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Cruise News for the Corporate Travel Professional |
October 2009 Edition |
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Paul Gauguin Cruises has a new President & CEO |
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Dick Bailey, Managing Director of the Pacific
Beachcomber, which acquired Paul Gauguin Cruises in August, has taken over as
chairman, president and ceo, succeeding David Giersdorf, who had served as
acting president and ceo. ‘We are ready as the new owners of Paul Gauguin Cruises to assume our full role in managing the company from this point forward,’ Bailey said, acknowledging Giersdorf for his ‘invaluable’ role in the ownership and operational transition. He also cited Giersdorf’s accomplishments over the past year in ‘defining and launching the Paul Gauguin Cruises brand, leading the team, establishing and expanding valuable relationships in the travel community’ which ‘contributed greatly to Paul Gauguin Cruises being an attractive business opportunity for Pacific Beachcomber to pursue.’ Bailey added: ‘We hope to continue to draw on his talents in the future.’ Giersdorf was approached in late 2008 to prepare the company to become a stand-alone brand following the completion of the Regent Seven Seas Cruises vessel management agreement at the end of 2009. He stepped into the acting president and ceo role, initially for a period of six months. He said that when the potential acquisition of Paul Gauguin Cruises by Pacific Beachcomber emerged, his involvement was extended through the closing of the transaction to ensure a smooth transition. Pacific Beachcomber owns the four InterContinental Resorts in French Polynesia, owns and manages the Maitai Hotel on Bora Bora and is developing a luxury eco‐resort, ‘The Brando,’ on the private island that belonged to the late actor Marlon Brando |
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