6/25/2009 Woburn, MA - June 25, 2009 - World Travel Holdings (WTH), a multi-brand travel distributor, today announced that it has jumped several spots to #14 on this year's Travel Weekly "Power List."
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4/21/2009 Woburn, MA - April 21, 2009 - World Travel Holdings (WTH), the nation's leading multi-brand travel distributor, today announced it has enhanced its company-wide travel insurance program so that consumers can enjoy a worry-free cruise, hotel or villa vacation.
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2/16/2009 Fort Lauderdale, FL (February 16, 2009) - Awards season has arrived! CruiseOne and Cruises Inc. today announced that together, the companies have been given top honors by a variety of cruise lines and national business organizations.
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1/29/2009 January 29, 2009 - Celebrity Cruises has named World Travel Holdings (WTH) its 2008 "National Account Partner of the Year." WTH owns and operates several cruise brands, including Ft. Lauderdale-based CruiseOne and Cruises Inc.
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1/26/2009 Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. (January 26, 2009) – CruiseOne and Cruises Inc. today announced the formation of a new program that will help Franchise Owners and Agents continue developing their business operations, sales and marketing skills.
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12/30/2008 Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. (December 30, 2008) - CruiseOne, the nation’s leading retailer of cruise travel, has ranked 6th on the International Franchise Association’s (IFA) “Top 10 Most Popular Franchises with Veterans” list.
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12/01/2008 Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. - With a declining economy comes less discretionary spending. However, CruiseOne and Cruises Inc. - the nation's leading retailer network of cruise travel - is seeing cruise bookings continue to rise.
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9/14/2008 Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. — From September 14 to September 21, nearly 400 franchise owners and cruise professionals, representatives from virtually every major cruise line, and a delegation of industry executives joined the CruiseOne/Cruises Inc. executive team for its 15th annual national conference.
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8/01/2008 WOBURN, MA (Aug. 1, 2008) – WTH's family of brands will offer an exclusive opportunity for their premium clients to experience a taste of the Solstice for a two night sailing from Ft. Lauderdale on November 21st. This 2-night sailing preview will showcase Celebrity Cruises' newest and most innovative product and first new ship built in 5 years.
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6/23/2008 PORT WASHINGTON, NY (Jun. 23, 2008) – For the second year in a row, World Travel Holdings, ranked at number seventeen, has been named to Travel Weekly’s 2008 Power List. CruiseOne, the franchise division of World Travel Holdings, was named to Travel Weekly’s Top 8 Travel Franchisors, ranked at number four.
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6/16/2008 PETALUMA, CA (Jun. 16, 2008) – Villas of Distinction, one of the largest villa rental companies in the U.S., today launched its "Best Value in Luxury Villa Rentals" promotion featuring exclusive discounted stays at private luxury villas in the Caribbean, Mexico, and Europe.
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4/17/2008 PETALUMA, CA (Apr. 17, 2008) – Villas of Distinction, a leading luxury villa rental company, has launched Virtual FAM, a new kind of email that takes travel agents on a virtual tour of villas in destinations around the world.
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1/29/2008 Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., (January 29, 2008) – CruiseOne, a leading U.S. franchise operation of more than 500 independent cruise-only travel professionals, and Cruises Inc., the nation’s original host agency network with nearly 500 independent contractors has been inducted into Carnival Cruise Lines’ elite “Pinnacle Club.”
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1/07/2008 CruisesOnly, America’s Largest Cruise Agency, is printing custom shirts, caps and water bottle totes for all new cruise groups that book by January 31, 2008.
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12/17/2007 Orbitz Worldwide (NYSE: OWW), a leading global online travel company, today announced it has reached an agreement with World Travel Holdings (WTH), for WTH to manage cruise fulfillment for the company’s Orbitz and CheapTickets brands.
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12/11/2007 World Travel Holdings (WTH), a multi-brand travel company and the world's largest cruise seller owned and operated by Co-CEOs Brad & Jeff Tolkin, today announced that it has won the 2007 President's Award .
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10/11/2007 CruisesOnly, America's Largest Cruise Agency and World Travel Holdings' (WTH) premier cruise brand, announced today that it has launched the Internet's richest database of customer review content.
