Cruise.me Sets Sail On Historic Online Maiden Voyage<p>Interactive, hip booking website to change the way travelers select their perfect cruise getaways<p>Miami, Fla. — Dec. 8, 2015 — Cruise.me (www.cruise.me) today announced the anticipated<p>launch of its cruise discovery website, which simplifyies how cruise travelers plan and book their<p>memorable nautical getaways.<p>Currently it is extremely difficult to book a cruise online. And surprisingly, the method of booking<p>a cruise online has not changed since the mid-1990s. Until now, as Cruise.me takes the pain<p>out of booking a cruise online, delivering a one-of-a-kind user experience that is intuitive,<p>interactive and fun.<p>It is a fresh take on a historically complicated cruise-booking process that was founded on three<p>basic principles: Search, discover and connect.<p>“Booking a cabin or suite on a cruise ship should be as easy as booking a seat on an airplane.<p>And now it is thanks to Cruise.me,” said Co-Founder and CEO, Stephen Chip. “Cruising is an<p>escape from the mundane. We want our visitors to imagine and visualize themselves in an<p>exotic port or tropical paradise before even setting sail for the adventure of a lifetime. We want<p>to foster an incredible, enjoyable experience from booking to boarding to docking.”<p>Cruise.me features a fun, interactive Map Explorer that allows website visitors to explore<p>international ports, view itineraries, discover incredible destinations and scout ships.<p>“If you can travel all over the world you should be able to see, and view, your journey on a map,”<p>The website contains exclusive content with heavy focus on destinations, port and ship content.<p>In fact, the interactive deck plans — and simplified online booking funnel — allow cruisers to<p>complete their booking in less time and fewer steps.<p>“Cruise ships are amazing, but that’s only half of the experience,” said Chip. “Visiting the<p>locations you will travel is the other half. On Cruise.me, we provide beautiful, rich imagery and<p>multiple photos to learn about the locations you will travel. Cruise.me puts it all together like no<p>Cruise.me enables visitors to create personal profiles, which can be customized with links to<p>favorite ports, cruises and cruise lines. The website can then provide customized<p>recommendations for visitors’ favorite items based on their preferences. Cruise.me also offers a<p>price tracker feature, which is ideal for flexible travelers to identify cost savings. Trips, itineraries<p>and other content is easy-to-share via social media, as well as email.<p>Cruise.me works in close partnership with all the  major cruise lines to cover 90 percent of the<p>cruise market, with plans in place to capture the remaining share in 2016. It boasts a<p>knowledgeable, friendly team with decades of cruise experience to handle inbound phone calls.<p>In addition, the website features an intelligent “Help” section with answers to more than 300<p>frequently-asked customer questions.<p>“We built our application mobile first and worked back to desktop,” said Chip. “It was a<p>conscious decision with  passengers getting younger and being more ‘social,’ consuming most<p>of their information from handheld and&#x2F;or portable devices. Indeed, we have a dynamic team<p>working behind the scenes to ensure that booking a cruise is easy … and enjoyable.”<p>The four-strong Cruise.me executive team, all of whom are co-founders of the business,<p>comprise chairman Narinder Dhiensa, chief executive Stephen Chip, chief technical officer Mark<p>Kemper and senior programmer Imran Ahmed.