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Tuesday,  September 17, 2024   5:26 PM
PAX Retrospective 2017: changes in the industry

In the second part of our 2017 retrospective, PAX is taking a look at some of the major changes and appointments that took place in the travel industry during the previous year.

Click here for Part 1.

JANUARY

Cathay Pacific appoints Cronin to director, sales & marketing

Transat appoints new BDM for BC

Merrithew appointed president of Merit Travel's wholesale & specialty leisure divisions

Kooiman appointed senior business development representative at Transat

Celestyal Cruises appoints District Sales Manager, Quebec, Ottawa and the Maritimes

Iberostar names Moore as new Business Development Manager

FEBRUARY

Hurtigruten announces new representation in Canada

New role for Landry at Air Canada

Faucher departs ACV

Air Transat appoints new sales representative for Ontario & Western Canada

New role for Craft at KAI

MARCH

Air Canada Vacations appoints new area sales managers

New role at Transat for Bradley

Grenier joins Travelsavers

Rocky Mountaineer names new national sales manager, Canada

Trafalgar names new sales manager, Ottawa & northern/eastern Ontario

APRIL

Exodus Travels names new BDM, Eastern USA/Canada

Drolet to represent CTO in Canada

Air Transat names new BDM for southwestern Ontario

Celestyal expands Western Canada sales team

Intrepid introduces new BDMs to agents

Changes at TDC, TTC

Travel industry bids a fond farewell to India Tourism's Anil Oraw

Rauzon joins Canandes

Alison Theodore to head Visit California in Canada

MAY

WestJet's ULCC moving ahead with EVP appointment

Cynthia Farrill joins Pulse to help manage Brand USA

Merit Travel appoints new VP of business development

WestJet Encore names new president

Haines closes Coastal International

Insight Vacations & Luxury Gold welcomes new CEO

JUNE

Uno joins Air Canada Vacations

LogiMonde welcomes Nancy Benetton-Sampath as Associate Vice-President

Budhwani joins Travel Nation Canada

Ensemble appoints new marketing VP

Changes at The Travel Corporation Canada

JULY

New role for LaPointe at AMResorts

Mazzola on board with Rocky Mountaineer

Gosling joins Sky Bird

Five new appointments at Group Germain

LogiMonde welcomes Christine Hogg as Journalist

Bunkall joins ACTA team in Western Canada

New Chair and Vice-Chair for ETC in Canada

New roles for McDonough, Griffiths at FCM

AUGUST

Pennicook departs JTB

Lonsdale promoted

New role for Combrink at Goway

SEPTEMBER

New role for Williams at Unique Vacations

Melanie Paul-Hus named Canadian director for Atout France

Leadership change at Crystal Cruises

New appointments at Insight

Ian Kivell joins Contiki family

TTAND team expands again

Patterson departs Collette

OCTOBER

Vision adds 3 sales executives

New role for Stremble at Trafalgar

Janet Martin joins Club Med

Mike Miguel retires from WestJet

Annick Guérard is Transat's new COO

Federico Berardinucci joins ACV

Nathalie Tanious overseeing TravelBrands specialty brands

Nathalie Daoust on board with Rocky Mountaineer

Uniglobe appoints Hughes to lead Asia Pacific division

Sunwing grows group sales team

New role for Munoz at Transat

NOVEMBER

Madsen is back at JTB

Intrepid's North American director moves into new role

Uniworld names Michelle Palma as new VP for North America field sales

Susan Webb named president of Skål Canada

New Goway V.P. signals agent commitment

Incoming Celestyal president prioritizes new trade distribution partners

Oasis expands sales team with new appointments

Changes at TPI as Ontario focus grows

DECEMBER

Neil Dudley joins AmaWaterways' sales team

Trafalgar welcomes new Ontario sales manager

Nick Roberti joins Just You

Dery joins Melia Cuba as weddings manager

Goway's GroupsOnly department grows

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