The U.S. has a new head of its National Travel and Tourism Office (NTTO)—Mark L. Keam, who has been appointed deputy assistant secretary for travel and tourism in the International Trade Administration. As head of the NTTO, Keam and his team are charged with promoting the competitiveness of America’s industries, which in turn supports robust employment and economic growth for states and localities. The office produces research and works with Brand USA, the Tourism Policy Council, the Travel and Tourism Advisory Board and other private and public sector stakeholders to advance global travel and tourism.

Before joining the Biden Administration, Keam was a seven-term elected member of the Virginia House of Delegates where he led the Virginia Legislative Tourism Caucus. In addition to his experiences as a state legislator, he has served in federal and local governments, including as chief counsel to a United States Senate Assistant Leader.

As a naturalized immigrant, Keam has lived a global and multicultural life. He grew up and attended schools in five countries and traveled to over two dozen other nations. He, his wife and two children have visited every American state and some of its territories. He graduated from the University of California system with degrees in political science and law.

TTC Tour Brands has announced changes to the North American sales team with the promotion of Josh Hepp to vice president of national accounts from his current role as director of strategic accounts. Ursula Blackburne, who is working under The Travel Corporation’s (TTC) sales team will transition to North America sales manager, Brendan Vacations, a Celtic tour company included in TTC Tour Brands. Hepp joined TTC in December 2013 as a regional sales manager with Contiki. He has spent the past two years as director of national accounts. Prior to that he managed the sales managers on the West Coast and Midwest. Blackburne has been a part of the TTC North America sales team since February 2018 and will transition to focus solely on Brendan Vacations in her new role as North America sales manager.

Central Holidays, which includes USA product among its products, has announced changes in the organizational structure of the company. Adam Greis, who since 2017 has been responsible for directing the Group Travel Experiences brand, has been promoted to general manager of Central Holidays. As part of a realignment at the company, Maria Jose Merino, vice president of operations for Central Holidays will take on an expanded role to include the overall direction of product development. Under the new structure, Marco Evangelista serves as sales director for the Central Holidays brands and Margie Bell continues to serve as vice resident of sales.

Great Rail Journeys has promoted group chief financial officer Dave Riley to role of chief executive with oversight for the rail specialist and its sub-brands. Riley, who joined the business in October 2018, took over from Peter Liney earlier this month.  GRJ said in the top role, Riley would be tasked with driving an “ambitious global growth agenda” at GRJ, which offers more than 200 independent and escorted rail and river cruise holidays in 50-plus countries. The business also owns Chicago-based rail holidays brand Vacations by Rail. GRJ was acquired by mid-market private equity firm Duke Street in July 2018.

Tourism Economics has announced that Dan Roberts has joined the company’s U.S.  team in the role of senior economist. Dan brings considerable industry experience to our team from his years managing market and economic analysis for Choice Hotels. More recently, Dan has distinguished himself as director of research & market intelligence at Virginia Tourism Corporation where he established a foundation of data-driven decision making and accessibility throughout the organization.

Winnie Wang is the new vice president of revenue at Empire State Realty Trust (Empire State Building). She comes to her new role from Fairmont Hotels & Resorts in New York, where she served as director of revenue management. Previously, she was area director of revenue management for Kimpton Hotels & Restaurants.

Kelly Walker is the new head of distribution at easyJet holidays. She was most recently trade and partnerships manager at villa specialist Oliver’s Travels and previously James Villas. She took up the position at the carrier’s in-house tour operation last week, leading a distribution team which work with more than 3,000 agents.

BCD Travel has appointed Rene Villarreal as director of Mexico operations. Villarreal takes on his new role with more than 20 years of professional experience in commercial and operational areas support the new director of operations. The BCD Travel Program Management team is based in Monterrey and Saltillo.

Chris Simmonds has taken over as CEO of JG Travel Group, replacing Andy Freeth, who stepped down from the role. Simmonds joined the company a few months ago as marketing director. He was previously Saga Holidays CEO and also boss of Revitalise, a charity and provider of holidays for disabled people, said: “I am excited about the challenge and opportunities ahead. We have fantastic brands with massive addressable market and great prospects.”

