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SWAN HELLENIC WELCOMES LISETTE MARTINEZ RUSIAN AS SENIOR DIRECTOR OF NORTH AMERICA SALES (Allemagne)
Swan Hellenic is delighted to announce the appointment of Lisette Martinez Rusian as Senior Director of North America (NAM) Sales. |
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 Lisette Martinez Rusian appointed as Senior Director of North America Sales by Swan Hellenic
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Lisette has held senior roles at some of the industry's most respected brands, including Princess Cruises, American Queen Voyages, Atlas Ocean Voyages, and Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings.
Her accomplishments include launching high-impact sales support teams, leading award-winning charter and incentive programs, and successfully led charter operations for globally recognized events such as the 2016 Rio Olympic Gamesand The Big Game XLVIII (American Football Final).
As Senior Director of NAM Sales, she will lead Swan Hellenic's regional sales strategy, partner engagement, and growth initiatives across North America.
“We are thrilled to welcome Lisette aboard Swan Hellenic,” said Patrizia Iantorno, Chief Commercial Officer.
“Her depth of experience, innovative mindset, and passionate leadership make her a perfect fit for our team as we continue to grow and redefine the world of luxury expedition cruising. Welcome onboard, Lisette!”
Swan Hellenic also wishes to extend its sincere thanks and best wishes to Joe Malony, who held this position with dedication and success for several years. We wish him a brilliant continuation of his career on his new path.
Lisette's appointment underscores Swan Hellenic's commitment to exceptional service and strategic growth in the North American market, one of the world's leading trades.About Swan HellenicSwan 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 Minerva and SH Vega, two 5-star Polar Code PC 5 expedition cruise ships with ice-strengthened hulls, were launched in December 2021 and July 2022. Both accommodate 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 ships, 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 siblings, SH Diana features a state-of-the-art gym, spa, panoramic sauna, club room and swimming pool with poolside grill.
All three 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. 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, Miami (serving the North American market), Hong Kong (serving Greater China, India and South-East Asia), Sydney (serving Australia-New Zealand) and Copenhagen (serving Scandinavia and Iceland), 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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