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Before joining Cruise Planners, Chandra Brown had left a well-known Fortune 500 company to start her career in travel but chose to go alone as an independent agent. Was that the right move?
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Before joining Cruise Planners, Chandra Brown had left a well-known Fortune 500 company to start her career in travel but chose to go alone as an independent agent. Was that the right move?
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