Lindsey (Guinn) Stevens has been promoted to the position of vice president of marketing communications at the Monterey County Convention & Visitors Bureau. She was previously director of marketing communications. Prior to that she was international public relations manager for Visit California.

As announced last May, after almost six years with Gebeco Travel, Björn Oberländer has taken over the management of the tourism department at the travel agency chain Derpart. Oberländer brings substantial experience to the new job: he worked for Gebeco Travel in Kiel as a sales and service director, before that he headed the marketing and sales department at Aovoa Touristik in Hanover. DERPART is part of DER Touristik, the tourism division of the REWE Group.

The Argentinian Günther Leudesdorf is Air Canada‘s new general manager for Mexico and Colombia. The new appointment is aimed at strengthening the company’s presence in two of Latin America’s most important countries. Leudesdorf is originally from Buenos Aires, Argentina, where he started his professional career in tourism and hospitality, then he continued in the financial services.

Agaxtur Travel, one of the 25 largest travel companies in Brazil, which markets domestic product as well as international product (to the USA and other destinations), has promoted Vilmara Souza to the position of product department manager. She brings 16 years’ experience to the job.Gold Medal has strengthened its team of destination managers with the appointment of Leanne Davies who will oversee East Coast USA and Canada. Davies joins from within the dnata Travel Group, which includes Gold Medal. She has been purchasing assistant for the Americas and Caribbean since 2017. Davies brings more than 10 years in the business. She will be based at Gold Medal’s Leyland head

Following are tour and travel industry jobs as posted by the recruiting firm, Searchwide Global. For more information, go their site, Searchwideglobal.com and click on JOBS.

• Vice president of finance & administration, Visit Franklin
• President & CEO, Bellingham Whatcom County Tourism
• Executive director, Baltimore Convention Center
• CEO, Society for Incentive Travel Excellence
• General manager-Charlotte Convention Center
• Vice president of enterprise sales, American Society of Association Executives™
• Director of sales, Preferred Hotel Management Company
• Director of communications, Santa Monica Travel & Tourism
• Senior sales manager, Royal Sonesta Minneapolis
• General manager (outdoor hospitality), upscale outdoor resort
• Resort manager, international luxury hotel company
• Senior vice president, community engagement & public affairs, Visit Seattle
• Northeast director of sales, luxury hospitality group sales organization
• Senior director of human resources & culture, Destinations International
• Vice president of business development, Explore Asheville Convention & Visitors Bureau
• President and CEO, Springfield Convention & Visitors Bureau
• Executive director, Explore Sisters
• National Sales Manager, Experience Scottsdale
• Executive director, Explore Butte County
• Downtown Vacaville, executive director
• Chief marketing officers, Visit Williamsburg
• Director of the film & creative industries office, Visit Dallas
• President and CEO, Visit Bath
• Executive director, Pacific County Tourism Bureau
• Director of group sales, Visit Vancouver WA
• General manager, Los Angeles Convention Center
• Chief executive officer, Discover Santa Clara™
• Vice president of sales, Bermuda Tourism Authority
• General manager, Moscone Center (ASM Global), San Francisco
• President and CEO, VisitGreenvileSC
• Vice president of sales, Visit Wichita

Readers might want to check out the linkedin site for jobs. There are usually hundreds of job descriptions and links, which are updated regularly. Some samples of jobs include these:

• Director, public relations, Resorts World Las Vegas
• Travel and tourism lecturer, Eden Brown Education
• Division coordinator, marketing, Lindblad Expeditions
• Copywriter, EF Go Ahead Tours
• International product development manager (shore excursions) American Queen Voyages™

Travel Wisconsin is looking for a Digital marketing Specialist in Madison Dance County, Click here for details.

Also, check out TheTravelVertical. Hundreds of jobs largely having to do with travel and tourism leadership positions, or in the digital side of the industry, can be found in this sister publication of the INBOUND Report.

Long-time inbound tourism industry veteran Gina Jackson has joined New World Travel in its group department. She comes to her new role with an impressive resumé showing extensive experience at major inbound tourism brands, including a previous tour of nearly 14 years at AlliedTPro, as well as tenures at Jetabout North America and Americantours International.

Edison Rivas has started a new position as contract manager, Northeast USA, W2M WORLD 2 MEET. He joins the company from Trip.com Group, where he was executive contract manager. Previously, Rivas served at such well-known NYC tourism entities as Secret Escapes, JacTravel and GTA.

Katie Bunting has joined the trade sales team G Adventures. She’ll be working with the company’s global purpose specialists team to help elevate and support its agent relationships across the south of the UK. Bunting has a long career in the tour and travel sector. She began her career in travel as a consultant for First Choice, then moving to Co-op Travel as an assistant manager. In 2013 she became a branch manager for Hays Travel. Bunting crossed over in 2019 to the adventure operator sector, taking on the role of partnership growth manager for Intrepid Travel.

John Feenaghty has joined Australia-based Inspiring Vacations as president, North America. He will be responsible for growing the company in B2C and B2B markets across North America. Feenaghty joins the company from Toronto-based Goway Travel; where he was chief operating officer for nearly three years. Previously, he held several senior positions across his 15-year career with the Flight Centre Travel Group, including two years with Liberty Travel in New Jersey.

Luxury tour operator Ker & Downey has promoted Tiffany Dunn to the role of executive vice president and general manager. Dunn will oversee the daily operations and sales strategies of the company, which includes a diverse group of employees in Houston and across the United States. Dunn has served in a variety of capacities at Ker & Downey during her 12-year service for key VIP clients, and oversaw a core team of worldwide travel designers. tenure with the company. She began in inside sales, specializing in luxury travel to Africa. She was then appointed director of sales and operations in 2020 and led the company through the worst of the pandemic.

Adventure tour operator Explore has appointed two senior heads of team in newly created roles: Rachael Stone, who joins as the new head of product role; and Andrew Steward has been promoted to the new post of head of digital transformation. A veteran of the tourism industry, Stone joins has considerable experience in the sector, having worked for Tucan, Exodus and, most recently, Flash Pack, where she led product innovation and strategy. Steward has spent 10 years in the adventure travel industry, having work for six years in a senior digital role with the Intrepid Group before joining Explore to lead the digital marketing team three-and-a-half years ago.

The Globus family of brands is expanding its Canadian marketing team with the addition of a new senior director of marketing for the region. Joining the company into the role of senior director of marketing for Canada is Ainsley Ericksen, who brings more than 20 years of travel industry experience, most recently at Rocky Mountaineer, the world’s largest privately owned, luxury train tourism company, where she served for more than six years.

Lindblad Expeditions has announced the appointment of industry executive Bertha Espinosa as vice president of expedition sales. Espinosa joins the company from Crystal Cruise Lines, where she oversaw all facets of their customer support and service, spanning reservations, group sales, air services, guest relations, and consumer sales. Espinosa brings over 25 years of call center/reservations leadership experience to her new role. Her tours included service at American Express and Carnival Cruise Lines.

Internova Travel Group has announced that Simon Brooks has been named president of Bonotel Exclusive Travel. Bonotel is a leading inbound marketing and distribution partner of branded and boutique luxury hotel rooms to international business-to-business clients. Brooks has over two decades of commercial leadership experience in the airline industry. Having led teams in the leisure and corporate sectors in the UK, his most recent position was as senior vice president of sales, North America, for British Airways, leading the Atlantic Joint Business team alongside American Airlines and Iberia.

Collette recently named Willie Montano as senior director, global brand marketing. In this position, Montano will drive the creation and execution of brand marketing strategy at a multi-channel level in the United States, Canada and Australia markets. Prior to joining Collette, Montano served as the vice president of marketing at Insight Vacations & Luxury Gold USA, and vice president of marketing at CIE Tours USA.

