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02
Jun
Paris: The Brief Overview

Paris: The Brief Overview

Paris is the capital of France: a city of approximately 2.1 million people in the city proper and 12 million in the wider metropolitan area, that has been continuously inhabited and continuously reinventing itself for more than two thousand years...
12 min read
02
Jun
Holland America Line: The Pitch to Close Deals

Holland America Line: The Pitch to Close Deals

Holland America Line is the most consistently mispositioned cruise line in the Canadian and American market. Agents who know it well sell it confidently and repeat. Agents who do not know it default to "it is for older travellers" ...
24 min read
01
Jun
Edinburgh: The Pitch to Close Deals

Edinburgh: The Pitch to Close Deals

Edinburgh is the easiest sophisticated destination in Europe to sell well, and the easiest one to undersell badly. Most agents undersell it because they pitch it as London-but-smaller, or as a stopover before the Highlands, or as a single shore-excursion day on a cruise itinerary...
15 min read
31
May
Dublin: The Brief Overview

Dublin: The Brief Overview

Dublin is the capital of the Republic of Ireland and the main gateway for most North American clients visiting the island. It sits on Dublin Bay at the mouth of the River Liffey...
8 min read
31
May
Edinburgh: The Cruise Connection

Edinburgh: The Cruise Connection

Edinburgh cruise calls can use several different arrival points: Leith, Newhaven, South Queensferry, and Rosyth. Agents must confirm the exact port on the cruise documents, because transfer time, tendering, mobility access, and shore excursion planning vary significantly between them.
10 min read
18
May
Holland America Line: The Complete Agent's Guide

Holland America Line: The Complete Agent's Guide

Holland America Line is one of the oldest continuously operating names in ocean travel, founded in Rotterdam in 1873 and now sailing a fleet of eleven ships to all seven continents from its Seattle headquarters...
51 min read
16
May
Edinburgh: The Complete Agent's Guide

Edinburgh: The Complete Agent's Guide

The Destination Overview Edinburgh is the capital of Scotland: a compact, extraordinarily beautiful city built on and around a series
69 min read
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Behind the Academy
Yvan Junior Blanchette

Yvan Junior Blanchette

Founder · Creator · Instructor

A working travel agent with hands-on expertise in cruise sales, from mainstream lines to ultra-luxury, expedition, and world voyages. AERIA Voyages Academy is the training I wish I had when I started, built from real client conversations and real sales experience.

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Beyond the Horizons

Beyond the Horizons

Beyond the Horizons

Jake Morgan & Tina Yards

Jake and Tina are two dynamic lecturers who take travel advisors on an immersive journey across the globe. From luxury cruises and iconic destinations to guided tours, hidden gems, and evolving travel trends, each episode is designed to help Academy members deepen their product knowledge, sharpen their sales approach, and grow their travel business with confidence. Through engaging conversations, practical insights, and real-world advisor strategies, Jake and Tina transform travel education into an experience that feels inspiring, entertaining, and genuinely useful for today’s modern travel professional.

Jake and Tina are fictional AI-interpreted characters created to make the podcast more immersive, entertaining, and insightful for listeners.

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