People
New at Tourism Fiji
Tuesday, 10 December 2019 02:24Tom Svensen is the new partnership manager, New Zealand, with Tourism Fiji.
Brown joins Service IQ board
Sunday, 01 December 2019 23:27Fergus Brown, CEO of Holiday Parks New Zealand will represent the hospitality sector on Service IQ.
New addition for TMG
Thursday, 21 November 2019 19:59Auckland based personal travel manager Nancy Crooks has joined Travel Managers Group (TMG) this month.
New GM for CCC Fiji
Monday, 18 November 2019 22:17Captain Cook Cruises Fiji has appointed Bob Speed as general manager, based at its head office at Port Denarau Fiji.
Flightie flies to FJ
Thursday, 14 November 2019 21:54Lisa Mudgway is the new BDM at Fiji Airways and will primarily be looking after Flight Centre and STA, but will also call on all brands.
New face at A&K
Wednesday, 13 November 2019 03:07Benjamin Dale is Abercrombie & Kent’s New Zealand account manager, based at the new Auckland office on Hobson Street.
New face at World Journeys
Friday, 01 November 2019 02:02Erin Daly has joined World Journeys’ team of expert travel designers this week.
Meechan joins Exotic Holidays
Monday, 14 October 2019 01:13Lynn Meechan has joined Exotic Holidays as groups manager.
Groups head for Active Asia
Thursday, 03 October 2019 23:08Gray Gibson, former owner of Mondo Travel Takapuna and past member of the New Zealand Olympic Yachting team has joined Active Asia to take the group role to a new level.
New with NZTB
Monday, 30 September 2019 20:35Terri Hayley is new with NZ Travel Brokers in Lower Hutt.
Heritage promotion
Thursday, 26 September 2019 23:05Heritage Hotel Management has promoted Jass Sidhu from central reservations team leader to revenue and yield manager for the Heritage and City Life Auckland Hotels.
New faces at Gilpin Travel
Monday, 23 September 2019 22:24Gilpin Travel has a number of new faces in its team.
Mark Wood joins TMG
Tuesday, 17 September 2019 00:10Mark Wood of Lateral Travel has joined Travel Managers Group as a broker.
Changes in Marriott’s NZ team
Friday, 13 September 2019 00:08Sara MacLeod has been named director global sales New Zealand with Marriott International.
Change at Tourism Solomons
Friday, 06 September 2019 00:02Fiona Teama has been appointed marketing manager of Tourism Solomons.
New Japan rep in NZ
Tuesday, 03 September 2019 03:02Julie King and Associates (JKA) has appointed Dylan Joffe as country manager - New Zealand.
New with Tourism Fiji
Monday, 19 August 2019 22:11Samantha Pearson is now Tourism Fiji’s public relations manager, New Zealand, based in Auckland.
New GM marketing at SSC
Tuesday, 13 August 2019 01:02Sonya Ridley is now general manager marketing with South Sea Cruises, focusing on brand growth, the launch of new products and other general marketing roles.
New face plus promos
Thursday, 18 July 2019 23:45Richard Leonard will lead Rail Europe’s Asia Pacific teams in the newly created role of general manager business Asia Pacific.
New face at SSC
Tuesday, 16 July 2019 01:45Ruzanne Keresoma has been appointed to the new role of global sales coordinator with South Sea Cruises.
New moves at TMS NZ
Wednesday, 10 July 2019 04:48TMS Talent’s Auckland office has promoted Alisa Wilson to recruitment team manager and welcomes the arrival of new recruit Jo Walton.
Switzerland Tourism’s: ANZD
Tuesday, 02 July 2019 03:35Livio Goetz is the new director for Switzerland Tourism Australia New Zealand.
New faces at CLIA Australasia
Friday, 28 June 2019 00:46Cruise Lines International Association (CLIA) has boosted its Australasian team with two new appointments to support its travel agent membership and corporate partners.
Change at APX
Thursday, 20 June 2019 22:37Max Downing-Webb is the new marketing lead at APX Travel Management.
New broker with Fuzion
Thursday, 13 June 2019 22:42Meetesh Patel is the newest recruit to Fuzion Travel’s expanding broker/ affiliate network.
New at Viva
Tuesday, 11 June 2019 23:17Viva Expeditions has a new destination specialist – Kerren Knighton joined the sales team late April and has settled in selling tours across Latin America and Antarctica.
Deed joins TMG as broker
Friday, 07 June 2019 01:12Wayne Deed has joined Travel Managers Group as a broker.
TMG names new BDM
Thursday, 02 May 2019 22:42Chris Schoffer will join Travel Managers Group in the newly created role of business development manager.
Leaving travel for fitness
Thursday, 04 April 2019 23:58After 11 years at STA Travel, New Zealand country manager Sarah Bedford has resigned to take up a global marketing role for Les Mills International.
Familiar airline face joins TN
Wednesday, 03 April 2019 01:19Air Tahiti Nui has appointed well known aviation professional Grant Sinclair as sales and marketing manager.
Inspiring Vacations' NZ BDM
Tuesday, 26 March 2019 21:11Inspiring Vacations has appointed Alka Thapar as national business development manager. Inspiring Vacations is 100% Australian owned and has operated since 2017.
