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CONTACT: Media Contact: Vanessa Picariello: 305-436-4713 [email protected]
NORWEGIAN CRUISE LINE HOLDINGS LTD. OPENS OFFICE IN AUSTRALIA
Company’s three brands now supported in Australasia with highly-experienced leadership team
SYDNEY– October 1, 2015 – Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd. (Nasdaq: NCLH) today
marked the opening of the company’s first office the Pacific Region, with a new sales and
marketing centre based in Sydney, Australia. The new office signifies the further international
expansion of the company to support a growing worldwide demand for cruise travel.
The office represents the company’s three brands: Norwegian Cruise Line, Oceania
Cruises and Regent Seven Seas Cruises. Industry veteran Steve Odell is leading the office as
Senior Vice President and Managing Director Australia & New Zealand for Norwegian Cruise
Line Holdings Ltd. and is joined by a leadership team with broad travel industry experience
including: Lisa Pile, Vice President of Sales Australia/New Zealand for Oceania Cruises and
Regent Seven Seas Cruises; Nicole Costantin, Vice President of Sales Australia/New Zealand
for Norwegian Cruise Line; Ben Angell, Vice President Marketing Norwegian Cruise Line
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Holdings Australia; and Elizabeth Krstevski, Operations/Contact Centre Manager Norwegian
Cruise Line Holdings Australia.
“Today marks an exciting day in the history of our company, as we further expand our
global team to serve the greater Australasia region,” said Odell. “With this new office, we can
now better support our travel partners as they serve their guests across the spectrum from
contemporary to luxury cruising, offering sales & marketing support and a dedicated Sydney
based call centre our three brands.”
Odell will be responsible for the continued growth of the company’s presence in
Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific Islands and differentiating each brand’s unique offerings.
He has played a key role in the establishment of the luxury cruise segment in Australasia since
2000, with various positions in the luxury cruise sector and CLIA in the region.
Pile, most recently the Executive Director of Global Luxury Sales for Fairmont Raffles
Hotels International, brings a strong base of knowledge from the luxury sector, managing more
than 600 high-yield accounts across the globe in her previous role. In her new position, she will
offer sales and marketing support within Australasia for upper premium line Oceania Cruises
and luxury line Regent Seven Seas Cruises, with a focus on the line’s newest ship, Regent
Seven Seas Explorer, the most luxurious ship ever built, debuting next summer.
Costantin brings a wealth of knowledge from her seven years leading sales and
marketing efforts for Star Cruises and Norwegian Cruise Line in the region to her new role as
Vice President of Sales. In this new role, she will focus on providing travel partners with the
tools and education necessary to be successful in selling Norwegian Cruise Line’s unique
proposition of offering freedom and flexibility to guests during their cruise holiday.
Angell joins NCLH from Virgin Australia and will bring more than seventeen years of
award-winning experience. He will support the company’s three brands with strategic planning,
marketing and engagement campaigns for both trade and consumers.
Krstevski, joins from The Cruise Team with previous key positions in product
management and operations. She brings more than ten years of cruise industry experience to
the company and will be responsible for managing the call center for the three brands and
ensuring the highest levels of customer service.
For further information contact Leeanne Aubrey, [email protected]
About Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd.
Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd. (Nasdaq:NCLH) is a diversified cruise operator of leading
global cruise lines spanning market segments from contemporary to luxury under the Norwegian
Cruise Line, Oceania Cruises and Regent Seven Seas Cruises brands.
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These brands operate a combined 21 ships with approximately 40,000 lower berths
visiting more than 420 destinations worldwide. The Company's brands will introduce six ships
through 2019.
Norwegian Cruise Line is the innovator in cruise travel with a history of breaking the
boundaries of traditional cruising, most notably with the introduction of Freestyle Cruising, which
revolutionized the industry by giving guests more freedom and flexibility on the most
contemporary ships at sea. Oceania Cruises is the market leader in the upper-premium cruise
segment featuring the finest cuisine at sea, elegant accommodations, impeccable service and
destination-driven itineraries. Regent Seven Seas Cruises is the market leader in the luxury
cruise segment with all-suite accommodations, highly personalized service and the industry's
most inclusive luxury experience featuring fine wines and spirits and unlimited shore excursions
among its numerous included amenities.
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