Carnival Shifts Key Sales Leadership Positions and Creates New Roles to Better Support Travel Agents
Highly
Experienced Sales Executives Vicki Tomasino and Kirk Neal to Oversee Western
and Eastern U.S. Regions, Respectively;
New Trade Sales
Positions Added Both Domestically and Internationally
MIAMI
(November 5, 2015) – Carnival Cruise Line has made a number of enhancements to
its trade sales organization, shifting two of its most experienced sales
professionals to new roles and appointing sales directors to oversee two newly
created territories. The company is also adding a new sales position
responsible for the Gulf Coast region. Sales management positions have been
added within the line’s international sales division, as well. The
changes are part of Carnival’s “Onboard with You” trade support platform,
launched last month.
Vicki Tomasino, a highly respected member of Carnival’s sales team for the past
30 years, has been appointed regional vice president of the western U.S.
In this capacity, Tomasino will oversee business development, training and
sales support for travel partners in this region, while continuing to lead the
company’s trade and community relations team.
Kirk Neal, a skilled travel industry professional with 28 years of experience
both shipboard and ashore at Carnival, has been named regional vice president
of the eastern U.S. and Caribbean. Neal will focus on business development and
travel partner support in this region. The new roles for Tomasino and
Neal will allow them to more closely focus on key geographies within Carnival’s
domestic sales function.
“With these new appointments, we’re placing a stronger focus on key sales
territories with two of the most trusted and talented sales professionals in
the cruise industry,” said Carnival’s Vice President of Trade Sales &
Marketing Adolfo Perez. “Vicki and Kirk are already hard at work with their
teams implementing a number of initiatives designed to better support our
valued travel agent partners.”
Additionally, Carnival has named Ann Hall, a 14-year Carnival veteran, business
development director for the Greater New York City area. Mimma Mallogi,
who has been with the Carnival team for seven years, has been appointed
business development director for the Pacific Northwest region. The line is recruiting
for a new business development manager position for the Gulf Coast region, as
well.
“Mimma and Ann are hitting the ground running in their expanded roles, bringing
their extensive sales expertise and energy to their respective regions,” said
Carnival’s Vice President - U.S. Field Sales Mike Julius. “They’re both highly
skilled sales professionals who will contribute greatly to travel agent
development in their regions.”
Carnival has also added two new business development manager positions within
the company’s international sales division. Overseeing Spain, South America and
Mexico is Carlos Yebra, a 24-year travel industry veteran based in Madrid,
Spain. Responsible for the balance of Europe, as well as Israel and Japan, is
Paul Nyens, a travel industry sales professional based in Antwerp, Belgium,
with 26 years of travel industry experience.
All
roles are effective immediately.
For
additional information, visit GoCCL.com, Carnival’s travel agent Internet
portal.
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About
Carnival Cruise Line
Carnival,
a unit of Carnival Corporation & plc (NYSE/LSE: CCL; NYSE: CUK), is
"The World's Most Popular Cruise Line®" with 24 ships operating
three- to 16-day voyages to The Bahamas, Caribbean, Mexican Riviera, Alaska,
Hawaii, Canada, New England, Bermuda, Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific
Islands. The company currently has two new 133,500-ton ships on
order--Carnival Vista, set to debut in 2016, and an as-yet-unnamed vessel
scheduled to enter service in 2018.
