FLIGHT Centre Travel Group (FCTG) has made five key Cruiseabout and CruiseHQ appointments, with Darren Lloyd appointed as Brand Leader (CW breaking news). Lloyd is well known to FCTG, having previously worked in leadership roles across leisure brands including Escape Travel, Student Flights, and BYOJet over an almost 25-year span....
FLIGHT Centre Travel Group (FCTG) has made five key Cruiseabout and CruiseHQ appointments, with Darren Lloyd appointed as Brand Leader (CW breaking news).
Lloyd is well known to FCTG, having previously worked in leadership roles across leisure brands including Escape Travel, Student Flights, and BYOJet over an almost 25-year span.
Four key appointments have also been made in Flight Centre Travel Group’s CruiseHQ wholesaler, including three former Creative Cruising staffers.
Carina Mullen (Head of Product), Caitlyn Paris (Marketing Manager) and Viktoryia Schliazhko (Business Development Manager) have all joined CruiseHQ alongside Head of Operations Tina Giannapolous, with the foursome pictured.
“With Darren steering this ship we are confident we can give Australian cruise customers the modernised and refreshed retail cruise brand they have been missing for years,” FCTG Leisure Chief Executive Officer James Kavanagh said.
“Our model, with a national footprint, Australia-based call centre and online booking functionality all serviced by specialist cruise experts, is the only one of its kind in Australia and we’re excited to watch Darren take the helm as an incredibly experienced leader.”
FCTG Chief Executive Officer Supply Greg Parker said the CruiseHQ leadership team will ensure the delivery of its promised new age business-to-business wholesale model.
“We are committed to making sure CruiseHQ is best-to-market and promotes real value and I believe we have the right leaders in place to help us achieve this,” Parker said. MS
