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Julie Golding to grow trade partnerships for Ponant APAC

Ponant Asia Pacific created the new role of business development manager New South Wales and Australian Capital Territory for former Silversea national account manager Julie Golding to consolidate and grow travel trade relationships.

Helen Hutcheon, Australasia correspondent

March 4, 2021

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'Her existing in-depth understanding of the growing luxury expedition cruise market brings an additional perspective to our key business account relationships, as well as assisting in creating new business opportunities for Ponant in our commitment to continue to grow strong trade partnerships,’ GM Sales & Marketing Asia Pacific Deb Corbett said.

Retail and wholesale

‘Already well known and respected within the travel industry, Julie is well versed in business planning, performance reporting and account management and her national account experience with commercial agreement and consortia management liaison will greatly benefit both our retail  and wholesale partnerships,’ Corbett continued.

Before joining Silversea, Golding was sales manager APAC for Rocky Mountaineer and business development manager NSW and ACT for APT.

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About the Author

Helen Hutcheon

Australasia correspondent

Helen Hutcheon did her cadetship on a shipping magazine and worked in P&O’s Sydney office for seven years as a public relations journalist.

For 19 years she was deputy editor of Travel Week, which was Australia’s leading trade newspaper that covered major local and international industry events.

In 2008 the late legendary Rama Rebbapragada presented her with an award from Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd ‘in recognition of her outstanding contribution to the cruising industry.’

In 2010 she won the Neil Frazer Award for ‘outstanding contribution to the cruise industry,’ elevating her to CLIA Australasia’s hall of fame.

She has been the Australasia correspondent for Seatrade Cruise Review since 1997 and for Seatrade Insider (now Seatrade Cruise News) since its launch in 2000.

 

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