A new training program from Viking is designed to provide travel advisors with the tools to promote Viking and the opportunity to earn exclusive benefits. The four-module academy allows advisors to become a Viking Certified Expert and learn the sales and marketing tips that have proven successful to sell the cruise line’s Viking’s river, ocean, and expedition voyages.
The Viking Travel Advisor Academy allows travel advisors and agents to “learn and earn” more with Viking, including benefits such as:
• $100 per booking incentive on a Viking reloadable VISA card for every confirmed booking made within 30 days of successfully completing the Viking Fundamentals, Rivers, Oceans, and Expeditions courses.
• A certificate acknowledging the completion of the Viking Travel Advisor Academy and the achievement of becoming a Viking Certified Expert.
• A digital Viking Certified Expert badge to display on websites and email signatures.
• Membership into the Viking graduate community, providing eligibility for special travel advisor cruise rates and FAM sailings.
“We are very proud of our longstanding partnerships with travel advisors, who help us share the world of Viking with curious travellers,” says Michele Saegesser, VP of Sales and National Accounts at Viking. “Viking has expanded significantly since we launched the industry’s first river voyage academy in 2015. Our new academy builds on previous successes and incorporates invaluable feedback we received from the advisor community.”
The launch of the new Viking Travel Advisor Academy is the cruise line’s most recent endeavour as it continues celebrating its 25th anniversary.
Since 2020, Viking has welcomed 15 new ships to its fleet – including eight new Viking Longships on the rivers of Europe, new purpose-built vessels on the Mekong, Nile and Mississippi rivers; two new, identical ocean ships; and Polar Class expedition vessels.
The cruise line also had its most successful single month of bookings following recent years of strong growth in January.
For more, and to register, go to the Viking Travel Advisor Portal HERE.