The Los Angeles Tourism and Convention Bureau recently announced the promotion of Ms. Kate Chang from regional director of China to managing director of China. Chang, who joined Los Angeles Tourism in 2013, and is based in Beijing, is responsible for growing L.A.’s business in China, including four offices in Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou and Chengdu. She and her team are dedicated to promoting Los Angeles as a top destination for Chinese tourists, driving traffic and tourism economic growth, while increasing Los Angeles’ share of the Chinese outbound travel market.

In Germany, Matthias Lange is moving into the top management level of the DER Touristik company and has been given new, additional tasks. According to published reports, DER Touristik wants to further sharpen its focus on customer centricity and has appointed Lange as chief marketing & customer experience officer (CMXO). Lange thus expands his existing management role as marketing manager and managing director of online sales to include the topic of customer experience. He will also become a member of DER Touristik Germany’s central management body, the Executive Committee. Lange joined DER Touristik nearly five years ago from DB Vertrieb GmbH, a truck transportation company.

Jourdan Mackey recently joined the team at Visit Baton Rouge as tourism sales manager. She joined the bureau from her post as  manager of new business development at the Hyatt Centric French Quarter where she was manager of new business development. Previously, she held managerial positions at several hotel brands in New Orleans. Mackey points out that she is a Louisiana native, wife, mother, and avid traveler. And she’s ready to assist with your travel plans so you can experience the unique culture, food, and hospitality for yourself! She can’t wait to welcome y’all!

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Industry Jobs

From SearchWide Global:

—Brand USA, the USA’s destination marketing organization, is recruiting for a senior vice president of integrated marketing. More details here.

—The Society for Incentive Travel Excellence has an opening for a new executive director. More details here.

—Explore Butte County in California is looking for an executive director. More details here.

—The City of Vacaville, California is searching for an executive director for its Downtown Vacaville. More details here.

—Visit Williamsburg has an opening for a chief marketing officer. More details here.

—Visit Walla Walla (“Where wine, culture and the beauty of the outdoors meet”) is searching for an executive director. More details here.

—The Fredericksburg (Texas) Convention and Visitors Bureau is recruiting for a new president and CEO. More details here.

—Visit Dallas has an opening for a director of the Film & Creative Industries Office. More details here.

—The Pacific County Tourism Bureau, which serves the Washington coast and Long Beach Peninsula and Pacific County, is looking for an executive director. More details here.

—Visit Vancouver WA is searching for a director of group sales. More details here.         

—The Los Angeles Convention Center is recruiting for a new general manager. More details here.

—Visit Bath, in Virginia, is seeking a president and CEO. More details here.

—The Gatlinburg Convention and Visitors Bureau is searching for a president & CEO. More details here.

—Discover Santa Clara™ is searching for a chief executive officer. More details here.

—The Orange County Convention Center, site of the recent IPW 2022 in Orlando, has an opening for a deputy director. More details here.

—Santa Monica Travel & Tourism has an opening for a new director of communications. More details here.

—Discover Santa Clara is looking for a new CEO. More details here.

—The Muncie Visitors Bureau is looking for an executive director. More details here.

—Visit Greenville SC is searching for a president and CEO. More details here.

—The Shreveport-Bossier Convention & Tourist Bureau has an opening for a vice president of marketing and communications. More details here.

—Visit Wichita is searching for a new vice president of sales. More details here.

—The Cincinnati USA Convention and Visitors Bureau is seeking a new chief financial officer. More details here.

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From LinkedIn Jobs: Known to many across the board in the travel and tourism industry, the LinkedIn list (click here) has numerous job opportunities posted. Following is a sample of some of those jobs currently listed.

—Hilton has an opening, based in McLean, Virginia, for a director, executive communications. More details here.

—MGM Resorts International has posted a job for the position of public relations manager (hybrid) in Las Vegas. More details here.

—Visit Detroit has an opening for a sales manager—all levels of experience (Hotel, Tourism, CVB). More details here.

—New York City-based USA Guided Tours is searching for a tour guide in the New York City area. More details here.

—Madison Square Garden Entertainment Corporation looking for a senior director, communications. Job is based in Los Angeles, but reporting to the senior vice president, marketing & communications. More details here.

—Santa Monica Travel & Tourism has an opening for a communications manager. More details here.

—The Philadelphia Convention & Visitors Bureau is searching for a creative copywriter. More details here.

—The Fruit Company in Hood River, Oregon is recruiting for a tourism manager. More details here.

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Other Openings:

—There is an opening for a senior manager of social media currently available at Visit Florida. More details here.

—The Wisconsin Department of Tourism is searching for an Industry Marketing and Partner Relations Manager. The position is headquartered at the Wisconsin Department of Tourism’s office in Madison, Wisconsin. More details here.

—Argonaut, a Noble House Hotel, has an opening for an area managing director in San Francisco. Click here for more details.

—Travel Wisconsin has an opening for a visual production specialist. More details here.

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Marek Andryszak is leaving TUI Germany. Andryszak will be leaving the tourism group at his own request. A succession plan is already being prepared. A long-time veteran of the TUI Group—the largest tour operator in Europe—Andryszak took on the TUI Germany post in the spring of 2017. Prior to that, he had served as CEO of Tourismus AG, another company within the TUI Group; as CEO of TUI Poland; and as vice president, aviation trading for TUI Germany. David Burling, member of the TUI Group’s Executive Board, announced the news last week in a letter to employees. “I would like to inform you today that we are in talks with Marek Andryszak about the termination of his contract as managing director of TUI Deutschland GmbH, which will expire in 2022, and that I am preparing the succession plan,” said Burling, who indicated that Andryszak will continue to fulfill his contract and “push ahead with the restart of operations in the central region with all his energy.”

Kama Winters was recently appointed president of Delta Vacations, Delta Air Lines’ official vacation provider. Winters joins the company from Delta Air Lines, where she served most recently as director of product retailing. She succeeds former Delta Vacations President Jennie Ho, who was recently appointed vice president – in-flight field operations at Delta. Winters has been a partner to Delta since 2005, where she served as a client lead with longstanding agency partner Digitas. She joined Delta in 2016 and served in roles of increasing responsibility throughout marketing and digital strategy.

Tisha Rogers has been named group sales manager at the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures. She joins from Universal Studios Hollywood, where she was sales manager and served for more than a dozen years. Prior to that, she was travel marketing manager at the Monterey Bay Aquarium.

Brian Wright has joined Mammoth Lakes Tourism as director of marketing. Previously, he was director of global business development at Santa Monica Travel & Tourism. Wright also served as director of DMO & executive relations for Visit California, where he worked for more than five years.

WestJet has announced that Executive Vice-President and Chief Operating Officer (COO) Diederik Pen, will join the airline’s executive leadership team in the early fall, following the completion of the immigration process. At that time, acting interim COO, Robert Antoniuk will take on a new role as chief safety, health and environment officer. Mr. Pen has more than 25 years of aviation-industry experience in the Asia-Pacific and European regions, and joins WestJet most recently from Wizz Air.

In the UK, independent tour operator Prestige Holidays, which was established by John Dixon more than 30 years ago, has been purchased by M&A specialist Embrace Travel Group for an “undisclosed” sum. Dixon, who is currently chairman and managing director, will retire following Prestige’s sale to Embrace after working for more than 50 years in the travel industry. The operator’s commercial director David Skillicorn will stay with the company after its acquisition.

Emily Bates has joined the New Mexico Tourism Department as tourism development coordinator. She has spent the previous 1½ years in Guadalajara and previously worked in the travel and tourism industries in Boston and had a tourism marketing internship in Bordeaux, France. Bates has a bachelor’s degree in French from Loyola University Maryland in Baltimore and a master’s degree in management and valorization of heritage through tourism from the Sorbonne in France.

