High-End Travel Agents Find a Sweet Spot in Luxury Cruise Ships

Dan Peltier

October 14th, 2014 at 6:00 AM EDT

Photo Credit: A Radiance of the Seas cruise ship in Alaska. Flickr / blmiers2

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The Travel Leaders Group survey means that this has been a pretty good year so far for luxury travel for U.S.-based businesses.

Travel agencies that book luxury travel report such bookings are up or have remained steady so far this year, a Travel Leaders Group survey found. Based on responses from 770 U.S.-based travel agents who book luxury travel, luxury cruise ship accommodations slightly edged out five-star hotels as the most fr

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