Norwegian Cruise Line will be adding at-home reservation agents in five new markets, including Greenville County and the surrounding Upstate.(Archive video above: Common cruise mistakes)Norwegian Cruise Line expanded its at-home agent program outside of Florida and Arizona for the first time this year, recruiting from the Piedmont-Triad region of North Carolina last summer, officials said. The cruise line is also seeking interested applicants from Orlando, Tampa, Columbus, Georgia and Killeen-Temple, Texas, company officials said. The agents will undergo thorough paid training and will be the first point of contact for guests and travel agents looking to design vacations on board one of Norwegian Cruise Line’s fleet of 17 ships visiting nearly 300 destinations around the globe. The entry level positions require agents to understand and match guests’ vacation plans to Norwegian Cruise Line experiences. The first wave of the newly hired group will begin paid training on May 20. Following hiring and training of the initial class, additional groups of applicants will be considered for similar positions with Norwegian Cruise Line, the company announced.Cruise line officials said that while early respondents will be considered immediately for the first group of approximately 30 hires, applications will be considered up until May 17 for subsequent waves of hiring.Interested applicants can go online to www.scworks.org to apply for a limited number of positions in the company’s first Upstate South Carolina team. Interested applicants can search for complete details at the SC Works site by searching for job number 848922 or by searching for Norwegian Cruise Lines. “Greenville County is happy that a globally celebrated brand like Norwegian Cruise Line has turned to Greenville County, South Carolina, for the vital customer service talent they need to grow and advance their business,” said Greenville County Council Chairman Butch Kirven said. “We are confident that our diverse and talented workforce will be a perfect fit for their needs, now and long into the future.”

Norwegian Cruise Line will be adding at-home reservation agents in five new markets, including Greenville County and the surrounding Upstate.

(Archive video above: Common cruise mistakes)


Norwegian Cruise Line expanded its at-home agent program outside of Florida and Arizona for the first time this year, recruiting from the Piedmont-Triad region of North Carolina last summer, officials said.

The cruise line is also seeking interested applicants from Orlando, Tampa, Columbus, Georgia and Killeen-Temple, Texas, company officials said.

The agents will undergo thorough paid training and will be the first point of contact for guests and travel agents looking to design vacations on board one of Norwegian Cruise Line’s fleet of 17 ships visiting nearly 300 destinations around the globe.

The entry level positions require agents to understand and match guests’ vacation plans to Norwegian Cruise Line experiences.

Flickr, Johann Visagie Norwegians Cruise Line’s ship "Epic"

The first wave of the newly hired group will begin paid training on May 20.

Following hiring and training of the initial class, additional groups of applicants will be considered for similar positions with Norwegian Cruise Line, the company announced.

Cruise line officials said that while early respondents will be considered immediately for the first group of approximately 30 hires, applications will be considered up until May 17 for subsequent waves of hiring.

Interested applicants can go online to www.scworks.org to apply for a limited number of positions in the company’s first Upstate South Carolina team.

Interested applicants can search for complete details at the SC Works site by searching for job number 848922 or by searching for Norwegian Cruise Lines.

“Greenville County is happy that a globally celebrated brand like Norwegian Cruise Line has turned to Greenville County, South Carolina, for the vital customer service talent they need to grow and advance their business,” said Greenville County Council Chairman Butch Kirven said. “We are confident that our diverse and talented workforce will be a perfect fit for their needs, now and long into the future.”