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Sales team appointments at Royal Caribbean
Royal Caribbean has made two new appointments to its UK and Ireland sales team.
Adam Sharp has been promoted to the role of head of cruise specialists, reporting directly into Ben Bouldin, sales director.
For five years he was head of port operations and guest port services EMEA and prior to this was at Carnival Corporation.
Reporting directly into Sharp will be David Hearn, strategic account manager for tour operators, and UK account managers Andrea Keeble, Angela Hall and Stephen Joyner.
Meanwhile, Joanna Guest will be joining the UK sales team as regional sales manager for the South West of England.
She replaces Hayley Thompson who is relocating to cover London and the South East.
Guest is currently a cruise expert at at TUI store in Bristol.
Both Guest and Sharp start at the end of September.
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