Cruising Free

Katy Jones

With over 15 years of experience in the travel industry, Katy brings a wealth of knowledge, leadership, and passion to the role of Director of Education. Having developed an extensive background in cruise travel and group management, she is dedicated to empowering travel advisors with the tools, strategies, and insights...

Joseph Giampietro

Joseph joined the company first as a Customer Service Agent and worked his way up to President of Cruise Brothers over two decades learning every aspect of the travel agency business. Given the tremendous growth in the number of Independent Contractors to the business, Joe took on more responsibility as...

Jonathan Gelfuso

Jonathan is the third generation of Gelfusos to work at Cruise Brothers, and while he never meant to join the family business, giving his expertise in programming he jumped at the opportunity to help design and implement the company's powerful agent intranet, cbagenttools.com. He holds a BA in Mechanical Engineering...

Mike Houle

Mike loves to travel with his wife and two daughters. His passion for adventure travel has taken him deep below the oceans to exotic dive sights and ziplining high above the mountains of South America. As a team leader for Cruise Brothers, Mike is knowledgeable in all aspects of booking...

Steven Eidelberg

Steven joined Cruise Brothers in late 2019 following a successful twenty-five year career in the hotel industry. Most recently, Steven was Vice President of Travel Agency and Airline Partnerships for AccorHotels leading a team generating $450 million annually from TMC, Consortia, Traditional Agency and Online Agencies. In his current role...

David Accetturo

David joined Cruise Brothers in 2010 after a successful sales career in the insurance industry. David was promoted to President and COO of Cruise Brothers in early 2022 following his leadership of Cruise Brothers' Cruising Free division. Cruising Free has a team of 30+ Business Development Managers each with their...

Steven Gelfuso

Owner of Cruise Brothers and visionary of the host agency model. Steve and his brother Russell took over their father's travel business Anywhere, Inc. in 1981 after realizing the potential not only in selling cruises, but also how he could turn his passion for cruising into teaching others how to...