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Cruise industry veteran to head sales for CMV in Australasia

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Chigwidden has had more than 20 years in the travel and cruise industry
Darren Chigwidden will take up his appointment as national sales manager Australia and New Zealand for Cruise & Maritime Voyages Australia on January 29.

Travel agent support

Based at the company’s regional head office in Adelaide, Chigwidden will provide ongoing support for the company’s travel agent partners. He will also work closely with wholesalers.

He has extensive cruise industry experience with Royal Caribbean, Princess, P&O Cruises Australia and Cunard.

He has worked for the South Australian Tourism Commission and most recently led the sales teams in South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia, Tasmania and the Northern Territory for the Globus Family of Brands, which includes Avalon Waterways.

A ‘valuable asset’

Chigwidden was described as ‘a very valuable asset to our team’ by md Dean Brazier.

‘We’re thrilled to bring Darren on board to work alongside our fantastic community of travel agents and to help them develop their businesses,’ Brazier said.

‘At CMV we greatly value our relationships with the travel agent community and we are committed to maintaining a brilliant sales team here in Australia with Darren at the helm.’