Cruisingexcursions expands sales team
Cruisingexcursions.com has appointed Kirsty Bachelor as trade sales manager while at the same time boosting its sales team with three new roles.
Bachelor joins from HotelsPro where she was head of sales Northwest Europe. Previously she was sales manager at Monarch and she also spent four years at Affordable Car Hire, progressing from regional account manager to national account manager.
Cruising Excursions’ managing director Damien Mooney said: "I’m looking forward to working with Kirsty as part of the senior management team.
"This is an important new role at an exciting time in our planned growth and as part of an increased focus in working even closer with our trade partners.
"Kirsty brings a renewed energy and focus to build on our existing trade relationships and deliver further growth through increased trade sales."
Former Thomas Cook branch manager Amy-Jo Liddington has also joined as guest service sales team leader, and two other retail personnel will join the guest service team.
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