New sales director for Orient-Express
Orient-Express has appointed Christina Deeny as regional director of sales Europe.
She will be responsible for Orient-Express’ field sales offices in the UK, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Russia, Switzerland, Austria, Sweden and the Netherlands.
She joins from the Mandarin Oriental, Hyde Park London hotel, where she was director of sales and marketing.
Deeny is based in Orient-Express’ London head office and will report to Andrea Filippi, who was appointed executive director of worldwide sales last month.
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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