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To join or renew for 2024 Individual Agent Membership, please check back in November. Currently, we are open for 2024 Travel Agency Membership only. If you have any questions about CLIA Membership, please refer to our Membership FAQs or contact one of our Membership Services Specialists at [email protected] or (202) 759-9370 (Option #5).

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In charting my career course, like you, I chose to be part of CLIA, every year, as cruise was (and is) my focus and product of choice. I understood early that there were two tracks for using my CLIA Membership: one track was to join and take advantage of the credibility and recognition, bonus commissions, access to industry rates, and discounts on products and services; the other track was to level up my career by enrolling in the CLIA Certification Program, taking CLIA courses, tracking my stateroom sales, documenting my personal cruise experiences, keeping proof of my ship inspections and cruise line trainings, and achieving levels of CLIA Certification.

There is no right or wrong when it comes to how an advisor uses their CLIA Membership; it is up to the individual to decide what works best for them. However, for those who want to focus on cruise and make it part of their career course and success, the second track is the way to go.

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How to Get a CLIA Card: Requirements for KHM Travel Agents

Written by: Guest on April 16, 2017

Just as travel agents and host agencies use IATA (International Air Transport Association) numbers, for air travel, CLIA provides membership to travel agents who are planning to book cruise travel.

Obtaining a CLIA number will provide vendors with a way to confirm and identify you or your host agency as a seller of travel, and being part of CLIA provides you with opportunities for cruise line training and education

What is a CLIA Card?

Now that you’re familiar with Cruise Lines International Association, you might be wondering how to obtain a CLIA card. As part of working with an established host agency like KHM Travel Group, you do not have to obtain your own CLIA number to obtain the card. Issued by Cruise Lines International Association, the CLIA card is your travel agent identification card showing your membership with CLIA. It allows you to identify yourself to travel suppliers as being a part of CLIA.

A CLIA card is often used as proof that you’re a seller of travel for industry events such as trainings, seminars at sea, or FAM (familiarization trips ).

How Do I Get a CLIA Card?

KHM Travel Group is a Premier Agency Member with CLIA, based on our number of agents and now pays a memberships fee annually to CLIA on behalf of its agents to participate in the program.

As a Premier Agency Member, all KHM Travel Group agents who qualify are eligible to apply for an individual CLIA membership under KHM Travel Group, and can also receive a discount on their annual membership fee.

CLIA recommends that agents generate a minimum of $5,000 in total agency commissions from cruise bookings within the 12 months prior to enrollment. Realizing that it might be difficult for some agents to meet that criteria, KHM Travel Group has been given the ability to waive that requirement in the first year for our agents that meet the following qualifications:

• Must have completed CLIA’s  State of the Industry Course  located on the CLIA site under the “My Training” tab and click on “Online Learning Courses”
• Must have completed KHM Travel Group’s Agent Orientation – Destination 1:  Getting Started on Your Journey
• Be in good standing with KHM Travel Group (Your membership with KHM Travel Group has not been in decline for the past 6 months)

New annual training requirements from CLIA as well as renewals for existing CLIA card agents can be found on their website and are subject to change. Current KHM Travel Group agents can learn more about joining CLIA in the Portal .

KHM Travel Group offers professional support and education for travel agents , and part of that support is devoted to assisting our independent agents in obtaining a CLIA card.

If you want to learn more about becoming a travel agent with KHM Travel Group ? Fill out the form on the right side of the screen or call 1-888-611-1220 to receive our free Travel Agent Information Guide.

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