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Expedia Cruises
Expedia Cruises is a travel agency franchise company established in 1987, specializing in marketing and sales of air, land & cruise vacations. Through its network of 300 independently owned retail locations and 7,000+ Vacation Consultants in North America, the company has year over year grown in sales for the past two decades. In 2007, Expedia Inc. had bought a "significant but non-controlling" interest in Vancouver-based cruise vacation specialists CruiseShipCenters International. As of March 2013, Expedia Inc owns 100% of the company. In 2020, the Expedia CruiseShipCenters rebranded to Expedia Cruises with the tag line Air, Land & Sea Vacations. Awards Expedia Cruises has won awards, for sales, franchise development, and for marketing. These awards include: * Canadian Franchise Association, CFA Award of Excellence 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Subsidiary
A subsidiary, subsidiary company or daughter company is a company owned or controlled by another company, which is called the parent company or holding company. Two or more subsidiaries that either belong to the same parent company or having a same management being substantially controlled by same entity/group are called sister companies. The subsidiary can be a company (usually with limited liability) and may be a government- or state-owned enterprise. They are a common feature of modern business life, and most multinational corporations organize their operations in this way. Examples of holding companies are Berkshire Hathaway, Jefferies Financial Group, The Walt Disney Company, Warner Bros. Discovery, or Citigroup; as well as more focused companies such as IBM, Xerox, and Microsoft. These, and others, organize their businesses into national and functional subsidiaries, often with multiple levels of subsidiaries. Details Subsidiaries are separate, distinct legal entities f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |