Your Open Mind Is Your Hidden Superpower

As a travel professional – someone in the business of understanding the appeal of countless destinations and cultures, and the best ways to experience them – you are inherently open-minded. The very act of travelling out of one’s comfort zone is an act of open-mindedness; to seek and discover the new, the thrilling, the inspiring, means to invite the best aspects of the unknown into one’s life.

At Explora Journeys, we aim to connect travellers with the deep satisfaction that comes from acquainting one’s self with new tastes, sights and experiences, and from reacquainting one’s self with their core inner desires in the process. With this comes happiness, contentment and a sense of possibility — we call it the Ocean State of Mind, and it’s highly individual.

We also work hard to give travel advisors like you the tools you need to nurture your natural curiosity, and to fuel your ambition for success. Our Travel Advisor Commitment, from the very start, has put you at the centre of our business, and has emphasised mutual joy and success. We have shared policies and programmes like our By Appointment / + service, no NCFs, and generous commissions, to show you how much we value your collaboration and your time.

Our trust that you would open your minds to our fledgling brand when we first announced it in 2021, has been the foundation for the powerful tool that is the Explora Travel Advisor Centre.

You see, we believed in you believing in us, even before you knew who or what we were, and we listened to travel advisors to understand how we could continue to earn and build on your open-mindedness, your willingness to embrace a new brand wishing to create a category all our own.

The vigor with which our travel advisor partners delved into, and continue to utilise, the Explora Travel Advisor Centre, is an inspiring reminder that we said, “we’re here,” and you said, “tell us more.”

From the Knowledge Suite with its self-guided chapters and informative videos, to the Marketing Suite, which offers templates and tools to help you sell Explora Journeys to your clients, to the Booking Suite, which gives you immediate and easy access to all your bookings and commission amounts with us, the Explora Travel Advisor Centre beckons you to keep learning, and in doing so, to experience the satisfaction of professional growth.

With growth comes expansion that can change us for the better. As Albert Einstein said, “”The mind that opens up to a new idea never returns to its original size.”

We know that you provide outstanding service to your clients exactly because of your open-mindedness. We suspect that our relentless commitment to the art of listening is one that you share, and that because you take such time to really understand each client’s unique perspective and hopes, you are keenly aware of which clients would be an excellent fit for Explora Journeys. Successfully making these matches both builds your clients’ loyalty, and, importantly, fosters happiness.

Your ability to know which clients seek deeper meaning from their trips, and look for ways to feel more connected, is a result of your openness to empathising with each person’s desires.

You know, too, which clients will revel in our spacious, elegantly designed ships with ample views of the sea from every inviting suite and intimate spaces for gathering and connecting over food, drinks and conversation; highly personalised service by attentive hosts; journeys that balance days at sea with days – and overnights – in port and that visit well-loved and lesser-known destinations alike; and an emphasis on wellness.

Your open-mindedness has taken you into the heart of what Explora Journeys offers, like generous third- and fourth-guest supplement fares, a dedicated programme for children and teenagers, and a reimagined approach to curated entertainment and enrichment at sea with unexpected – and, often, subtle – presentation of numerous experiences and interactions with enormously talented resident and guest artists, experts and Luminaries. And Destination Experiences that offer a myriad of different ways for travellers to explore the world – individually or together with their family or friend group.

We, too, have embraced open-mindedness, first by listening to travel advisors and discerning travellers to create a new approach to luxury ocean travel, and, as we build the ships that will follow the recently launched EXPLORA I, to modify our plans as we learn new things about the innovations and efficiencies that can help us lessen our impact on the oceans and the destinations we visit.

One example of this came after we committed to ships five and six being hydrogen-powered, featuring a new generation of liquefied natural gas, or “LNG” engines, that will tackle the issue of methane gas leaks into the atmosphere. We also affirmed our commitment to equipping these two ships with industry-first, environmental technologies that enable them to use this promising low-carbon fuel, which will produce emission-free power for the hotel operation, and allow vessels to run on zero emissions in port, with the engines turned off.

But we realised that the time to act is sooner, not later, so based on designs for ships five and six, now, ships three and four are going to be lengthened by 19 metres beyond their original design, in order to also be able to run on “LNG” and hydrogen power.

This extension would also have allowed for the addition of 44 more suites in that space but we are not, we are only adding seven: a second owner’s residence and six more Penthouses.

This is, in effect, a doubly powerful impact of being open-minded. Not only have we revisited our plans for two ships, we also have taken what guests have told us, deeply to heart – particularly when they have said they want more space.

Even if you have been amongst those who have already experienced EXPLORA I in her first month of service, we hope that you will take advantage of our Pioneers status, which rewards you for being amongst the travel advisor partners who are booking us in our inaugural year.

And once you are onboard, revelling in the satisfaction of knowing that you helped us come to this milestone moment simply because of your openness to embrace new ideas and new ways of doing things, we hope that you will find your Ocean State of Mind – and that it will hold you close to the beauty and wonder of the mysterious, timeless sea.

From The Sponsor

Explora Journeys is set apart through five central elements: space, choice, design, destination experiences – and an unwavering commitment to the travel advisor community. In fact, travel advisors can begin enjoying our industry-first rolling commission programme today.

To join us, register in the Explora Travel Advisor Centre. There, you’ll find our industry-leading policies for advisors and exclusive benefits for your clients, including a “Flexible Journeys” programme that promotes peace of mind when booking travel. You can access robust learning modules in our bespoke Knowledge Suite, to help you tell the Explora Journeys story and generate your own go-to-market strategy. You will gain access to a dazzling library of digital and print assets to help you market Explora Journeys; a booking portal that makes it easy to match clients to their perfect transformative holidays; the latest Explora Journeys news; and a personalised reporting dashboard – all designed to bring you and your clients closer to an Ocean State of Mind.

We invite you to enjoy a seamless booking experience, whether online, with your By Appointment + Service, or by calling an Ambassador at 1.833.697.8348.

We delight in welcoming you into the Explora Journeys travel advisor community.