Hahn Air announced the appointment of Christoph Althoff as vice president airline business Hahn Air is a German scheduled and executive charter airline.  The industry professional joined the Hahn Air team on July 1st and will be in charge of an international team of experts managing the partnerships with Hahn Air’s more than 350 partner airlines worldwide as well as acquiring and implementing new partner carriers. Christoph Althoff takes over from Steve Knackstedt who has been in this role for more than 13 years and who will retire at the end of 2021. In the past 17 years, Althoff has been working for major travel industry players such as PROS Holding and Amadeus where he successfully developed data-driven and customer-centric sales strategies for airlines and other travel-related clients

Maria Wahby Hernandez has been hired as a JetBlue customer service crewmember. Prior to her appointment, she had spent nearly nine years as contracts manager for Miki Travel.

Omaha Mayor Jean Stothert has named Deborah Ward the new executive director of the Omaha Convention and Visitors Bureau. Ward has served as interim director since July 2020. Previously, she was the Vice President of Marketing and Communications. She’s also worked for Visit Omaha for 14 years.

Naples, Marco Island and the Everglades CVB has announced that Jack Wert, the well-known figurehead of Collier County’s Tourism Division has announced plans to retire from his post, effective September 30, 2021.  Wert has held his position as Executive Director in Collier County since 2002. ++

Lagina Fitzpatrick is the new executive director of the Lake of the Ozarks Tri-County Lodging Association (TCLA) in Missouri. Prior to being named executive director, Fitzpatrick had been the interim director since December. She also served as director of sales at TCLA from 2010 through 2020.

The newly created Iowa Travel Industry Partners has hired Chelsea Lerud as its interim director. Lerud has served as the executive director of the Greater Burlington Iowa Convention & Visitors Bureau since 2014. Lerud will begin her duties with the Travel industry partners August 9. 

Hammond, Indiana’s longtime South Shore Convention and Visitors Authority President and CEO Speros Batistatos was removed from his position at a board meeting last week. Batistatos, who began with the SSCVA more than three decades ago, has been in conflict with its board of directors for weeks, after board members raised concerns during contract negotiations about his total compensation, which exceeds $330,000 between salary and benefits.  Batistatos was president and CEO of the Indiana organization for two different periods—a from March 1989-July 2000 and from October 2005 until his dismissal. In between, he served for a while as president and CEO of the Atlantic City Convention & Visitors Authority.

Guillaume Arenas is the new director for Discover the World France. He succeeds Michele Bernard, who had been at the position for 24 years, and has retired. Arenas, who has been with Scottsdale-headquartered Discover the World since 2005, and has extensive knowledge of both the operation and the French travel market. Discover The World France represents a broad range of clients including Caesars Entertainment, Copa Airlines, Expedia TAAP, Loews Hotels & Co, Hong Kong Airlines, SATA Azores Airlines, Ukraine International Airlines, Virgin Atlantic, World Ticket Solutions, and mor

Jeffrey Hentz is stepping down from his role as chief executive officer of the North Lake Tahoe Resort Association after serving in the role since for close to two years of service. A news release from the organization says that Hentz will continue to be involved with operations of the association through the remainder of July, with continued focus on implementation of North Lake Tahoe’s Tourism Business Improvement District. Hentz relocated to North Lake Tahoe from Mustang Island, Texas, where he served as President/CEO of Mustang Island/Port Aransas Convention and Visitors Bureau, Chamber of Commerce and Chamber Foundation. Prior to that, Hentz held positions at FINN Partners and the Volusia County Florida/Daytona Beach Convention and Visitors Bureau.

Jason Fulvi is leaving his position as president of Visit KC to be chief sales officer for Arrivalist, a travel research and marketing firm in Kansas City and the producer of such tools as the Arrivalist Daily Travel Index, which measures consumer road trips of 50 miles or more in all 50 U.S. states. Arrivalist is headquartered in New York City, with offices in San Francisco and Toronto. Fulvi will begin his new job on September 13. Fulvi joined VisitKC in 2018. Previously, he was executive vice president at VisitPITTSBURGH, where he served for more than 16 years.

