Riverside Luxury Cruises and Jerne have announced a partnership to streamline the management of familiarization trips for travel advisors. The collaboration aims to simplify the process of organizing hosted and self-guided river cruise experiences for hundreds of travel professionals.
The partnership will allow travel advisors to apply for guided experiences on more than 500 voyages across European rivers through December 2025. Using Jerne's platform, advisors can create business profiles, search for suitable fam opportunities and manage content created during their trips.
"According to our survey of hundreds of top travel advisors, their priority is experiencing new products that they can share with their top clients,” said Tim Morgan, CEO of Jerne. “By partnering with the exceptional Riverside product, we are able to provide exactly what they're looking for in order to build new sales for themselves and their agency."
The program will prioritize travel advisors with over $1.5 million in annual sales, offering them preferred access to fam opportunities. This initiative follows Jerne's recent acquisition of The 1000, a club for influential travel advisors with cumulative verified annual sales exceeding $1 billion.
"Partnering with Jerne gives us an efficient and effective platform to manage the vetting, application process and marketing opportunity related to hosting travel advisors,” said Jen Halboth, CEO of Riverside Luxury Cruises. “Riverside values travel advisors' indispensable role in creating unforgettable experiences for their clients, and we understand it's important to experience a travel product firsthand. When they see it, they sell it. we can't wait for more travel advisors to share all of the beautiful experiences they see with Riverside and recommend us."
Travel advisors interested in participating can find more information and apply online.
Editor’s Note: This article was generated by AI, based on a press release distributed by Jerne. It has been fact-checked and reviewed by a TravelAge West editor.
