Celestyal has appointed Seb Pelisse in the newly-appointed role of trade marketing executive, UK and Australia. He will focus on working with the trade to deliver events and raise awareness of Celestyal’s brand, products, fleet, destinations, award-winning service and offers.
Seb joins from Virgin Voyages, where he was a marketing executive with a remit for trade experiential activations and events. He has previously worked in customer service for easyJet and British Airways and will report into Anna Gregori, VP Brand, Marketing, Communications and Customer Journey.
Celestyal now has a 11-strong dedicated trade team, with further recruitment planned. The team is headed up by Janet Parton, VP Business Development UK, Europe & Australia.
Seb said:
“I am ecstatic to be joining Celestyal and contributing to their global brand development. Within this role I aim to support, educate and collaborate with the trade as Celestyal continues its exciting growth. I am looking forward to bringing my broad network of contacts, knowledge of global markets and cultures as well as travel knowledge to help Celestyal continue to become a significant force within the cruise sector.”
Anna Gregori said:
“I am thrilled to secure Seb as part of my team and the wider Celestyal family. He has a passion for cruise, travel and trade, a perfect combination that brings with it a valuable customer focus and frontline travel industry perspective. Seb is looking to make our brand sizzle with our valued trade partners and we’re looking forward to seeing his passion translate into creating unmissable moments for our agent partners, and bringing the refreshed Celestyal brand and direction to life.”
