Cruise Planners Cruise Planners is a privately owned American Travel Agency franchise network. The company is headquartered in downtown Coral Springs, Florida. The company’s travel agency franchisees specialize in booking cruises/travel to destinations around the world. The company has more than 2,500 franchise owners in all 50 states. The company is a licensed travel agency, an American Express Travel representative, and a member of CLIA (Cruise Lines International Association), NACOA (National Association Of Cruise Oriented Agencies), and ASTA (American Society of Travel Agents). History The company was co-founded by Michelle Fee in 1994 in Coral Springs, Florida. Just prior to the retirement of the company’s original co-founders Lynn Korn and Marvin Davis in 2007, their shares in the company were purchased by Palm Beach Capital. In 2013, CEO Michelle Fee, and COO Vicky Garcia together purchased the company from Palm Beach Capital. The company continues to be privately held, and has approximately 135 employees at the Home Office in Coral Springs, FL. Awards and Recognition Cruise Planners has been listed on Entrepreneur’s Annual Franchise 500 List for 16 years in a row. Cruise Planners has ranked on the Sun Sentinel's Top Workplaces for 5 years in a row Cruise Planner has made the Inc 5000 List from 2013-2018 2016 Cruise Planners won Norwegian Cruise Line's Elite Agency of the Year Award. 2017 Cruise Planners was featured as the best travel agency franchise in Entrepreneur Magazine's Best of The Best Franchises. In July 2017, Cruise Planners won Carnival's Ted Arison Founder's Award. 2018 Cruise Planners was inducted into the Cruise Lines International Association (CLIA) Hall of Fame as the Travel Agency Innovator of the year. 2019 The Broward County Commission officially proclaimed January 29th as "Cruise Planners Day" Michelle Fee, CEO and Founder of Cruise Planners, received the Lifetime Achievement Award from Travel Weekly at their 17th annual Readers Choice Awards in New York City 2020 Michelle Fee was induced into the Sandals Resort International's Hall of Fame at their 18th annual Sandals Travel Agency Recognition Awards in Turks & Caicos See also List of top earning travel companies References Category:Travel agencies Category:American travel websites Category:Travel and holiday companies of the United States Category:Privately held companies based in Florida Category:Franchises