Celestyal beefs up North American sales team

Celestyal added four sales professionals — Rusty Fletcher, Marc Leventhal, Natalie Papoutsoglou and Will Wegner — to its North American team.

They'll work under Brandon Townsley, VP and managing director, North America, who said: 'We are aggressively growing our brand and identity in North America and we feel that they each bring unique skills and experiences to help us do that.'

Rusty Fletcher

Fletcher joins as business development manager for the South Central US. He began selling future cruises onboard for Carnival Cruise Line and Norwegian Cruise Line before spending 10 years as a travel advisor in his home state of Texas. He also served as a strategic accounts manager for Royal Caribbean, serving the Greater Houston metro area.  

Marc Leventhal 

Leventhal, business development manager for the Northeast and mid-Atlantic regions, is a 26-year travel industry veteran who has worked for Hurtigruten, Royal Caribbean, Contiki/Insight and Kuoni (formerly Travel Bound). 

Natalie Papoutsoglou 

As a key account manager, Papoutsoglou brings 25 years of experience, most recently as manager of national accounts for North America and Canada at Princess Cruises. Earlier she was business development manager for Princess and Cunard, covering the South Florida and European markets; regional sales director in Europe at Tourico Holidays, a World Travel Holdings company; and director of international business development at Carnival Cruise Line.

Will Wegner 

Wegner, also a key account manager, brings experience in travel/cruise sales and business development. Previously he was a business development manager for tour operator Collette. Earlier he served as executive director of strategic business development for International Cruise & Excursion (ICE Gallerty), based in Phoenix.