Peaks Challenge - Update








Bold and intrepid Carnival UK sherpas Giles Hawke and Bob Dixon report that training for the Three Peaks Challenge (Ben Nevis, Scafell and Mt. Snowdon within 24 hours) is going well. Giles has purchased some walking shorts with a guaranteed anti-cshafing mechanism and Bob has moved down to low tar cigarettes. Ever wise after the event, we realised that the restaurants and cocktail lounges of Ventura, were possibly not the best venue for pre-season training. However, a recent 23 mile preparatory walk over the South Downs lead to some important learnings for the team. Learning 1: Don't have a curry the night before. Learning 2: Boots which aren't broken-in, cause blisters. All valuable intelligence in our preparation. Otherwise the day was a success. Deciding that oxygen cylinders and crampons were a tad OTT, we left them at base camp (carpark in Winchester) before advancing carefully up the northern face of Twyford Down. Here, with the aid of a complicated system of ropes and pulleys, we liberated the potato salad from Giles' rucksack. After this restorative, we proceeded with the technical assent of Old Winchester Hill, pausing at the trig points at the summit to admire the view, salute the Queen and eat a muesli bar. Our final assault on the lofty peak of Butser Hill (270m) was a supreme test of will and equipment. With iPod batteries spent, no bars of service on our mobile phones, and suffering from the twin scourges of the high altitude mountaineer (sore feet and boredom of each other's jokes), we opted for the eastern traverse before ducking down the craggy gully to the base of the mountain. This got us to our goal of the QE2 Country Park where we enjoyed a manly ice cream.

Meanwhile, team anchorman and IT Director Hayden Williams is boning up on how to work a Sat Nav and learning the curves and bends of the road between the three peaks so he will be able to drive it in his sleep. This will be a salutary competence since that is almost exactly what he will be doing come July 5th.

Our colleagues at Thomas Cook who will be joining us on the day are preparing with equal vigour, though as with their mergers, they prefer to keep tight-lipped about their training. We will be meeting up with them for one more practise, this time on 22nd June, when we'll all get our first sight of a real hill - Mt. Snowdon.

If you would like to sponsor the team 'Carnival Cooks' for the 3 Peaks Challenge in aid of Action Medical Research, please go to www.action.org.uk/~gileshawke & sign up!

Many thanks in anticipation of your sponsorship.

Friday 9 May 2008

Congratulations Georgina Morgan for this great achievement ...


Carnival UK staff live by a set of behaviours which help to interact with colleagues and customers in a way which delivers world class services each and every day. These set of behaviours are called CRUISE.

Staff both (shore and ship) are able to nominate colleagues every quarter for people who they believe have showed exceptional CRUISE Values. -

  1. Always be friendly and welcoming
  2. Go the extra mile
  3. Share what you know with others
  4. Keep your promises
  5. Make it happen
  6. Learn today, to do better tomorrow
  7. Remember, everyone's an individual


I am pleased to advise that Georgina Morgan Sales Assistant for the Midlands Region was the proud winner of the 2008 Quarter 1 CRUISE Award.

Congratulations to Georgina for this great achievement.



Thursday 8 May 2008

2008 The Year of Ventura

Wednesday 9th April

Travel agents from Thomas Cook were invited on board Ventura for an overnight event Throughout their time on board agents had a busy schedule which involved a Complete Cruise Solution presentation, Ventura Experience, lunch and gala dinner.

To further enhance agents experience on board we gave 10 lucky winners the chance to take part in a 2 hour Cirque Ventura workshop.
These lucky winners also were given a fantastic surprise on the day, dining with Celebrity Chef Marco Pierre White in his signature restaurant on board, The White Room. Agents commented that this was the best experience they had ever received!













Thursday 10th April


Today we ran the Cirque workshop for the second time, however today myself and Sian had a go at developing our non existent circus skills. After signing up for the workshop and seeing the height of the flying trapeze we wondered what we had let ourselves in for!

Well what an experience, after the 2 hour workshop we had mastered the art of stilt walking and balancing on the tight-wire as well as facing our fear of swinging high above the ground on the flying trapeze.



This is really going to be a popular activity amongst passengers of all ages… despite the fact that it left every muscle in our bodies aching for at least two days, even those muscles we never knew existed.


Sunday 13th April

Rhiannon Kilbride from Stewart Travel was on board Ventura, read her blog below:

You’ve always thought that cruises are for the older generation? Think again. On Sunday the 13th of April I was introduced to the new P&O Ventura “The Superliner designed for Britain” a statement I have to agree with.

