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Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd. (NYSE: NCLH), a leading global cruise company which operates Norwegian Cruise Line, Oceania Cruises (OCI) and Regent Seven Seas Cruises (RSSC), has today announced the appointment of four, newly created executive roles to manage the sizable, ongoing growth of its business across the Asia Pacific (APAC) region.

Reporting to Steve Odell, Senior Vice President, Managing Director, Asia Pacific, the newly created roles will provide commercial leadership, drive continued growth for each brand across the region and align both the sales and marketing functions to optimise synergies across the organisation.

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NCLH is pleased to announce the following appointments, effective immediately, with two additional team members to be announced in the coming weeks:

  • Ben Angell will be Vice President, General Manager, Norwegian Cruise Line, Australia and New Zealand. Reporting to Ben will be Nicole Costantin, continuing in her role as Vice President Sales; Damian Borg, Senior Manager National Accounts; and Michelle Wiederman, Senior Marketing Manager.
  • Lisa Pile will be Vice President, General Manager, Regent Seven Seas Cruises, Australia and New Zealand. Reporting to Lisa will be a Director of Sales; Matthew Vince, Senior Marketing Manager OCI/RSSC; and Angela Tobeck, Business Development Executive and Inside Sales.
  • Jason Worth will be Vice President, General Manager, Oceania Cruises, Australia and New Zealand. Reporting to Jason will be a Director of Sales, and Matthew Vince, Senior Marketing Manager OCI/RSSC.
  • Felix Chan will be the Vice President, General Manager – for all three brands in Asia. Reporting to Felix will be Brigitte Martin, Marketing Director Asia and the NCLH leadership teams in Hong Kong, Shanghai, Mumbai, Singapore and Tokyo.

“The cruise industry continues to experience double-digit growth across the APAC region and these new appointments are designed to ensure we are able to best maximise and meet this increased demand head on,” explained Mr Odell.

“Our aim is to build a platform from which we can take a bigger share of the APAC cruising sector, at the same time providing opportunities for our valued travel partners to benefit from the extra capacity and growth in these markets as well,” he added.

“We are setting ourselves up for future growth not only in the APAC region – to which 11 of our ships will be sailing in 2020, including the fourth local deployment of Norwegian Jewel – but also across the international business, with 11 brand new ships on order including Norwegian Encore (launching in November 2019) and the magnificent Seven Seas Splendor (launching in February 2020).