| Vance, Temple ex Cruiseco

TWO of Cruiseco’s most senior executives will not transition with the business to Helloworld Travel’s ownership (CW 23 Nov), according to an update released to Cruiseco members last week.

Cruiseco’s highly respected Operations Manager Jeff Temple, who has been with the wholesaler for almost 16 years, has been made redundant, along with Adam Vance, who had been General Manager Sales & Marketing since early 2018.

Both have confirmed their departures on social media, with Vance saying he will not be making the transition to Helloworld because there is no suitable position within the organisation’s new structure.

Helloworld did not provide confirmation of the redundancies, with Executive Director Cinzia Burnes noting only that “our acquisition of Cruiseco was an asset purchase”.

“We are retaining most of the staff; Nic Cola remains the person in charge and the final structure is being worked out,” she said.

Catherine Allison will be responsible for Commercial & Product for the overall Helloworld cruise wholesale operations, which will see Cruiseco operate alongside the company’s existing Seven Oceans business.

“We don’t really have anything else at the moment to announce,” Burnes told Cruise Weekly on Fri.

When the Helloworld deal was announced, Cruiseco interim CEO Nic Cola said all key staff had been retained, meaning the organisation was “well placed to build upon its position as a leader in the cruise industry in order to capitalise on demand when cruising comes back”.