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Regent Seven Seas Cruises hires New Zealand BDM

Tracey Brennan joined the sales team of Regent Seven Seas Cruises in New Zealand as business development manager.

Helen Hutcheon, Australasia correspondent

July 7, 2022

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Brennan, a New Zealander, replaces Wendy Barron who left the company after five years.

She has extensive cruise industry experience, having worked for Scenic Luxury Cruises & Tours and Cruise Holidays.

North and South Islands

She will be responsible for the development and execution of sales strategies, working with Regent’s travel partner network across the North and South Islands, and will report to Lisa Pile, VP Australia and New Zealand.

‘This is an exciting and busy time for Regent Seven Seas Cruises as the industry ramps back up,’ Pile said.

Incredible response

‘There has been an incredible response from the New Zealand market with our guests looking forward to cruising again to many of the destination-immersive locales we visit,’ she said.

With New Zealand’s maritime border reopening to foreign-flagged cruise ships on July 31, Pile said Seven Seas Explorer will sail in local waters during the (southern hemisphere) summer 2022/23 season.

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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