Bob Levinstein is the CEO of CruiseCompete and CEO of Compete Ventures. He's also the founder of ExpertTravelAnswers.com. Levinstein founded NationJob, which was one of the first online job search engines in the 90s. 

Levinstein tells us about Cruise Compete and Resort Compete, and how both sites help travelers find the best vacation packages. He also explains the the most popular consumer trends in cruising. 

Levinstein then discusses how publishers can effectively utilize ExpertTravelAnswers.com. 

Levinstein co-founded CruiseCompete.com in 2003 and continues to serve as its CEO.  

Since that time, registered users have received over 10 million quotes from the site's 300+ travel-agency members. CruiseCompete took top honors in Travel + Leisure Magazine's "Top 60 Best Apps and Websites for Travelers" (September 2012) with an honorable mention. The Wall Street Journal praised CruiseCompete as "Best Cruise Travel Site," The New York Times says, "... independent travel agents compete to offer you the best deal," and follows similar praise from Travel + Leisure, Kiplinger's and The Washington Post. The Street says, "Score luxury cruises at bargain prices."  

Levinstein has been with working with electronic exchange concepts since 1988, when he co-founded National Employment Wire Service Corporation in California. This company became NationJob, Inc., one of the first online job websites in 1995. Clients have included Bechtel, Blue Cross/Blue Shield, Boeing Aerospace, Dow Corning, Ford Motor Company, the Mayo Clinic, Michelin, Wyeth Pharmaceuticals and many other household names.  

He was the first to implement such now-common employment website features as automatically e-mailing out new jobs to job seekers based on stored search criteria and generating niche employment sites from a master general database. Levinstein served as President and COO of NationJob until April of 2007, and remains a member of its Board of Directors.  

Levinstein holds a BA in Organizational Behavior from Stanford University and has completed two Ironman triathlons.

Visit Cruise Compete at www.cruisecompete.com. 

Visit Resort Compete at www.ResortCompete.com. 

Find out more about Compete Ventures at www.competeventures.com.