NEWS ROUND-UP


MOVERS AND SHAKERS


Z Intrepid Travel’s head of industry sales, Andrew Turner, is to


leave the business. Turner has been at Intrepid for eight years in various roles.


Z Disney Destinations International has appointed Tracey


Silverwood (left) as director of trade sales, marketing and transport for the UK. She will support Angelica Constantini, who is taking on the role of marketing and sales vice-president for the UK and Ireland for Disneyland Paris.


Z Ninan Chacko, chief executive of Barrhead Travel parent


Travel Leaders Group, has quit. He resigned after four years “to pursue other opportunities”. JD O’Hara, who has been president of the group for a year, has taken over as chief executive.


Z Travel Republic managing director Frank Rejwan


has resigned from his role and is to leave the business in the spring.


Z Thomas


Cook Airlines’ former head of sales, Sharon Confue, has


joined Equity Travel as head of sales for the schools travel specialist.


Russian line Vodohod to bolster presence in UK


Harry Kemble


Russian river cruise line Vodohod is recruiting for six positions to bolster its new international office in the UK. Managing director John Warner


and international marketing director Mario Bounas are looking to appoint a sales director and fill five marketing roles including a brand manager and a digital manger. The river line, which has operated


on Russian waterways for 15 years, will add Mustai Karim to its 25-ship fleet this year. The five-star vessel will sail between Moscow and St Petersburg from May. Warner and Bounas have been in


position since last summer but are ramping up efforts to gain a foothold in the UK market. Warner, who previously worked


at G Adventures for 12 years, said: “The owners are very keen to be regarded as the leading Russian


John Warner


Mario Bounas


river cruise brand. If you were to ask anyone in the trade in the UK – no one would have heard of us. From a capacity standpoint, we’re bigger than virtually every other river cruise line that agents are familiar with. We need to try and get on an equal footing.” Warner said current sales from the


UK “would be almost negligible”. However, he has spoken with


cruise specialists and online travel agencies ahead of the line’s international launch this month. Bounas joined Vodohod from


Royal Caribbean International, where he was director of marketing. He said: “When it comes to the


trade, it is about ensuring they have all the assets and resources available to support their needs.” Until the end of February, the line


is offering 40% off fares on three and four-star ships, has a ‘buy one get one free’ offer based on two people sharing a cabin on Mustai Karim, and is offering 20% off cruise fares on the


revamped Maxim Gorky. i Special Report, page 18


GOOP AT SEA: Celebrity Cruises is to host Gwyneth Paltrow on Celebrity Apex after it launches this spring. The Hollywood actress will join a wellness Mediterranean itinerary in August as part of a new partnership between her lifestyle brand goop and the cruise line. Paltrow and chief content officer Elise Loehnen (both pictured) will join the itinerary midway through an 11-night sailing to offer ‘goop at Sea’, which will include three small-group sessions focusing on the body, mind and soul. It costs $750 for passengers in Suite Class. The voyage departs from Barcelona on August 26 and costs from £1,874.


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PICTURES: Getty Images/Ian Tuttle; Sarah Lucy Brown


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