Charlene Lopez has been promoted to the position of vice president of sales for the Atlanta Convention and Visitors Bureau. She joined the organization in 2012 as sales manager, national accounts, and was promoted to director, citywide sales in 2019. Before joining the Atlanta bureau, Lopez held senior sales positions for Omni and Hyatt Regency properties

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IN MEMORIAM: Nobuaki Sakamaki

From the Japan Association of Travel Agents: “It is with great sorrow that we announce that Nobuaki Sakamaki, Chairman of the Japan Association of Travel Agents, passed away on July 13, 2021, while he was undergoing medical treatment. He was 62 years old. Nobuaki Sakamaki started his career with Tobu Railway Co., Ltd., and was elected representative director and chief executive officer of Tobu Travel Co., Ltd. in 2013. In April 2015, he was elected Representative Director and Chief Executive Officer of Tobu Top Tours Co., Ltd., which is a merger company of Top Tour and Tobu Travel. Nobuaki Sakamaki was an empathetic leader who devoted his life to his company, family, and friends. Our sorrow over losing him is profound but our appreciation of his achievements and contribution to the travel industry and the society as a whole will not fade with time.”

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Job Postings

From SearchWide Global:

—Destination Door County (Wisconsin) is looking for a president and CEO. More details here.

—In Oregon, the Josephine County Visitor Association’s Destination Marketing Organization, Experience Grants Pass, us searching for an executive director. More details here. 

—Visit San Antonio has an opening for director of market strategy. More detailshere.

—The Oklahoma State Fair is seeking a president and CEO. More detailshere.

—The San Diego Tourism Authority is looking for achief sales officer. More detailshere.

—Visit Pittsburg has an opening for chief sales officer. More details here.

—Visit Carlsbad is searching for a president and CEO. More details here.

—Switch, An Experience Agency based in St. Louis whose product lines include digital marketing, business meetings and events, and trade shows, is looking for a president and CEO. More details here.

—There is an opening for a chief executive officer at Explore Skagit Valley in Washington State. More details here.

—Louisville Tourism is looking for a senior vice president of convention development. More details here.

—Travel Portland is searching for a vice president of diversity, equity and inclusion. More details here.

—Visit Wichita is searching for a vice president of marketing. More detailshere.

—Destinations International is searching for a senior director, membership engagement. More details here.

—The Valdosta-Lowndes County Conference Center & Tourism Authority in Georgia is looking for a new executive director. More details here.

—In the Charlotte/Concord area of North Carolina, Great Wolf Resorts has an opening for a director of sales and catering. For details, click here

—Georgia’s Valdosta-Lowndes County Conference Center & Tourism Authority is searching for a conference sales director. More details here.

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From LinkedIn Jobs: Known to many across the board in the travel and tourism industry, the LinkedIn list (click here) has numerous job opportunities posted. Following is a brief sample of some of those jobs currently listed.

—New York City & Company has an opening for a coordinator, tourism development. More details here.

—American Classic Tours, Inc. in Grayslake, Illinois, has an opening for a tour manager. More details here.

—Visit Denver is searching for a cultural tourism programs manager. More details here.

—Jet Blue is searching for a manager of corporate communications, and his based in Long Island City N.Y. More details here.

—Ralph Lauren is search for a coordinator, brand activation (regional tourism – West). More details here. 

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From Indeed.com: We’ve taken a look at this site (click here) which says that it has hundreds of new jobs listed, including a fair number in the travel, tourism and related industries. A sampler of what to expect is below.

—Your VIP Pass in New York City has an opening for a director of events. More details here.

—The Philadelphia office of Tiquets, the global ticket booking company for attractions, is looking for a U.S.-based supply coordinator (the company is headquartered in the Netherlands. More details here.

—Saks Fifth Avenue in New York City is looking for a manager of tourism and travel. More details here.

—The Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority is looking for a vice president of guest experience. The salary range is $130,000 – $157,000 a year: More details here.

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