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Viking Cruises appoints New Zealand regional sales manager

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Steve Parker is tasked with building brand awareness for Viking in New Zealand
Steve Parker has been appointed to the newly-created position of regional sales manager New Zealand for Viking Cruises.

Parker, who is based in Auckland, is a former sales manager for Island Escape Cruises.

Three-month Viking Orion season

Australia and New Zealand managing director Michelle Black said the New Zealand market is expected to grow when Viking Orion spends three months cruising between Sydney and Auckland from December until February 2019. 

Viking Orion, the fifth ship in Viking Ocean Cruises’ fleet, was named in Livorno, Italy, last month

‘Three years ago we launched our first ocean ship and now we are welcoming our fifth, whose name was selected to honour both the original Viking explorers who used the constellations for long-distance navigation, as well as the great space explorers of our time,’ Viking chairman Torstein Hagen said.

Longer second season planned

Viking Orion will return for a second 2019/2020 Down Under season, which will be four weeks longer.