WORLDPAC Fantastic Voyage Cruise Takes Customers On An Alaskan Adventure

WORLDPAC Fantastic Voyage Cruise Takes Customers On An Alaskan Adventure

WORLDPAC's Fantastic Voyage Alaskan Adventure provided customers with a unique opportunity to join other premier North American service repair professionals and industry leading manufacturers in an unforgettable setting. More than 540 shops from 45 states, provinces and territories traveled across the United States, Canada and Puerto Rico to experience the event.

NEWARK, Calif. – WORLDPAC recently took 1,600 customers, VIP guests, an elite group of suppliers and top WORLDPAC sales and management staff on an unforgettable seven-day Alaskan voyage alongside soaring bald eagles and migrating humpback whales. The trip was the most recent adventure for the company’s bi-annual "Fantastic Voyage" customer cruise event. Destination highlights include Skagway, Juneau, Ketchikan and the Tracy Arm Fjord as well as Victoria, British Columbia, and Seattle, Wash.
 
WORLDPAC’s Fantastic Voyage Alaskan Adventure provided customers with a unique opportunity to join other premier North American service repair professionals and industry leading manufacturers in an unforgettable setting. More than 540 shops from 45 states, provinces and territories traveled across the United States, Canada and Puerto Rico to experience the event.
 
Guests were treated to unforgettable experiences both on board and on shore, including daily customer appreciation cocktail parties, exclusive supplier presentations and Q&A sessions, an impromptu takeover of Skagway Fish Co., compliments of DENSO, and spectacular displays of nature and wildlife. Excursion opportunities ranged from glacier visits by helicopter to hiking to mingling with town locals.  
 
During the event, WORLDPAC distributed more than $50,000 worth of extraordinary prizes including $250 certificates for tools and equipment, $100 Visa gift cards, KYB promotional kits, GearWrench tool sets, Fronius professional flash units and more.  
 
To make sure guests experienced nothing less than an exceptional event, a dedicated on-board cruise staff was available exclusively for WORLDPAC guests, and everyone stayed in a balcony cabin with a fantastic view of the ocean and ports of call.
 
WORLDPAC says customer feedback about the Fantastic Voyage Alaskan Adventure was overwhelmingly positive.  
 
“WORLDPAC’s Fantastic Voyage loyalty cruise event provides our customers with a unique opportunity to connect with other industry-leading professional automotive business owners as well as our valued suppliers, all world-class manufacturers, in a relaxed environment,” said Bob Cushing, president of WORLDPAC. “The discussion and exchange of ideas about industry trends, challenges, opportunities and technology was incredibly valuable to all who joined us in this perfect setting: Alaska. The WORLDPAC team thoroughly enjoyed hosting the event, and we know from the great responses we received from our customers and suppliers they did as well.”
 
WORLDPAC said it would like to thank each guest for helping to make the Fantastic Voyage Alaskan Adventure a resounding success, as well as its supplier partners, including Bosch, DENSO, Continental ContiTech, FAG, INA, KYB, LUK, Lemforder, Pentosin, Sachs, Stabilus, ZF and many others.  
 
Previous WORLDPAC Fantastic Voyage cruise destinations have included Eastern Caribbean, the Mexican Riviera, Western Caribbean and the Panama Canal.  
 
 

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