Appointments

Australian-based adventure travel company, Aurora Expeditions has appointed Hayley Peacock-Gower as its first Chief Marketing Officer. This is a newly created role to drive global growth for the Aurora brand, the company said. With more than 20 years’ [Read more...]

It has been reported that P&O Ferries’ CEO David Stretch is to leave the company to pursue new opportunities outside of the Group. Stretch took over from Janette Bell following her departure in August, 2020. He will be [Read more...]

Ritz-Carlton Yacht Collection has appointed two senior sales people. Kristian Anderson (pictured) is the new Vice President of global sales and Karen Shiers is Senior Director of meetings, incentives, charters & events (MICE) sales. Anderson has worked in [Read more...]

Figen Ayan, Chief Port Officer of Galataport Istanbul, has been elected President of MedCruise. She was appointed at the 59th MedCruise General Assembly recently held in Barcelona. "I love the cruise industry, for its resilience, its creativity, its openness [Read more...]

Royal Caribbean head Richard Fain has announced that he will retire from the post of CEO effective 3rd January next year. He will be replaced by the CFO Jason Liberty. Fain will remain Chairman of the Royal Caribbean [Read more...]

Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings (NCLH) has announced key organisational changes at the executive leadership level. These included: the appointment of Howard Sherman (pictured), current NCLH’s Executive Vice President, Onboard Revenue and Destination Services, as Bob Binder’s successor as [Read more...]

On 1st November, 2021, Mikko Juelich became Stena Line’s Trade Director for Business Region Germany. By focusing on customer demand, stable operation and a strong competitive positioning, he will drive the company’s growth strategy further, the company said. [Read more...]

Carnival Australia has announced that effective 10th January, 2022, travel and tourism veteran, Marguerite Fitzgerald (pictured), will take on the dual roles of President of P&O Cruises Australia and Carnival Australia. Australian-born Fitzgerald, who most recently served as [Read more...]

Genting-owned German shipbuilding group, MV Werften, has strengthened its management team by bringing in group heavyweights. Colin Au (Group President and Deputy CEO of Genting Hong Kong) (pictured), Gustaf Grönberg (Executive Vice President of Marine Operations and Newbuilding) [Read more...]

Seafarers’ Union RMT has written an open letter warning of the consequences for seafarer jobs, maritime safety and economic prospects in Dover and across the country. This was as a result of a failure to tackle anti-trade union [Read more...]