Roswell, GA – WorldVia Travel Network has announced the launch of Immersion: Growing With Groups and Immersion: Growing With Groups – Cruise Edition, two returning multi-day educational experiences designed to help travel advisors move beyond surface-level knowledge and build real confidence in group travel.
Both Immersions combine expert-led instruction, practical application, and direct supplier collaboration to help advisors understand how group travel actually works—from first inquiry to final delivery.
“Our Immersions are an opportunity for our advisor members to receive a depth of knowledge in specific travel types,” said Erica Scannelli, WorldVia’s director of member development. “We want them to leave feeling confident and ready to grow their businesses further within these particular niches.”
WorldVia Immersions are live learning experiences focused on complex, high-opportunity segments of the travel industry. Rather than broad overviews, each Immersion centers on a single specialization and walks advisors through the realities of that category—terminology, timelines, workflows, pricing, contracts, and supplier expectations.
Through interactive sessions, hands-on walkthroughs, and real-world examples, advisors walk away understanding how the particular travel niche works, how to sell it, and how to support clients through the entire process. The format is intentionally structured, practical, and built to remove guesswork, so advisors can step into more complex bookings with clarity instead of uncertainty.
Overall, WorldVia will host two Immersion experiences focused on group travel: one dedicated to cruise group bookings and one centered on land, resort, FIT, and custom groups, featuring direct engagement with supplier partners who specialize in the featured category, giving advisors transparent insight into best practices, support models, and opportunities to deliver added value for clients.
Hosted at Norwegian Cruise Line’s Training Center in Miami, FL, Immersion: Growing With Groups – Cruise Edition is a focused, three-day learning experience designed to help advisors confidently specialize in cruise group travel. The event will take place May 18–20, 2026, with both in-person and virtual attendance options available.
Led by WorldVia group travel expert Velma Tollison, CTC, CHPC, this Immersion provides a full lifecycle view of cruise groups—from the first client conversation through contracting, pricing, registration, invoicing, and post-sailing follow-up. The primary focus in this Immersion is on ocean cruising, but time is also dedicated to increasingly popular river cruising group vacations.
Advisors will participate in pricing walkthroughs, proposal and contract demos, and a step-by-step review of the WorldVia group process so they can avoid common missteps and operate cruise groups with confidence.
Meanwhile, Immersion: Growing With Groups will take place December 2–4, 2026 at the WorldVia Education Center in Roswell, GA, with in-person and virtual attendance options available.
This Immersion is designed to help advisors understand how group travel across a variety of key group products—Air, Cruise, and Hotel / Resort for Beach Breaks or FITs— works from start to finish. From there, discussion is centered around how to structure, position, price, and deliver group trips in a way that protects their time and supports sustainable growth.
Advisors gain practical insight into group terminology, timelines, operations, and expectations, along with direct engagement with group-focused supplier partners.
Across both Immersions, the goal is the same: to replace uncertainty with clarity, so advisors can confidently say yes to higher-value group opportunities.
“Immersions have always been a strong part of our events portfolio,” Scannelli said. “I'm especially excited to get our curriculum in front of our advisors—the engagement, passion, and results we see out of these events is always inspiring.”
Registration for each Immersion is now open, with space intentionally limited to support focused learning and meaningful interaction.
WorldVia Travel Network is a leading travel host and support platform dedicated to helping travel advisors grow confident, sustainable businesses. Through education, supplier partnerships, community, and tools designed for real-world application, WorldVia focuses on helping advisors elevate their professionalism, better serve their clients, and pursue higher-value opportunities with clarity and confidence. For more information about WorldVia Immersions or to request media details, interested parties are encouraged to contact the WorldVia Travel Network marketing team.