On arrival at the dock I could not believe the capacity of the massive vessel. She was brilliant white and my eyes were drawn to the never ending rows of balconies. We were dropped off at the P&O departures terminal where we were greeted by a member of staff and directed to check in. The Check in process went smoothly and it was not long before we embarked the ship.

On embarkation I was overwhelmed by the Grand Atrium of the ship, everything was new and gleaming. It featured two glass elevators with two impressive staircases which met at the bottom and led to a seating area.

Afternoon tea was served in The Waterside restaurant on deck 15. Ventura’s main informal food court serving sandwiches, fries, salad, quiche, steak pie and an array cute miniature cakes. This made a perfect lunch setting with views over the sea.

In the evening we had a black tie dinner where we ate in the Cinnamon Restaurant this is one of Ventura’s main dinning rooms. The dinner consisted of five courses each being to the highest taste and standard. For my main I had a Sirloin Steak with vegetables this was excellent and had been cooked to perfection following my instructions.

The girls from Stewart Travel enjoying their night in the Tamarind Club: From left: Mandy, Fiona, Susan, Jacqueline, Debbie, Bernedette, Claire

I really enjoyed the Havana bar, which is inspired by Latin America. We saw a Kylie, Robbie Williams and Elton John tributes, which were all excellent. A disco followed this where the DJ played a mixture of party tunes. After this we enjoyed a midnight buffet in the Beach House restaurant.

An experience I will never forget and would definitely go a cruise holiday.

Wednesday 16th April

After 4 nights of hosting our top travel agent partners onboard Ventura I was very lucky to attend the naming ceremony.

We spent the morning in the office trying to catch up on emails and ensuring everything was ok. Then at 13:00 we went back onboard which has been our home for the past 10 days.

Once onboard we were given a quick briefing and assigned our duties for the rest of the afternoon. The anticipation and excitement onboard was very apparent as people started to embarked the latest edition to the P&O Cruises fleet.

Standing in the Atrium I realised what a special event this was as camera crews went past and I even spotted a few celebrities.

At 17:00 I went back to my cabin to get ready for the evening. I used all the lovely Temple Spa products and even had a chance to have a quick cup of tea.

Once ready I headed to the Luguna Pool for my cocktail party where Champagne and Martinis were being served. The anticipation grew as the crowd gathered and listed to the band.

At 20:00 it was time for the ceremony to begin Nigel Esdale Managing Director of P&O Cruises took to the stage to welcome everyone. We then watched the giant plasma screen as the mission to ensure the bottle smashed began. We watched as lots of different secret agents including Roger Moore aka James Bond did not accept the mission. Suddenly Miranda Raison who plays Jo in Spooks jumped on the stage to ensure the mission was completed.


Dame Helen Mirren then took to the stage with Captain Clark and Nigel Esdale to name the ship. When she announced 'I name this ship Ventura' we saw two Royal Marines abseil down the bow of the ship where they smashed two bottles of champagne. This was followed by a fantastic fire works display.

Everyone then made there way to dinner where we enjoyed a lovely 5 course meal including a choice of lobster of lamb. After dinner everyone made there way to one of the 8 bars across the ship where they either watched a show or mingled with some of the celebrities on board.

This was a night I wont forget!









2008 The Year of Ventura!
The Most Spectacular & Memorable Inaugural Events In The History Of Cruising!

Barrhead Cruise Show

Barrhead held their most successful cruise event ever in their Oswald Street branch on the Saturday the 3rd of May. They sent out over 250 invitations in advance and on the day the response was even more impressive!

Elaine Robb and Luke Smith from CCS brought up a Scelectrix that proved a real winner with the kids and some rather big kids to!
This was the culmination of a lot of hard work for the Barrhead team and on the day they provided excellent customer service ensuring that all clients had a refreshment in hand and had an appointment to see a cruise consultant . Their booking process was as effortless as the cruise itself!!


This successful day really was the cherry on the cake for their Launch campaign and eveyone at CCS would like to extend a huge thanks for all their efforts!

By Elaine Robb

Friday 2 May 2008

Fantastic First Ship Visit of 2008


We kicked off our 2008 ship visit programme today on board the stunning Queen Victoria right here in Southampton.

Escorted by our very own Tracy, Lucy & Gill, all the agents had a great morning followed by lunch in the impressive Britannia Restaurant.

Thursday 1 May 2008

Congratulations to Ruth!

Congratulations to Ruth, Sales Assistant for the South East & London on becoming Mrs Ruth Venn 2 weeks ago out in beautiful Mexico.