NEWS ROUND-UP MOVERS AND SHAKERS


› Former dnata Travel senior vice-president for new ventures, Steve Barrass, is to take up


his new role as chief executive of travel management firm The Appointment Group on August 1.


› Dnata has appointed Frank Rejwan as managing director for Travel Republic.


He will lead sales, marketing, product, commercial and operations.


› Abercrombie & Kent has recruited Mark Harris, from Wendy Wu Tours, as sales manager


for the south of England, and Diogo Castanheira (pictured), formerly of Hainan Airlines, as sales manager for northern England, Scotland and Ireland – together replacing ex-UK sales manager Rachel Healey, who left for Uniworld in April. Ben Briggs has joined A&K as senior marketing manager for distribution.


› Resort Marketing International has hired Darren Hall, ex-trade sales manager


at Bookabed, as business development director, and Kate Downing, ROL Cruises’ product analysis manager, as account director.


› Saga has appointed Cerys Stainton as trade marketing executive. She


moves from her role within Saga’s cruise marketing team.


› Karen Milward has joined Premier Holidays as business development and sales manager,


looking after the east of England, Scotland and the Channel Islands from July 30. She joins from Wendy Wu Tours.


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IN THE PICTURE: Collette shows it cares


Escorted tours operator Collette celebrated its sixth annual Founders’ Week by volunteering at a west London residential centre, helping clear and build adventure and play areas. Head office staff and regional sales managers also built a night-time course to help young people overcome a fear of darkness, at the Willow Tree Centre in Harefield, near Collette’s UK office in Uxbridge, alongside members of the Travel Weekly team. Stephen Mills, Collette head of UK


partnerships, said: “Volunteering was a very special way for us to celebrate our sixth Annual Founders’ Week.” Staff are encouraged to volunteer four hours a month via the Collette Cares charity.


Princess hails ‘new era’ with order for two ships


Harry Kemble harry.kemble@travelweekly.co.uk


Princess Cruises’ order for two next-generation ships will “pave the way for a new era”, the line’s UK boss has said.


The new ships – the plans for


which were revealed this week – will be the largest by capacity in the Princess fleet and emit lower emissions than its existing vessels. The 4,300-passenger vessels,


weighing 175,000 tonnes, will be Princess’s first dual-fuel ships, powered primarily by liquefied natural gas (LNG) to cut air emissions and marine gasoil. The vessels will be built


at Fincantieri’s shipyard in Monfalcone, Italy, and are slated for delivery in 2023 and 2025. Tony Roberts, Princess Cruises’


vice-president for the UK and Europe, said: “These next-


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generation ships pave the way for a new era at Princess Cruises. “By confirming our plans to


introduce these larger vessels, as well as currently having three Royal-class ships on order, we are maintaining our sustained growth and can keep pace with ever-increasing guest demand.” Princess has three Royal-class


ships on order, all weighing 143,700 tonnes. Sky Princess is due to be delivered next year and will be followed by two more Royal-class ships, planned for


delivery in 2020 and 2022. Princess’ next-generation


cruise ships will be Carnival Corporation’s 10th and 11th LNG-powered vessels. Jan Swartz, president of Princess Cruises, said: “These revolutionary LNG-powered ships will introduce innovative design and leisure experiences driven by the future holiday trends of our guests.” Further details of the ships’


design and development will be released at a later date, the company said.


SKY PRINCESS: The new vessel is due to set sail next year


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