Keith Lefkof of Cruise Planners Achieves CLIA’s Travel Agency Executive (TAE) Designation

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Keith Lefkof of Cruise Planners Achieves CLIA’s Travel Agency Executive (TAE) Designation

The Travel Agency (TAE) Executive completed the extensive management training requirements, travel experience with proven sales and management success.

February 24, 2022 – Boca Raton, FL

Keith Lefkof has earned the highly coveted Travel Agency Executive (TAE) Certification by taking his lifelong passion for travel and combining it with his 20+ years of experience and proficiency in hospitality management, event planning, commercial real estate, franchise consulting, and B2B corporate sales to become a Corporate Travel Consultant and Franchisee with Cruise Planners.

Based in Boca Raton, FL, Keith loves to hone his craft and understands that learning is a lifelong process to becoming the best in the business and therefore can expertly assist his clients. He has recently earned the designation of Travel Agency Executive (TAE), just after completing the Accredited Cruise Counselor (ACC) offered by Cruise Lines International Association (CLIA).

Travel Agency Executive (TAE) Certification is specifically designed for management-level travel agency professionals and is no easy feat to achieve. Less than 5% of travel advisors in North America, have secured this high-level and executive designation. The executive training is acquired through completion of a comprehensive program consisting of travel agency management training and product instruction, delivered through a combination of extensive in-person and virtual training, sales success, and personal cruise experiences. 

Graduates of CLIA’s certification programs are widely recognized as the foremost cruise vacation experts amongst American travel agents. Cruise Lines International Association (CLIA)  is the world's largest cruise industry trade association, providing a unified voice and leading authority of the global cruise community. CLIA represents 95% of the world’s ocean-going cruise capacity, comprised of 54,000 travel agents and 15,000 of the largest travel agencies in the world.

"Our full-service travel agency is very active, working with corporate and franchise companies planning unique event venues for their conventions on cruises or all-inclusive resorts in the Caribbean. Our agency also works with companies to help plan and implement their travel incentive programs” Lefkof said. Cruise Planners, together with strong supplier partnerships, will continue to propel the travel industry into the prosperous future.”

To contact Keith Lefkof call 561-327-4494 or email Keith.Lefkof@CruisePlanners.com 

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About Cruise Planners 

Headquartered in Coral Springs, Fla. since 1994, Cruise Planners is the nation's largest home-based travel advisor franchise network and an American Express Travel Representative with more than 2,500 franchise owners who independently book vacations and travel experiences for their clients. Cruise Planners has been ranked #1 as a travel franchise in Entrepreneur Magazine 18 years in a row. Cruise Planners has achieved top producer status with every major cruise line, many land vendors and maintains a philanthropic drive.