Virtuoso promotes two to APAC leadership team
Luxury travel agency network Virtuoso has strengthened its Asia Pacific leadership team with two key promotions.
It announced the appointment of Evan Pierce and Cristina Magni to regional director positions for Asia and Australia respectively.
Pierce moves to Singapore to head up Asia operations and drive expansion into China.
Virtuoso recorded 21% revenue growth in the region in 2017.
"Evan will lead our on-going expansion with a key focus on the development of our existing members and the targeted expansion into the complex China market," said Virtuoso APAC Managing Director, Michael Londregan.
"Virtuoso has witnessed a strong performance in the Asia Pacific region over the past five years and has made the commitment to reward this success by further investment in our in-market resources."
Cristina Magni is Sydney based and oversees all operations in the Australasian market.
"Cristina will continue the management of our member programs in Australia and New Zealand where we expect significant performance growth," Londregan added.
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