Appointments

Monique Ponfoort has been appointed CEO of Aurora Expeditions. Ponfoort (pictured) has had more than 25 years of experience in the travel and cruise industry, including with Qantas, Jetset, Helloworld, and most recently, seven years in managing PONANT’s [Read more...]

Hans Heger has joined Swan Hellenic as Vice President of Hotel Operations, effective immediately. Heger (pictured) has worked with several cruise brands and other travel companies, including Abercrombie & Kent, Club Med, Harmony, Pearl, Phoenix Reisen and Seven [Read more...]

Viking Crew, part of the Viking Maritime Group have brought the employment and payroll services in-house. As a result, a new company has been formed in Guernsey, Viking Crew Guernsey Limited (VCGL) which is the dedicated global employment [Read more...]

Valeria Mangiarotti, representing the Port Network Authority of the Sardinian Sea (IT), has been appointed Senior Vice President of MedCruise. Mangiarotti (pictured) will continue to develop the position of Director of Sustainability and Environmental Issues for MedCruise, a [Read more...]

Donna Kurtz has been appointed Director, Charter & Incentive Sales of Scenic USA. She has had more than 30 years experience in the travel industry. "With more than 500 connections in the charter and incentive business, Donna comes [Read more...]

Aris Batsoulis has been elected president of MedCruise, effective immediately. He was most recently the Senior Vice President of the port group representing the port of Corfu. This announcement followed the decision of outgoing President Airam Díaz to [Read more...]

Effective 2nd October, Jack Anderson (pictured) took over the helm of Crystal Cruises as the company’s interim president and CEO. The announcement came as Tom Wolber, Crystal’s President and CEO since September, 2017, is stepping down. Wolber is [Read more...]

Christopher Prelog has been appointed President of Windstar Cruises. He will report to Andrew Todd, Windstar Cruises and of Xanterra Travel Collection CEO. Xanterra is US Colorado-based group of companies that includes Windstar. Prelog (pictured) began his career [Read more...]

Nippon Paint Marine has appointed coatings industry veteran Mark Woods as business development manager. With a mandate to deliver growth and strengthen Nippon Paint Marine’s market share in the cruise ship sector, plus other vessel types, Woods will [Read more...]

Atlas Ocean Voyages has appointed six additional Sales Directors. Cathy Kusuma has been named Regional Sales Director, Eastern US; Rolf Logan, Regional Sales Director for Central US; Anthony Cooper, Regional Sales Director for Western US; and Eric Bacon, Regional Sales Director for [Read more...]