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Meet The CEO Of My Kind Of Cruise, The Airbnb Of Cruises
By Lewis Nunn
From Forbes
Sefton Monk is a British tech guru and CEO of the world's first fully bookable cruise app, My Kind of Cruise, with over 125,000 downloads and an average customer age of 38. You can search, compare, and book a cruise in less than two minutes on the cruise app, with repeat customers booking even faster, at just 45 seconds. With 65% of downloads generated via social media and 30% of users coming from TikTok, this is a true 21st-century revolution for the cruise industry. I sat down with Sefton to discuss how My Kind of Cruise came to fruition, his upcoming plans, and his predictions for the future of cruising...
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World’s first cruise holiday booking app launches
The world's first fully bookable cruise holiday app has now launched. Named My Kind of Cruise, it gives users the ability to instantly search, book and compare cruises side by side, across cruise ships, lines and sailings...
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My Kind of Cruise booking app partners with Cruise Critic
Brand new features emerging from the partnership include integration of Cruise Critic and My Kind of Cruise accounts, curated professional reviews, 50m+ cruiser reviews, opinions, and photos plus a cruise review collection...
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Sefton Monk spotted a gap in the market for a cruise booking app – so he created one
Avid cruiser Sefton Monk has created phone app, My Kind of Cruise, through which passengers could book. He tells Harry Kemble about filling a ‘gap in the market’...
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NEW CRUISE BOOKING APP URGES LINES TO WOO YOUNGER AUDIENCE
My Kind of Cruise has been downloaded more than 100,000 times since it launched in January...
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It’s time for us to embrace a sea change in cruise booking
We are on the verge of a seismic shift in terms of the way people book cruise holidays. As someone who is under 40 and a cruise devotee – having been on over 20 holidays at sea – this evolution is very welcome....
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APP-DRIVEN AGENCY AIMS TO BECOME 'AIRBNB OF BOOKING CRUISES
Sefton Monk and David Rowlinson, co-founders of recently launched app-based agency My Kind of Cruise, tell Tom Parry about their plans...
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Cruise apps: Everything you need to know
You may be used to using a travel agent or browsing online for cruise deals, but your smartphone can now help. New app My Kind of Cruise sends notifications about special offers and lets you compare and book sailings across different cruise lines...
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