Fred Mercer Email Address

Franchise Owner

Expedia CruiseShipCenters is a travel agency franchise company established in 1987, specializing in marketing and sales of cruise vacations.

"I have been truly blessed to work with exciting growth companies and talented Management teams over the past 25 years. My growth in Leadership results and entrepreneurial successes, are directly related to 2 inspiring Canadian Franchise success stories - Canadian Tire Corporation and CruiseShipCenters (now Expedia Cruises). and 1 organization which dramatically changed my world - the EO organization and my 2 life-long Amigos found there. I thoroughly enjoyed my early entrepreneurial journey building and selling my own companies, as well as the challenging and exciting Corporate lifestyle within a Franchisor environment at both Expedia Cruises and Canadian Tire Corp. However my belief in profits vs wages, and a hunger to continue our family's vision propels me to take up the entrepreneurial challenge and opportunity again!."​ This time with a renewed sense of how to structure & scale a successful multi-franchise operation. Time for more fun! ******** For 10 years from 2006-2016 Fred served on the Senior Management team of Expedia Cruises​ Corporate Support Office in Vancouver, leading the execution of the company's Mission to grow the profitability and value of their Franchisee's businesses throughout North America. As of May 2016 Fred left the Corporate world and bought the first of now three Expedia Cruises locations, all based in Western Canada. ******** Specialties: Franchise Profitability Franchise Structure & Scale Franchisor / Franchisee Relationships Franchise Growth & Sustainability Sales Process & Results Sales Leadership Team Management Keynote Speaking Group Facilitation Strategic Leadership