NCL appoints business development director
Norwegian Cruise Line has appointed Nicky Foot as business development director UK & Ireland.
Foot replaces Jeremy McKenna, who was appointed NCL’s head of sales UK and Ireland after joining from Carnival UK two years ago.
She joins the Southampton-based team, reporting to Nick Wilkinson, vice president and managing director UK & Ireland and MEA.
Foot previously worked at Groupon as a director and before that was the UK regional sales director at Living Social Escapes.
Earlier in her career she spent a number of years working for the marine division at TUI working for Sunsail, The Moorings and Le-Boat.
The cruise line said the appointment will ‘further strengthen the business development function at a time of growth’, following the one-year anniversary of Premium All Inclusive, an increased capacity in ex-UK sailings and the launch of Norwegian Bliss in April.
Wilkinson added: "Nicky’s extensive experience and strategic focus will ensure we continue to grow our UK and Ireland markets at a time when we are growing our fleet, with Norwegian Encore coming in 2019."
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Editor in chief Bev Fearis has been a travel journalist for 25 years. She started her career at Travel Weekly, where she became deputy news editor, before joining Business Traveller as deputy editor and launching the magazine’s website. She has also written travel features, news and expert comment for the Guardian, Observer, Times, Telegraph, Boundless and other consumer titles and was named one of the top 50 UK travel journalists by the Press Gazette.
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