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Holding your next seminar or meeting aboard a cruise ship is much like charting a new course for your business and your life. The entire experience can inspire creativity and imagination among all who attend.

If a weekend in a hotel conference room for the company's strategic planning retreat doesn't seem all that inspiring, how about an Alaskan cruise?

Upgrading a typical corporate event into a unique experience inspires creativity and imagination, and it can help businesses build a strong network of team players. It can even transform how a company thinks about itself and open up many new business opportunities.

The ambiance and group dynamics of holding leadership seminars, educational classes and board meetings on board a cruise ship is much like charting a new and exciting direction for your business and for your life.

Perhaps one of the most decisive factors for corporations, educators and business of all sizes is the cost associated with an event.

Cruise ships can actually be more economical than a traditional conference held at a hotel or resort. It is estimated that the cost per person is $150 to $250 a day on the cruise, which includes room, food and entertainment. By contrast, a corporation may have to budget up to $475 a day for a conference room, hotel stay, food and entertainment.

Cruise ships have a stage, audio-visual equipment, meeting rooms and the Internet — saving you money on rentals.

The cost can be controlled, which makes it easier to include in the budget when planning out your event.

Cruise lines have shown themselves to be extremely cost competitive with package deals. And since the cruise ship already has a stage, audio-visual equipment, meeting rooms and internet connections, you can easily save thousands of dollars in rental fees.

With land resorts, you don't really get away from regular life. You still have your cell phones ringing, and participants may lose focus when they stop to handle the calls.

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In the evenings, people often venture off on their own, but this is not the case on a cruise ship, where you'll usually find plenty to do as a group or as an individual.

Another important and often overlooked cruise benefit is the opportunity to bring a balance to your personal life and your professional life — you can do this by bringing your family with you.

Your family will enjoy cruise ship amenities such as the state-of-the-art spa facilities, lifestyle lectures, shopping, or just relaxing and enjoying the passing scenery. Afterward, enjoy an elegant dinner together and try your luck at a Las Vegas-style casino at sea. Or watch a Broadway-style show and dance the night away.

So what will it be for your next business meeting? A hotel conference room or an unforgettable experience on board a luxury cruise ship?

Start planning early to get the best prices, availability and destination. Call Teri or Edwina in Regal Travel's group department to set up your next function on board the ship of your choice, to the destination of your choice. Call 808-566-7670 for more information.