Celebrity Cruises, Royal Caribbean, Club Med Climb Aboard With CUShopper to Provide Smart Financing On-line or Off-line.Business Editors/Travel & E-Commerce e-commerce, commerce conducted over the Internet, most often via the World Wide Web. E-commerce can apply to purchases made through the Web or to business-to-business activities such as inventory transfers. Writers BURBANK, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 2, 2000 Credit Union Shopping Service Now Offers Travel Packages Leading vacation companies Celebrity Cruises Celebrity Cruises is a cruise line founded in 1989 by the Greek Chandris Group. In 1997 Celebrity Cruises Ltd. merged with Royal Caribbean International to become Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd., which operates Celebrity and the Royal Caribbean International line. , Royal Caribbean and Club Med Club Med (short for Club Méditerranée) is a French corporation of vacation resorts found in many parts of the world, usually in highly exotic locations. It is seen by many as having started the all-inclusive resort concept, which is now a popular vacationing style for have joined forces with CUShopper to offer discounted travel packages to credit union members. This strategic alliance between these industry powerhouses creates unique value propositions for vacationers looking to finance their travel packages through the discounted rates offered by credit unions. CUShopper, a Burbank, Calif.-based company is providing this service through the launch of the CUShopper Travel Club. CUShopper provides low credit union financing for premium-priced products to its 1,500 credit union partners. CUShopper has negotiated special member packages with Royal Caribbean, Celebrity Cruise Lines
Name Headquarters A'rosa Europe NCL America America AIDA Cruises Europe American Cruise Lines America , Club Med and others. Combined with the low financing available through credit unions, members can book vacations for as low as low as $19.95 per month per person. The CUShopper Travel Club launches with exclusive travel packages with two of the top names in the cruise industry, Royal Caribbean (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange : RCL RCL - Reduced Control Language. A simplified job control language for OS360, translated to IBM JCL. "Reduced Control Language for Non- Professional Users", K. Appel in Command Languages, C. Unger ed, N-H 1973. ) and Celebrity Cruise Lines, and the all-inclusive vacation properties Vacation property is a niche in the real estate market dealing with residences used for holiday vacations (eg. beach house). The rapid development of the Internet and technologies such as telephony and personal digital assistants that allow people to work from home since circa 1995 of Club Med. The packages encompass all destinations in the Royal Caribbean and Celebrity Cruise Lines itinerary and each Club Med facility. "CUShopper offers discount vacation packages for credit union members, and enables them to finance them wisely - through their credit union," said Adam Wicks Walker, co-founder and chairman of CUShopper. "We are the first national organization to negotiate directly with the cruise lines and travel companies and offer credit union financing rates. Our goal is to provide a very, very high level of member satisfaction." The company is currently negotiating directly with other vacation providers to offer an almost unlimited range of options, giving credit union members the ultimate travel club, all with low credit union financing. "The CU Shopper Travel Club will demonstrate to the travel industry the united buying power Buying Power The money an investor has available to buy securities. In a margin account, the buying power is the total cash held in the brokerage account plus maximum margin available. Also referred to as "Excess Equity. of credit unions," added Walker, "just as we have shown the strength and value of credit union members to the computer industry." To send customers on their way, CUShopper provides a toll-free number - 1-888-CUSHOPPER - to a Travel Service Consultant who will help plan the trip. Members then decide if they want to pay by credit card, or apply for a low rate credit union loan. Members can also choose to shop and finance on-line on one of the hundreds of CUShopper co-branded web sites - the only place on the web providing a broad range of vacation packages with built in credit union financing. CUShopper has forged forge 1 n. 1. A furnace or hearth where metals are heated or wrought; a smithy. 2. A workshop where pig iron is transformed into wrought iron. v. relationships with more than 1,500 credit unions to offer their services to 21 million members nationwide. About CUShopper CUShopper is The Credit Union Member's Shopping Network. CUShopper creates point-of-sale opportunity for credit unions across popular product categories that leverage the core value of credit unions - lower interest financing. CUShopper creates a retail environment, both on-line and off-line, that allows credit unions and members to participate in the leading delivery system for financing. CUShopper.com displays each participating credit union's logo, rates, terms and more, providing a customized on-line shopping and commerce environment appropriate to each membership group. The constantly evolving and expanding product and service categories now include computers, accessories, software, home electronics, jewelry jewelry, personal adornments worn for ornament or utility, to show rank or wealth, or to follow superstitious custom or fashion. The most universal forms of jewelry are the necklace, bracelet, ring, pin, and earring. and a travel club featuring vacation and cruise packages. CUShopper delivers each credit union's financing with product orders, now available with instant loan approval, allowing members to shop and take advantage of credit union financing within the same transaction. For more information, contact CUShopper, Inc. at (888) 627-3660, write 630 S. San Fernando San Fernando, city, Argentina San Fernando (săn fərnăn`dō), city (1991 pop. 144,761), Buenos Aires prov., E Argentina. It is a district administrative center in the Greater Buenos Aires area. Blvd., Burbank, CA 91502, email to PR@cushopper.com, or visit www.CUShopper.com. |
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