Industry Appointments

WELCOME to Industry Appointments, Travel Daily’s Thursday feature which has the latest job appointments from across the industry. If you have just appointed someone to a new position and would like to update the industry email appointments@traveldaily.com.au.

Helloworld Travel Limited’s National Manager of the group’s associate network for the past 2.5 years, Steve Brady, will take on the new title of National Sales Manager for Wholesale Australia. The role spans HLO’s wholesale brands including Qantas Holidays, Viva! Holidays, Sunlover Holidays, Rail Tickets, Ready Rooms, The Cruise Team, Territory Discoveries, Seven Oceans Cruising and Insider Journeys. Brady will take on the added responsibilities from 04 Sep, replacing David Green who is exiting the position this month to return to the UK. Vanessa Whitaker has taken on the position of Head of Product with MTA - Mobile Travel Agents. Whitaker has 30+ years travel industry experience under her belt, including senior roles at TripADeal, Airtickets, Jetset Travelworld Network and Globus. Oaks Hotels & Resorts has named Paolo Gambino as General Manager of Oaks Elan Darwin. Gambino has over 20 years’ tourism experience, including roles with Quicksilver Connections, Green Island Resort, Cairns Plaza Hotel and the H Hotel, Darwin, and he has also sat on the National Board of the Australian Tourism Export Council. Australian-born Katie Buxton has been promoted from her role at Destination Asia as General Manager, Hong Kong to the position of Global Director of Sales for the Group. The DMC has appointed UK national Sarah Noonan as Buxton’s replacement in Hong Kong. Paul Gallop has been appointed as the General Manager of Marriott International’s first hotel in New Zealand, the Four Points by Sheraton Auckland, which is slated to open in Dec. Gallop has 13 years’ experience working with hoteliers across Australia and NZ. The Dubai Tourism, Australia and NZ Office has recruited Beth Scott as its new Regional Sales Manager, based in Melbourne. The role will see Scott spearhead Dubai Tourism’s initiatives in Victoria, Tasmania and NZ, while managing trade relationships across airline, retail, wholesale, OTA, corporate and MICE markets. Scott has more than 15 years of experience in the airline and travel & tourism sectors, including stints at Qantas, Emirates, Lufthansa Group Australia as Manager for Marketing and Online Sales and most recently at Qatar Airways based in Doha in an E-Commerce management role. Sisilia Naisiga Rasokisoki has joined Nanuku Auberge Resort Fiji as the resort’s Activities Supervisor and Gym Instructor. “Cece” is a former Olympian (Athens 2004) and competed in the Commonwealth Games (Manchester 2002), as well as other major sporting events in Judo. Visit Sunshine Coast has created a new Head of Marketing position in recognition of the increasing importance of marketing, digital & events. Tasked with the role will be Kylee Daniel, promoted from her current position with the organisation as Events Management Specialist. Daniel has commenced in her new capacity at VSC this week.