Appointments

■ Kirsty Knott has joined

Beachcomber Tours as the

new Cape sales executive,

looking after the Cape region.

Kirsty was previously employed

at Thompsons Holidays as a

sales executive and before

that she was a travel agent at

Pentravel. Kirsty is excited to

be representing the brand and

to work alongside a dynamic

team.

■ Eamonn Ferrin, with over

20 years of senior-level

experience in the travel and

hospitality industry, has been

appointed vice president

and managing director of

Norwegian Cruise Lines

UK, Ireland, South Africa,

Israel and the Middle East

markets. Prior to joining NCL,

Eamonn was the founder of

Ferrin Consulting Limited;

interim chief operating officer

at Cruise.co.uk; president

and chief operating officer

at Air Canada Vacations as

well as Sunquest Vacations

(Canada); managing director

of the Hotel Breaks Division

at Holidaybreak Plc; managing

director of BCT Travel Group;

and product and commercial

director and head of sales and

marketing at Airtours (UK).

■ City Lodge Hotel Group has

promoted Sinazo Mazantsana

to gm of Road Lodge

Kimberley; Zachary Levendal

as gm of Road Lodge N1 City,

and David Roux as gm of

Road Lodge Rustenburg.