Woods to Jet Park
Monday, 18 March 2019 23:27Steve Woods has started a new role at Jet Park Hotels as director of marketing, distribution and sales.
Bain joins South Sea Cruises
Wednesday, 13 March 2019 01:53South Sea Cruises has appointed Chris Bain as business development executive to its Australian-based team.
New BDM with Scenic
Friday, 08 March 2019 00:53Scenic Hotel Group has appointed Michelle Geale, nee Weir, to the Auckland based role of business development manager.
New GM at Hotel Indigo Bali
Monday, 18 February 2019 22:41Jean Hélière is the new general manager at Hotel Indigo Bali Seminyak Beach.
Familiar face to lead global DMC here
Monday, 18 February 2019 22:15Multinational destination management company, Liberty International Tourism Group has launched into the Pacific region, naming Eugene de Villiers as its CEO for Australia and New Zealand.
New faces with Fuzion
Monday, 28 January 2019 22:49Five experienced consultants have recently joined the ranks of Fuzion Travel.
New at Hamilton & Waikato Tourism
Friday, 18 January 2019 01:11Hamilton & Waikato Tourism (HWT) has two new directors – Steve Gow and Richard Leggatt on the board.
Tony Laskey to Service IQ
Sunday, 13 January 2019 21:53Tony Laskey has resigned from his position as director of marketing and communications in New Zealand with The Travel Corporation – 21 years after he started with Contiki in the UK.
His last day will be Friday 25 January and he will start his new role as general manager industry engagement with Service IQ, the industry training organisation for aviation, hospitality, museums, retail, travel and tourism, soon after.
Laskey began his career with Contiki UK/Ireland early in 1998 and continued as a European trip manager before moving back to New Zealand. He became Contiki NZ's general manager in 2007 and subsequent roles included heading up the Contiki Asia sales and marekting team and establishing the mutli-brand TTC NZ marketing and communications team.
New faces at Tempo, Bentours
Tuesday, 20 November 2018 00:59The Auckland team at Tempo Holidays and Bentours has a fresh look, with three new team members joining over the past few weeks.
One, Jo Rees, is a ‘returnee’ who worked with the company for some eight years before stints at House of Travel and Viva Expeditions / Chimu Adventures.
Sarah Beedell has joined after three and a half years at Flight Centre, while Yvette McKinnon is also in the Auckland office having had an airline background with Japan Airlines and Singapore Airlines, and a stint in retail travel before that.
Basham on the go
Monday, 05 November 2018 22:22On The Go Tours has announced Dennis Basham as new global head of Industry Sales.
FCNZ’s GM product
Thursday, 01 November 2018 22:29Flight Centre NZ Ltd has appointed Victoria Courtney to the position of general manager product.
Melanie moves on from QR
Thursday, 25 October 2018 21:51Melanie Watson is moving on from her role as commercial manager New Zealand in the Auckland office of Qatar Airways.
SeaLink appoints CMO
Tuesday, 23 October 2018 22:21SeaLink Travel Group has appointed Donna Gauci in the newly created position of chief marketing officer (CMO).
Outrigger appointment
Thursday, 18 October 2018 21:33Outrigger Enterprises Group has appointed Scott Miyasato as senior vice president and general counsel, reporting to Outrigger Hotels and Resorts’ CEO Jeff Wagoner and serving as a member of the company’s executive team. Miyasato will head Outrigger’s legal department and support the company by representing its interests in a portfolio of legal matters. Miyasato comes to Outrigger from Hawaiian Airlines, where he served as its associate general counsel with a focus on commercial transactions
Walker runs with new role
Friday, 05 October 2018 01:49Flight Centre (NZ) Ltd has appointed Heidi Walker to the position of Peopleworks Leader.
New Tourism Fiji MM
Tuesday, 02 October 2018 00:03Sarah Atkinson is the new marketing manager New Zealand, in the Tourism Fiji Auckland office.
New face for PAL
Friday, 28 September 2018 02:08Israel Fontanilla is the new area manager New Zealand with Philippine Airlines.
New face at GO C&I
Monday, 24 September 2018 21:00Sandy Botterill is the new general manager at GO C&I. Among other things, she will be focusing on growth strategies for the business, further meeting clients’ needs and innovations.
Exotic welcomes new BDM
Saturday, 22 September 2018 02:34Janet Shankland joins Exotic Holidays as its new Auckland based business development manager.
New at SeaLink
Thursday, 13 September 2018 23:34Danae Schmid is the new national sales and key account manager at SeaLink Travel Group.
New for Maher
Monday, 10 September 2018 23:15With a relocation to Wanaka, a newly appointed business manager, and a selection of new tours and destinations Maher Escorted Tours reports it is gearing up for an exciting 2019 tour programme.
New at Rocky Mountaineer
Tuesday, 04 September 2018 22:38Rocky Mountaineer has appointed Ben Gorman as sales manager, Australia and New Zealand.
Wins for TTC NZ
Friday, 31 August 2018 03:31The Travel Corporation NZ has returned home from last week’s global conferences as ‘top of the class’ amongst worldwide colleagues of Insight Vacations and Contiki.