Celestyal has announced the appointment of two senior members to its global commercial team.
Tobias Klitsch joins as VP of Global Market Development while Beth Hulett has been named Global Market Development Manager.
Tobias has a wealth of experience and has held senior positions within the travel industry for 15 years. He joins Celestyal from PA Consulting, where he worked with organisations across the Aviation and Travel verticals.
Prior to that, Tobias worked at Virgin Atlantic as Director of Sales Strategy & Development, designing and executing the airline’s Global Sales and Account Management strategy.
Before joining Virgin Atlantic, Tobias held senior leadership roles at British Airways across Revenue Management and Sales, as well as delivering the airline’s Ancillaries strategy.
As Celestyal’s VP of Global Market Development, Tobias will work cross-functionally to design and execute the commercial strategy that will deliver our vision of being brilliant to do business with.
He will also provide analytical insight and partner with Sales leaders to devise market-appropriate strategies to drive Celestyal’s growth plans.
Tobias joined on 17th April and reports directly to Celestyal’s Chief Commercial Officer, Lee Haslett.
Beth Hulett comes with over from Virgin Voyages and has eight years of experience in the cruise industry.
In her previous role, she worked with key UK partners to help drive sales in her role as Sales Manager. She also worked at Iglu.com as Senior Global Supply Manager where she helped strengthen relationships with Trade Partners.
As Global Market Development Manager, Beth will support Tobias in delivering the commercial strategy to deliver value for both Celestyal and its Trade Partners globally.
She will also support the field-based account team across all channels in identifying opportunities. Beth joined Celestyal on the 21st of April and will report directly to Tobias.
Lee Haslett, Celestyal’s Chief Commercial Officer, comments: “I am delighted to welcome Tobias and Beth to Celestyal.
“They join at an exciting time, with the recent launch of Celestyal Holidays, our dedicated trade packaging solution in partnership with Aviate, and the highly-anticipated debut of our new ship, Celestyal Journey, in September. “
Lee went on to say that both Tobias and Bethanie have a strong track record of delivering commercial value and strategic growth which will prove invaluable in broadening Celestyal’s presence in key markets.
For more information, visit celestyal.com/gb.
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