PARTNER WITH ONDECK EVENTS
Your MICE event is not only a great way to invest in your company or industry, but also a wonderful opportunity to focus on your employees, partners, and clients. At OnDeck Events we understand that generating tangible and quantifiable results is crucial to your event’s vision and objectives. Our team of cruise event professionals will work closely with you and your teams to analyze your needs and objectives and from there tailor a unique and successful onboard experience. We are a results-driven company that efficiently plans, designs, organizes, and operate successful cruise ship-based events across corporate, incentive, entertainment, and themed environments. Our 25+ years of combined experience organizing cruise ship events and cultivating strong relationships with partners and clients provides us with the insight and experience to help you deliver on your event’s aspirations.
A FEW OF OUR PAST EVENTS
Cruise Ship & ITINERARY Selection
We understand the complexities of finding the right ship, on the right itinerary, and with the right physical layout needed to meet our client’s strict event requirements. In addition to accessing our vast database of cruise ship particulars, we frequently reach out to our cruise industry partners to identify the ideal ships, best options, and planning windows. At the end of this process, we gather our key findings and present a set of ship options and recommendations. Our clients always have the ultimate say in the cruise ship selection process.
Charter or group contracts
Conducting large-scale events onboard a cruise ship, whether as a Full or Partial Ship Charter, or under a MICE/Group Agreement, has its unique set of industry specifics and complexities. OnDeck Events has extensive experience working through such cruise group and charter contracts, and we are certified as Ship Charter Brokers by the Association of Ship Brokers & Agents (New York, NY). Our cruise ship contract expertise is provided as part of our client services and covers the entire spectrum of Operational Terms & Conditions, Financial Clauses, Roles & Responsibilities, Included Amenities, Cancelation Policies, and Operational Compliance. Our ultimate objective is to protect and ensure our client’s interests are properly represented in all contractual relationships.
cruise Event Management
In the MICE (Meetings, Incentives, Conferences & Exhibitions) space, every event is unique and has its own set of needs and requirements. Whether it be an annual corporate conference or incentive group, a music festival, a sports fan gathering, or a high-tech ESports tournament, your specific event is capable of boosting your company’s professional prestige and standing within your industry, as well as customers and fans. Important as they are, you shouldn’t have to spend your valuable time stressing about all the minor details of conducting a cruise ship event. You have big-picture issues to deal with and stakeholders to look after. Our expert team at OnDeck Events will be your Go-To people in planning and executing your event. We’ll help you through every step of the process to ensure your event will be everything you want it to be, and more. You can count on OnDeck Events to help you deliver your best event ever!
cruise event website & tech platform
When running a cruise-based event, it is important that each step flows without a hitch, including advanced planning, event information, activity registrations, stateroom bookings, travel arrangements, ticketing, and more. As part of our standard cruise event services, OnDeck Events provides access to the industry’s best cruise event software and branded online platforms with fully integrated:
- Hosted Event Website with unique Domain Name
Integrated CRM for Attendee Registrations and Forms - Event description, Cruise Ship, Destination and Support Pages
- Event Participation Pricing and All-Inclusive Cabin Rates (if needed)
- Online Cabin Booking Engine for Cabin selection & Payments
- Customized Event Mobile App with comprehensive Event
- & Program information, Attendee Registration, 2-Way Communication, Notifications, Destination Info and FAQ’s.
cruise Incentive REWARDS & Travel
Do you have high-performing employees? Celebrate their achievements by whisking them away on an exciting cruise to amazing destinations. Incentive travel is a unique way to reward your top employees and motivate everyone in your business to go above and beyond. You select the employees and SeaSide Events will do all the work! We’ll work within your budget and timelines to present cruise event recommendations aimed at delivering an unforgettable cruise experience for your group. Once you have selected the ship, destination, and timeline, SeaSide Events will negotiate the group event contract with the cruise line while ensuring we secure the best possible value for your organization. Ultimately, an incentive event should communicate to your employees that their hard work was purposeful, and it should inspire everyone in your business to work at their highest level. SeaSide Events will help you plan and deliver on this objective.
Cruise Event Consulting
It goes without saying that every group event, large or small, is a critical part of every event organizer’s professional life. Whether it be an annual corporate conference, a music festival, a sports fan gathering, or a high-tech ESports tournament, group events provide an opportunity for companies or organizations to bring together under one rood their staff, customers, fans, or followers to share in the information, plans or updates that will keep this unique relationship going strong for years to come. Venturing from the well-known and secure land-based resort to a cruise ship environment may seem daunting and challenging at first, but in the end, it can represent a company’s or organization’s most strategic decision taken to bring their event to the next level. As you embark on this change process, our team at OnDeck Events consultative approach will guide you through every step of the process from the initial concept overview all the way to your post-event reviews and next event planning.
OnDeck Events is an industry leader in the organization, management, and delivery of world-class events onboard some of the world’s largest and most advanced cruise ships. Our events experience spans corporate meetings, industry gatherings, music festivals, sporting events, and incentive travel, either as Partial or Full Ship Charters.
Today’s state-of-the-art cruise ships provide a superior alternative to the traditional land-based hotels, resorts, or conference centers, as well as a cost-effective, exclusive, and very efficient way to conduct your corporate, sporting, musical or other types of group events.
After 25+ years in the cruise industry, OnDeck Events has long-standing partnerships with over 20 cruise lines providing access to more than 320 individual cruise ships ranging in capacities from 200 up to 6,000 passengers. Our expert team works hand in hand with our clients to identify the most suitable cruise ships with the ideal combination of cruise length, destinations, and facilities to meet their needs and deliver a memorable event at sea.
