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New faces at The Travel Brokers

Friday, 10 February 2012 07:16

Martina Muggeridge and Nicole Jorgensen from Botany Downs in Auckland are the most recent brokers to join The Travel Brokers. General manager, Wendy D’Arcy says the company, now in its tenth year, remains one of the largest brokerage teams in the country. Muggeridge and Jorgensen are two of 14 new faces which include Deborah Boylan (Dunedin); Annette Houghton (Cambridge) and Lois Everett, Jeanne Paterson-Clare, Noeline Morrison, Sarah Jack and Mahendra Giri (Auckland).


Martina Muggeridge	Nicole Jorgensen	Noeline Morrison	Deborah Boylan

Jeanne Paterson-Clare	Wendy D'Arcy	Lois Everett	Annette Houghton

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Sunshine change

Tuesday, 24 January 2012 08:42

Veronica Rainbird is marketing and brand director of Sunshine Coast Destination. She was most recently with the Government of Dubai - Department of Tourism and Commerce marketing, where she was senior manager of trade, marketing and strategic relations.

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Tourism Western Australia appointments

Wednesday, 18 January 2012 13:09

Tourism Western Australia has appointed two new executive directors to lead the agency's marketing division and Eventscorp.
Gwyn Dolphin is executive director Eventscorp. He has an extensive international background, most recently at the Welsh Rugby Union and Millennium Stadium, where he was group marketing director with a remit covering all events and commercial operations. Dolphin will lead Eventscorp and work to develop and attract events to the State.

Simon Burley is the executive director marketing and joins Tourism WA from Pernod Ricard. His experience extends into some of Western Australia's key Asian markets such as China, South Korea and Japan to establish the Ballantine's Golf Championship. Burley will be responsible for developing the State's Experience Extraordinary brand and expanding WA's international and domestic markets.

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Cruiseabout Takapuna opens

Wednesday, 11 January 2012 06:37

Joanne Peterson is team leader at Cruiseabout Takapuna, the latest store to open early January. She has been in the travel industry for 10 years, starting her career at Downtown Flight Centre and has travelled extensively.

Starting Cruiseabout's fourth store, Peterson is no stranger to cruising and has experienced many cruise lines including Island Escape, Holland America, Seabourne, Cunard, P&O, Princess along with many more.

The Cruiseabout Takapuna team, Joanne Peterson and Jaimie McDonald

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New executive chef at Rydges Cairns

Wednesday, 04 January 2012 12:05

Glenn Hindmarsh is to oversee the food and beverage operations of both waterfront properties, Rydges Esplanade and Tradewinds. Since joining the Rydges group last last year, Hindmarsh has introduced new menus for Rydges Esplanade’s Coral Hedge and Rydges Tradewinds’ Sea Level Food and Wine. With 23 years industry experience, he has previously worked in key positions with Rydges South Park, Rockford Hotel Group in South Australia and Crown Inn Hotel in Adelaide.

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Outrigger Little Hastings Street Resort & Spa, Noosa

Monday, 19 December 2011 11:44

Niel Mason is general manager of Outrigger Little Hastings Street Resort & Spa, Noosa. His most recent previous post was heading up Outrigger Twin Towns Resort at Coolangatta and Tweed Heads, while also chairing the region’s premier tourism body, Destination Tweed.

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New at New Caledonia Tourism

Friday, 03 February 2012 07:16

Cathy Gibson will take over Virginia Hales’ role as sales and promotions manager for New Caledonia Tourism NZ while Virginia takes her maternity leave. Gibson brings a vast amount of knowledge with her into the role, having worked in the travel industry her entire career.

With experience in wholesale and ticketing, corporate and retail travel as well as fares training, she has most recently worked as a retail travel agent at House of Travel Milford. Gibson can speak Spanish and is refreshing her French language skills for her new role.

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New at Hilton

Thursday, 19 January 2012 09:20

Marija Gecan is sales manager meetings, incentives, conferences and events (MICE) with Hilton Worldwide’s New Zealand sales team. Her role is to strengthen and develop Hilton Hotels & Resorts’ relationships in the business tourism sector. Gecan has an extensive background in hospitality management, having worked for three years as a sales manager for the ACCOR Group in central North Island.

Celine Martin is business development coordinator. She supports the director of business development, marketing and communications manager, revenue manager and event sales manager. In a wide variety of tasks, Martin looks after part of the online marketing, social media and marketing research. She has recently achieved a Bachelor in Communication major at UniTec and previously worked for Hilton in French Polynesia.

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New at TRAVELinc

Monday, 16 January 2012 10:45

Ashleigh Gilchrist has joined the TRAVELinc team as a journalist. She will also work on ProMag Publishing’s exhibitions – which include Convene and the Pacific Area Incentives and Conferences Expo (PAICE) – as well as TRAVELinc’s sister magazine Meeting Newz. Gilchrist graduated from Auckland University of Technology last year, with a Bachelor of Communications.

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NZ country director for CWT

Tuesday, 10 January 2012 08:58

Kim Milne is country director for Carlson Wagonlit Travel (CWT) New Zealand, based in Auckland, from January 23. She has spent the past four years and operations manager and second in command to the chief executive officer at Southern Cross Travel Insurance.

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New DOSM at Sheraton Mirage Port Douglas

Wednesday, 04 January 2012 07:46

Elena Fragasso is the new director of sales & marketing at Sheraton Mirage Port Douglas. Her most recent role was business development director at Sheraton on the Park, Sydney.

She has also held the position of director of sales, Starwood Hotels and Resorts Pacific, in Los Angeles California representing Sheraton on the Park and the Fiji complex and prior to this, was senior sales manager at the Sheraton Delfina, Santa Monica. Fragasso brings a wealth of knowledge and experience from working within the US market, along with strong results achieved within the M.I.C.E industry.

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Grace Lassig - DOSM at Novotel Cairns

Tuesday, 06 December 2011 10:04

Grace Lassig is the new director of sales and marketing at Novotel Cairns Oasis Resort. Lassig brings over 16 years of tourism industry experience to her role with her most recent role as sales manager for Conference & Events with Mirvac Hotels and Resorts representing Tropical North Queensland.

She has also held business development manager roles at properties including Hideaway Resorts – Dunk Island and Bedarra, the Westin Auckland Lighter Quay and Sheraton Noosa Resort & Spa and has held numerous positions in the 13 years she spent working for Starwood Hotels and Resorts.

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