Carnival Announces 2018 Executive Partner Advisory Board

Carnival Cruise Line has its 2018 Executive Partner Advisory Board.

With the addition of two new consortia partners, Signature Travel Network and Ensemble Travel Group, the board is now comprised of 16 travel executives. They all work together to provide feedback and share input on trade initiatives with the line’s senior sales leadership team.

“We rely on the valuable feedback of these accomplished travel industry leaders and look forward to their ongoing and impactful advice throughout the year,” said Adolfo Perez, Carnival’s senior vice president of sales and trade marketing. “This group represents a rich diversity of agency model types, which helps us implement strategies that more broadly benefit all agents selling Carnival.”

Members of the 2018 Executive Partner Advisory Board are:

—David Crooks, senior vice president-product and operations, World Travel Holdings

—Matthew Eichhorst, president, Expedia CruiseShipCenters

—Michelle Fee, CEO, Cruise Planners

—Jackie Friedman, president, Nexion

—Anthony Hamawy, president, Cruise.com

—Emerson Kirksey Hankamer, president and CEO, Vacations To Go

—Sarah Henshall, senior vice president-travel and branch operations, AAA Carolinas

—Ashley Hunter, vice president of sales development, Avoya

—Kathryn Mazza-Burney, executive vice president-sales, Travelsavers

—Koreen McNutt, senior director-global cruise, Expedia Group

—Libbie Rice, co-president, Ensemble Travel Group

—John Rowley, co-founder and CEO, International Cruise & Excursions Inc. (ICE)

—Marcia Rowley, co-founder and COO, International Cruise & Excursions Inc. (ICE)

—Alex Sharpe, president, Signature Travel Network

—Don Walker, co-owner, WMPH Vacations

—Rick Zimmerman, president, KHM Travel

Carnival’s Executive Partner Advisory Board meets annually with the line’s sales leadership team as well as certain executive team members. They also provide ongoing feedback throughout the year as needed on decisions impacting trade programs and strategies. Members were selected by Carnival’s sales leadership team.