Lindblad Expeditions Holdings is continuing to expand its global sales team to strengthen the brand’s presence among travel advisors. As the expedition cruise sector continues to experience tremendous growth, the line welcomes two senior sales leaders for its expedition cruise brand: Christine Stevens Robinson and Rachel Woodward. The cruise industry veterans have joined the company as sales vice presidents, strengthening its global sales and revenue management team.
In their new roles, Robinson and Woodward will each be responsible for strengthening travel advisor relations on a regional level and supporting the influx of advisors expanding into the expedition cruise space. Together, they will help showcase the brand’s unique offerings and leadership within the expedition space, including its pioneering heritage, modern and purpose-built fleet, and expertise and field staff.
Together, Robinson and Woodward bring decades of notable cruise and expedition industry experience. Prior to joining Lindblad Expeditions, Robinson most recently served as vice president of national accounts at Hurtigruten, with over 20 years of director-level experience working with Holland America Line, Seabourn and Carnival Cruise Lines. Similarly, Woodward most recently served as senior director of expedition sales, North America at Silversea Cruises for 10 years, and previously spent nearly eight years in various roles at Crystal Cruises.
“Christine and Rachel bring more than 40 years of combined cruise industry experience, and each has an impressive track record working in the expedition cruise space,” said John Delaney, senior vice president of sales and revenue management at Lindblad Expeditions. “We have never been more focused on supporting our dedicated travel advisors–and fostering mutually beneficial relationships with new accounts. We’re building the strongest expedition sales team in the industry and these two new additions to our team help bolster our commitment to the travel advisor community.”
Robinson and Woodward will be working alongside Delaney’s other direct reports, Lesa Bain, vice president of North America sales; Karen Kuttner-Dimitry, vice president of affinity and charter sales; Jacinta McEvoy, vice president of global sales; and the recently onboarded Neil Fitzgerald, director of pricing and revenue management.
For more information, visit www.expeditions.com.
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