VisitBritain trade sales manager joins Peter Deilmann
Peter Deilmann Cruises has appointed Claire Hancer to the newly created role of UK head of sales.
The luxury river and ocean cruise company has created the position in its London office in a bid to further raise its profile.
Hancer joins after five years of working as trade sales and marketing manager at VisitBritain.
Previously she held sales positions at Air France, KLM, Disneyland Paris and Royal Caribbean International.
In her new role, she reports to UK managing director Stuart Perl, with a focus on developing and managing UK trade relationships.
She will also introduce a scheme to assist and reward top trade sales and development agents.
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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