Study Group: Cruise Line Experts(?)
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Chicke FitzgeraldFounder and Chief Executive Officer
LeisureLogix, LLC
Chicke Fitzgerald is the Chief Executive Officer of the Solutionz Group, a consulting company specializing in travel industry, where she has worked since 1995. She is also the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of LeisureLogix, a technology company providing game changing integrated trip planning,...
Ken HeitDirector of Sales
World Wide Cruises Inc
Ken Heit is the Director of Sales of Worldwide Cruises, a subsidiary of American Express Travel specializing in the cruise industry. He oversees $30 million in annual cruise sales revenue and supervises 25 employees. Mr. Heit has more than 20 years of experience in the travel industry. As a result of...
Christopher DanePresident-HRG Afilliates, LLC
HRG of North America Inc.
Christopher Dane is the President of Affiliates Program at HRG of North America, one of the largest travel management companies in the world, where he has worked since June 2006. At HRG, he has launched and oversees the North American Affiliates Program that is designed to allow large regional travel...
Jill WlosDirector of Marketing
BuyCruises.com
Jill Wlos is currently the Director of Marketing for BuyCruises.com, a large Internet cruise agency with the emphasis on customer service. She has more than 20 years of experience in the cruise industry including sales, marketing and operations. Ms. Wlos is currently working on a new branding program...
President
Eli Deutsch Independent Consultant
Eli Deutsch is an independent consultant to the Cruise Store Inc, a business he owned and operated for 10 years previous to his current advisory role. Mr. Deutsch consults on issues of marketing and sales as well as operations of the business.
J. Erik HvideChief Executive Officer
Magellan World Cruises, Inc.
J. Erik Hvide is the Principal of HMS Consulting, where he has worked since 2000. HMS Consulting specializes in the offshore energy services and the cruise industry. Here, Mr. Hvide is responsible for strategic and M & A consulting for industry participants as well as institutional investment managers....
Founder
TripLife
Jared Smith is the Chief Executive Officer and one of the founding employees of TripLife, a social networking tool for frequent travelers, where he has worked since 2007. Previously, Mr. Smith was the President of iCruise, a leading online seller of cruise vacation travel and a provider of travel booking...
CEO
Travelzest
Christopher Mottershead is Chief Executive Officer for Travelzest, an on-line travel group focused on high quality brands offering specialist holiday products and on-line distribution services. He has held this position since 2004. Prior to this, he was the Managing Director of TUI UK, a TUI AG company,...
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