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10/03/2007 CruiseOne, a leading U.S. franchise operation of more than 500 independent cruise-only travel professionals, and Cruises Inc., the nation's original host agency network with nearly 500 independent contractors, are in the final phase of preparations for what is expected to be one of their largest annual conferences. Taking place from October 13 through October 19, 2007 both in Miami and onboard the Norwegian Pearl, the 2007 conference theme and title is "A League Of Our Own," signifying the vast strength of these organizations as leaders in the cruise travel industry as well as the Norwegian Pearl's industry-first bowling alley at sea.
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10/03/2007 CruiseOne, a leading U.S. franchise operation of more than 500 independent cruise-only travel professionals, and Cruises Inc., the nation's original host agency network with nearly 500 independent contractors is very pleased with the recent steps taken by the cruise brands under Royal Caribbean International, Ltd.
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8/23/2007 Vacation Outlet, part of World Travel Holdings (formerly National Leisure Group) and New England's premier seller of leisure travel, proudly sponsored employees at the recent Pan Mass Challenge, the nation's original fundraising bike-a-thon. On August 5, WTH co-CEO Brad Tolkin, SVP Pat Krippendorf, VPs David Crooks and Stuart Cohen, and WTH employees Mark Hurley, Jackie Murphy, Dawn Shackelton, and Jeff McLean rode the course in memory of the company's former president Greg Davis, who was hit by a car while training for the 197-mile PMC fundraising event on June 18, 2001.
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7/16/2007 CruiseOne, a leading U.S. franchise operation of more than 500 independent cruise-only travel professionals, and Cruises Inc., the nation's original host agency network with more than 500 independent contractors, have invested over one million dollars to completely upgrade their servers and systems in order to ensure smooth operations and faster response time to cruise customer requests.
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5/4/2007 CruiseOne, a leading U.S. franchise operation of more than 500 independent cruise-only travel professionals, and Cruises Inc., the nation's original host agency network with more than 500 independent contractors, have named travel and cruise industry veteran Steven Hattem to the position of Vice President of Marketing.
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4/2/2007 CruiseOne, the leading cruise agency franchisor, recently participated in the third annual cruise3sixty conference. The company, founded in 1992, currently has close to 500 franchisees throughout North America and is the recognized leader in the development of unique technology and marketing programs on behalf of its franchise members.
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3/19/2007 World Travel Holdings, recent acquirer of Woburn-based NLG, announces a new addition to their sales & marketing team, Stuart Cohen, MCC, as Vice President of Group Travel.
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2/27/2007 Private yachts and luxury villas are not only for the rich and famous anymore, but are now within reach of every vacationer with the launch of www.TripsofDistinction.com.
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1/23/2007 Dreaming of a luxurious vacation in a private villa with all the comforts of home? Villas of Distinction makes this dream an elegant and memorable reality.
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1/11/2007 Kayak.com launches first metasearch product for cruises, allowing search of multiple cruise sites for prices and itineraries.
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1/11/2007 JetBlue Airways announces start of one-stop shopping for cruises and JetBlue air travel on cruises.jetblue.com
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1/10/2007 Villas of Distinction launches "Featured Distinctive Villa" section designed to offer potential travelers a first glance at best-of-the-best villa options.
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1/4/2007 SideStep, the Internet's leading travel search company, announces upcoming launch of its Cruise Vertical, the company's latest category expansion.
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1/4/2007 World Travel Holdings name more accurately reflects the company's plans for international market growth and global industry leadership. The first major step in this evolution is the migration to one corporate website.
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11/28/2006 Vacation Outlet has been acquired by World Travel Holdings, a New York-based travel company with multiple travel brands including Villas of Distinction, Cruise411 and Rooms.com. Acquired along with Vacation Outlet are sister companies under the National Leisure Group brand including CruisesOnly, Cruises.com, CruiseOne, and Cruises Inc.
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9/06/2006 "NLG rallied around this cause because it was so important to our employees," said Kelly Acheson, NLG inventory product manager & vendor relations. "We need to thank our employees, friends, family and most of all, our customers for their tremendous support in helping us to raise a substantial amount of money to support breast cancer."
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7/24/2006 Through the acquisition, World Travel Holdings becomes the single largest seller of cruises in the world. The rich heritage of World Travel Holdings combined with the contemporary business model for NLG is expected to create a powerful, positive force in the travel industry that will benefit customers, travel agents, and cruise suppliers.
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6/01/2006 Mr. and Mrs. Maurice Reutter of Lexington, MA, were the lucky couple named King and Queen for booking the first cruise of the 2006 sailing season on the Norwegian Majesty.
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