Flight Centre restructures leisure team

FLIGHT Centre Travel Group (FCTG) has restructured its leisure land product team following recent staff movements within the team. Carlos Luis, brand leader of the leisure land and sea product, says the restructure is to streamline operations and ensure strategic thinking with appropriate support. The destination owner roles are being replaced with a product manager role, supported by a product merchandiser role. Claudia Naude has taken over the product manager role for Cruising, Touring and USA and Lisa Randall will

support Claudia as the Cruise, Tour and USA product merchandiser. Claudia will be responsible for driving the product to market strategy, preferred partner sales and being the group’s destination/range expert. Lisa will support Claudia by managing product templates, ensuring that products are ready for marketing on the relevant FCTG platform and assisting promotion of preferred partners. Sara Park has been appointed Flight Centre brand marketing manager, and Angela Thomas was recently appointed as a dedicated product trainer, who will train staff on FCTG’s products