[nabentre] Fwd: Cheryl Echevarria, President - NFB Travel and Tourism Division becomes first of 8 Travel Partners to sit on the Norwegian Cruise Lines Advisory Board

inthaneelf inthaneelf at roadrunner.com
Fri Aug 10 07:56:31 UTC 2012 

loud applause lady, way to go!

take care and good luck,
inthaneelf

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Tourism Division becomes first of 8 Travel Partners to sit on the Norwegian
Cruise Lines Advisory Board


Thank you very much.



Leading the Way in Independent Travel!
Cheryl Echevarria,
Ownerhttp://www.echevarriatravel.com631-456-5394reservations@echevarriatrave
l.comhttp://www.echevarriatravel.wordpress.com
2012 Norwegian Cruise Line University Advisory Board Member.
Help fuel the "Dream Machine" of the Imagination Fund by visiting
www.nfb.org/imaginationfund to make a donation using your credit card ortext
the word "blind" to 85944 and you will automatically donate $10 worth of
fuel via your cell phone bill.


> From: conibodyworks at gmail.com
> To: nabentre at nfbnet.org
> Date: Wed, 8 Aug 2012 20:55:53 -0700
> Subject: Re: [nabentre] Fwd: Cheryl Echevarria,	President - NFB
Travel and Tourism Division becomes first of 8	Travel Partners to sit on
the Norwegian Cruise Lines Advisory Board
> 
> Awsome! 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nabentre-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nabentre-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
> Behalf Of David Andrews
> Sent: Wednesday, August 08, 2012 6:11 PM
> To: david.andrews at nfbnet.org
> Subject: [nabentre] Fwd: Cheryl Echevarria, President - NFB Travel and
> Tourism Division becomes first of 8 Travel Partners to sit on the
Norwegian
> Cruise Lines Advisory Board
> 
> 
> >
> >For Immediate Release:
> >
> >Echevarria Travel of Brentwood, NY
> >
> >
> >
> >NCL U Advisory Board Position with Norwegian Cruise Lines
> >
> >
> >
> >Brentwood, NY - August 7, 2012 - Today at the monthly webinar for 
> >Travel First Partners with Norwegian Cruise Lines, they had announced 
> >their Norwegian Cruise Lines University Board Program and the 8 people 
> >that will hold these positions on a 1 year term.  It was announced that 
> >Cheryl Echevarria, Owner/Agent of Echevarria Travel, located in 
> >Brentwood, NY, will be the first of the 8.
> >
> >To complete such a feet with Norwegian Cruise Lines, there is criteria 
> >that must be met and all these people have completed this task, plus 
> >help others in the travel community, as well as with their clients.
> >
> >      Andrew Stuart, Executive Vice President of Global Sales and 
> > Passenger Services, stated on the webinar, there were so many travel 
> > partners to choose from and a difficult decision, but there were over 
> > 76 people nominated for the new board, and these 8 people are our pick 
> > for the 2012-2013 year.
> >
> >Comments from Cheryl Echevarria
> >
> >      Cheryl Echevarria says "It is an honor and wasn't an easy task to 
> > accomplish.  You first must have completed the Norwegian Cruise Lines 
> > certification courses and the PhD. Program, which consists of online 
> > training through the NCL University, and also take a 7 day cruise when 
> > offered for the PhD completion of the program, which includes 3 days 
> > of Cruise Lines International Association Class (CLIA) seminars, which 
> > I hold a membership with for travel professionals to sell cruises and 
> > other travel destinations, and must be renewed on a yearly basis."  
> > She also says, "This has taken almost 2 years to finish. Plus, I had 
> > to sell a certain amount of cruises for the company as well to be even 
> > considered."
> >
> >Partnership with Norwegian Cruise Lines and Echevarria Travel
> >
> >      Since starting Echevarria Travel in 2009, she has been working 
> > extremely hard with Norwegian Cruise Lines to make the ships 
> > accessible for everyone, being blind from diabetes and kidney failure 
> > since 2001, and is the current President of the National Federation of 
> > the Blind, Travel and Tourism Division.  She says that Norwegian has 
> > welcomed all her comments and has improved greatly on the 
> > accessibility for all travelers, including the implementation of 
> > Braille on all their ships, when others are going the way of 
> > electrical devices, and they have an Access Department on every one of 
> > their ships, and so much more in the works.
> >
> >
> >
> >#########
> >
> >
> >
> >To Contact Echevarria Travel:
> >
> >            Cheryl Echevarria, Owner/Agent, 631-456-5394, 
> > <mailto:reservations at echevarriatravel.com>reservations at echevarriatrave
> > l.com
> >
> >
> >
> >For more information on Echevarria Travel:
> >
> >
> >
> >            Echevarria Travel started in 2009, by the only blind 
> > owner/agent in the Tri-State Area, making travel accessible for 
> > everyone.
> >
> ><http://www.echevarriatravel.com/>http://www.echevarriatravel.com/
> >
> >
> >
> >About the National Federation of the Blind
> >
> >
> >
> >           With more than 50,000 members, the National Federation of 
> > the Blind is the largest and most influential membership organization 
> > of blind people in the United States. The NFB improves blind people's 
> > lives through advocacy, education, research, technology, and programs 
> > encouraging independence and self-confidence.
> > It is the leading force in the blindness field today and the voice of 
> > the nation's blind. In January 2004 the NFB opened the National 
> > Federation of the Blind Jernigan Institute, the first research and 
> > training center in the United States for the blind led by the blind.  
> > <http://www.nfb.org/>http://www.nfb.org
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >Leading the Way in Independent Travel!
> >
> >Cheryl Echevarria, Owner
> >http://www.echevarriatravel.com
> >631-456-5394
> >reservations at echevarriatravel.com
> >http://www.echevarriatravel.wordpress.com
> >
> >2012 Norwegian Cruise Line University Advisory Board Member.
> >
> >Help fuel the "Dream Machine" of the Imagination Fund by visiting 
> ><http://www.nfb.org/imaginationfund>www.nfb.org/imaginationfund
> >to make a donation using your credit card or text the word "blind" to 
> >85944 and you will automatically donate $10 worth of fuel via your cell 
> >phone bill.
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