SWAN HELLENIC BOOSTS TOP MANAGEMENT, RECRUITING CARLOS GARZON AS VP GLOBAL SALES (États-Unis)
Miami-based Garzon joins the cultural expedition cruise pioneer's top team, bringing close client focus and a proven track record of driving profitability and market expansion, established over 20 years leadership in the luxury cruise industry. |
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SWAN HELLENIC BOOSTS TOP MANAGEMENT, RECRUITING CARLOS GARZON AS VP GLOBAL SALES (États-Unis)
Miami-based Garzon joins the cultural expedition cruise pioneer's top team, bringing close client focus and a proven track record of driving profitability and market expansion, established over 20 years leadership in the luxury cruise industry. |
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 Carlos Garzon appointed as VP Global Sales of Swan Hellenic
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Garzon will have full scope to put his mark on the newly created role, conceived in response to the heritage brand's rapidly growing sales, and blossoming reputation for taking adventurous travelers to explore off the beaten track.
The new VP of Global Sales brings 20 years' experience in top roles at luxury cruise leaders such as Norwegian Cruise Line, Regent Seven Seas, Vantage Deluxe, Atlas Ocean Voyages and SeaDream Yacht Club.
Throughout this impressive career trajectory, he has distinguished himself with laser client focus and a data-driven approach refined at travel technology and procurement company TripArc.
This has seen him lead his high-performing teams to optimize revenue streams and drive profitability, including through win-win partnerships – an area in which Swan Hellenic already excels, substantially enriching its guest experience.
“It's a privilege to join Swan Hellenic,” says Garzon.
“They're a true pioneer, providing unique discovery experiences and an equally unique onboard lifestyle. I'm really excited to join the team that created all this and look forward to working with them in their quest to constantly raise the bar of excellence.”
Swan Hellenic Chief Commercial Officer Patrizia Iantorno says: “We're thrilled to welcome Carlos to the team. His passion and methodical, client-centered approach make him the ideal strategic choice to help us power through the next phase in our growth.”
About Swan Hellenic
Swan Hellenic was relaunched in July 2020 to proudly advance the spirit of cultural expedition cruising the company pioneered in the 1950s. Building on its British roots, the new company has a distinctly cosmopolitan culture dedicated to providing guests with global opportunities to see what others don't.
Swan Hellenic's purpose-built boutique ships feature elegant Scandi-design interiors, extensive outdoor spaces and dedicated expedition facilities. SH Vega is a 5-star Polar Code PC 5 expedition cruise ship with ice-strengthened hull that was launched in July 2022. She accommodates 152 guests in 76 spacious suites and staterooms, the majority with large balconies. SH Diana is a slightly larger PC 6 ice-class vessel launched in April 2023. She accommodates 192 guests in the same distinctive comfort and style in 96 staterooms and suites.
While sharing the unique design features of her sister ship, SH Diana also introduces certain key enhancements, including a dedicated presentation and lecture theatre overlooking the lounge, and on-board Tender boats to take guests ashore in addition to and in greater comfort than the customary expedition Zodiacs. Like her sibling, SH Diana features a state-of-the-art gym, spa, panoramic sauna, club room and swimming pool with poolside grill.
Both ships feature three dining venues – the Swan Restaurant, Club Lounge and Pool Bar & Grill – and are built in full compliance with SOLAS Safe Return to Port requirements. Dedicated to guests with a passion for adventure and cultural exploration, the company's meticulously planned itineraries explore the wild landscapes, wildlife, peoples and cultures of the world's less travelled and most historic regions.
The crews each include a team of 12 seasoned expedition guides, expert speakers and lecturers, for a total complement of 120 and 140 persons respectively, offering outstanding staff-to-guest ratios to deliver the highest standards of attentive personal service.
Swan Hellenic's cultural expedition cruises have always been distinguished by the company, guidance and expert lectures of famous explorers, seasoned expedition guides and leading authorities in their fields. Now, many of the cruises are also enriched by partnerships with unique organizations to bring very different experts on board in the same way, including JRE-Jeunes Restaurateurs and the SETI Institute.
Maris Culinary Discovery at Sea brings a different JRE gourmet chef aboard each in a series of exclusive cruises which take guests on a parallel voyage of gastronomic discovery.
While the SETI Explore Space at Sea Series brings a different world-renowned scientist from the SETI Institute aboard each cruise to provide guests with expert insights into the history and latest discoveries in astronomy, astrophysics, astrobiology and planetary science, as well as the quest to find other forms of life within and beyond our solar system.
On many cruises, guests can also participate in Swan Hellenic's Citizen Science partnerships, contributing valuable data obtained during their expeditions and on board, reporting cloud data with NASA, recording whale sightings with Happywhale, monitoring phytoplankton with the Secchi Disk Study, and Antarctic seabird numbers with Stony Brook University.
Headquartered in Cyprus with offices in London (serving the UK and Ireland), Dusseldorf (serving Continental Europe), Monaco, Fort Lauderdale (serving the North American market), Hong Kong (serving Greater China, India and South-East Asia), and Sydney (serving Australia-New Zealand), together with a partnership serving Japan, Swan Hellenic supports the travel trade with local specialist partners to provide customers with expert personal service worldwide.
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