CEO International Cruise Summit • Cruises News Media Group
Chief Commercial Officer Ambassador Cruise Line Phil has over 20 years of travel industry experience, commencing in the Product team with First Choice and later working on the First Choice/Thomson merger. He then led the flight only division of the newly created TUI UK and later progressed to run the commercial arm of TUI Cruises. He moved to Thomas Cook in 2015 to focus on distribution, rising to the UK Board position of Director of Sales, E-Commerce & Marketing. Prior to joining Ambassador Phil was chief commercial officer at Fosun Tourism Group, where he focused on re-launching Thomas Cook as an OTA. The responsibilities of his commercial remit at Ambassador Cruise Line include product planning, fleet deployment and itineraries, sales and distribution across all channels including trade, contact centre and online, marketing and PR.
