Cruise118

Cruise118 are a cruise travel agency based in the town of Chorley, Lancashire in North West England.
==Company History==
Cruise118 is a trading name of Travel 118 Ltd. The company was started in June 2008 by directors James Cole and Mal Barritt. Both men had previously worked for MyTravel. In the first 6 weeks of trading Cruise118 turned over £1 million.http://realbusiness.co.uk/sales_and_marketing/cruise_firm_makes_andpound1m_in_six_weeks
In June 2010 Cruise118 announced a partnership with cruise distributor World Travel Holdings.http://www.travelweekly.co.uk/Articles/2010/06/24/34090/cruise118+eyes+expansion+after+investment+by+us+travel+giant.html
==The Company Today==
Today Cruise118 trade online and by phone. They focus solely on selling cruise holidays from a number of cruise lines. Cruise118 are also the distributor for cruise holidays sold on Travelsupermarket.com. Cruise118 offer a cruise concierge service so that customers maintain a single point of contact throughout their booking process. They offer cruise holidays worldwide but sell solely within the UK market.
Cruise118 employ around 30 homeworkers as well as their in-house staff in Chorley.http://www.callcentrehelper.com/case-study-newvoicemedias-contactworld-solution-keeps-cruise118-on-course-11417.htm
Cruise118 sell cruise holidays at AlaskaOnly.com, SixStarCruises.co.uk and SailfromUK.com. In 2011 Cruise 118 began expansion into niche travel sectors, including river cruises and extended around the world cruising.http://www.enforbusiness.com/feature/cruise-controlhttp://www.rivervoyages.com/river-cruises-about-us/http://www.worldcruiser.co.uk/world/cruise-the-world.html/
==Awards==
Cruise118 won an award for Online Agent of the Year at the Agent Achievement Awards in 2009.http://www.travelweekly.co.uk/Articles/2009/04/24/30827/winners-of-agent-achievement-awards-revealed.html In 2010 the company were named Agency of the Year at the ACE Excellence Awards.http://www.travelweekly.co.uk/Articles/2010/06/29/34121/ace+2010+cruise118+scoops+agency+award+at+ukcc.html They were also awarded the Best Agent-only Website award at the Travolution Awards 2010.http://www.travolutionawards.co.uk/travolutionawards2010/winners-2010
==References==
Alison Earnshaw,Neil Thomson, Ryan Johnston, Jill Winn
==External links==
* Cruise118
* Travel Supermarket
Category:Travel agencies