What Benefits do Seabourn Academy graduates receive?

When you have successfully completed all the course exams you will be a Seabourn Academy graduate and receive the following benefits:

1. Certificate: A downloadable certificate with your name and date of graduation

2. Bonus Commission for U.S. and Canadian graduates: US$100.00 bonus commission on your first booking after graduating. The booking must be made within 60 days of graduating. To apply for the bonus commission please email seabournacademy@seabourn.com with the booking details and your full name, agency name and agency address.

3. CLIA CreditsUp to 15 CLIA credits toward ACC or MCC. CLIA offers a maximum of 15 credits so if you have credits from other training programs you can only apply the number of credits needed to total 15. If you do not have CLIA credits you may apply all 15 credits.

For CLIA ACC/MCC credits, an original Seabourn Academy graduate certificate must be submitted with your Captain's Log Book for grading. Copies, faxes or PDFs will not be accepted. To learn more about CLIA Certification, please go to www.cruising.org. 

The Seabourn Academy graduate certificate has no cash value. CLIA Certification credit awarded to CLIA member agents only. CLIA and Seabourn are not responsible for lost, misplaced or undelivered mail. 

4. U.S. Travel Professionals Credits: U.S. graduates are eligible for 8 credits from The Travel Institute. We suggest you supply a print out of the email advising that you are a Seabourn Academy graduate and/or a photo copy of your certificate to The Travel Institute. You must be a Certified Travel Associate (CTA) or a Certified Travel Counselor (CTC).

5. Canadian Travel Professionals Credits: Canadian graduates earn 12 credits from the Canadian Institute of Travel Counsellors (CITC). Your approval number will be sent to you via email when you graduate. If you are registered in the Certified Travel Counsellor (CTC) program, you can validate your credits by forwarding this message to certification@citc.ca. If you are not registered in the CTC program and would like to obtain more information, please visit www.citc.ca