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MSC Cruises strengthens Midlands sales team
MSC Cruises UK has appointed Donna Walton as business development manager covering the Midlands.
Based in Birmingham, she will be responsible for generating greater sales from retailers located in West Midlands, Hereford, Worcester, Staffordshire and Leicestershire as well as Gloucestershire, Warwickshire, Shropshire, Northamptonshire.
She previously worked in sales positions for National Express, Hoseasons and latterly Sandals Beach & Resorts.
Meanwhile, the cruise line has launched a ‘SailFlight’ promotion to the trade.
This offers retailers the opportunity to combine any of MSC Cruises summer programme with a European scheduled return fare of just £99. In addition, each day for the next 30 days, agents making an MSC Cruises booking may win £99 for themselves.
The first travel consultant to confirm a booking on the ‘SailFlight Ship of the Day’ will be awarded £99 and notified at the end of the very same day.
By Bev Fearis
Bev
Editor in chief Bev Fearis has been a travel journalist for 25 years. She started her career at Travel Weekly, where she became deputy news editor, before joining Business Traveller as deputy editor and launching the magazine’s website. She has also written travel features, news and expert comment for the Guardian, Observer, Times, Telegraph, Boundless and other consumer titles and was named one of the top 50 UK travel journalists by the Press Gazette.
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