Christine
Duffy, president of
Carnival Cruise Line, as its new national chair. Duffy, who most recently served on the board as first vice chair, will lead an executive committee and board representing a diverse cross-section of travel business sectors.
As national chair of U.S. Travel, Duffy will guide the board and association’s efforts to:
Expand engagement with businesses and organizations to drive advocacy initiatives and shape the future of travel
Unite the industry under one voice to inform the opinions and actions of elected leaders
Advance priorities focused on recovery and rebuilding of the U.S. travel industry
Kari Tarnowski, AQSC s
Victory Cruise Lines, as
South Florida satellite office, the line s vaccine requirement and booking trends.
New Florida Satellite Office
New Albany, IN across the river from
Louisville, KY, it s now seeking to open another office in either
Broward County or
Miami-Dade County, FL. Travel advisors can expect the company s marketing, sales and operations teams to relocate to this new office in the first half of 2022.
Tarnowski and
Michael Hicks, director of marketing communications, are among those who will be based in that South Florida satellite office. Executive, finance and other AQSC functions will remain based in
Indiana.
Gradual U.S./Global Restart
“Unfortunately, when we do restart as an industry and as a company, it’s not going to be a light switch,” Donald stressed. “It’s not going to be, ‘the ships, well, now they’re all in.’
Instead, he said: It will be a gradual introduction a layered approach of adding ships back in phases as all the destinations aren’t going to open simultaneously at once,” given differences in regulations and local conditions.
While Donald (shown at right) said he couldn’t predict a restart date, “what I will predict is that certainly by the end of this year, most, if not all, of our fleet, I’m optimistic, will be in action… I think there’s a really high possibility that all of it will be back by early next year, if things continue to progress the way they have.”
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Lush Experiences, a sales, marketing and representation organization, has announced that
The Spain Collection and
Casablanca Tours have become a part of the Lush family of luxury properties and travel experience providers. The countries represented by these experiential travel providers include
Spain,
Morocco.
The Spain Collection creates travel experiences throughout Spain and Portugal, covering areas of traveler interest from nature and sports to shopping and religious heritage. The group, according to Lush Experiences, prides itself on creating authentic cultural and traditional connections for its clients while also supporting local businesses.
The Spain Collection CEO
Abene Mendizabal in a press statement said Lush Experiences “share[s] our passion for the region, its history and what it has to offer and they have the contacts and connections to achieve the business objectives we have set in place to move us forward.”