Jeremiah1212 Posted November 9, 2023 #1 Share Posted November 9, 2023 Already posted on the Azamara boards. Dondra Ritzenthaler, former SVP of Sales at Celebrity, is appointed as CEO of Azamara. Dan Hanrahan, current chairman and former Celebrity CEO will lead the transition. There are some fairly unhappy Azamara cruisers that want change (not surprising). It will be interesting to see what kind of Celebrity influences seep into Azamara in the coming months. They are also naming a new CFO who has significant ties to RCG. Even though the brand is gone from the RCG portfolio it seems like the ties may be strong… Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare hcat Posted November 9, 2023 #2 Share Posted November 9, 2023 interesting.. Will the influence be Celebrity or the Royal C brand? We never tried Az . The ships did not appeal to us and they had larger down payments from what I recall.? Hope Az fans will be okay! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zitsky Posted November 9, 2023 #3 Share Posted November 9, 2023 This makes no sense at all. To let it go then pull it back? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeremiah1212 Posted November 9, 2023 Author #4 Share Posted November 9, 2023 6 minutes ago, zitsky said: This makes no sense at all. To let it go then pull it back? RCG isn’t pulling it back. She retired from Celebrity in May. There is no tie between RCG and Azamara anymore however Azamara’s leadership definitely has some crossover. Their new CFO came from Virgin Voyages it prior to that had several roles at RCG. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zitsky Posted November 9, 2023 #5 Share Posted November 9, 2023 1 hour ago, Jeremiah1212 said: RCG isn’t pulling it back. She retired from Celebrity in May. There is no tie between RCG and Azamara anymore however Azamara’s leadership definitely has some crossover. Their new CFO came from Virgin Voyages it prior to that had several roles at RCG. Can executives who worked at company X influence company A even though they no longer work at company X? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare mahdnc Posted November 9, 2023 #6 Share Posted November 9, 2023 When her retirement was announced, she said that it was time or something like that. Her retirement occurred when the new Celebrity president was installed. I guess it wasn't really time for her to retire after all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JaneStarr Posted November 9, 2023 #7 Share Posted November 9, 2023 3 hours ago, mahdnc said: When her retirement was announced, she said that it was time or something like that. Her retirement occurred when the new Celebrity president was installed. I guess it wasn't really time for her to retire after all. I assume this has to do with her noncompete clause. The Azamara announcement said she will start after her non-compete ends in May. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cap_D Posted November 9, 2023 #8 Share Posted November 9, 2023 How is Azarma's occupancy? As a non travel agent, and casual observer, I'd add that in various YouTube videos by TAs when Edge Class ships were unveiled to the trade Dondra makes many appearances. She's often the one that the TAs are trying to sweet talk and vice versa. Given her past role that makes sense, and presumably she thrived selling the Celebrity product as envisioned and executed in during the LLP era to TAs. Unclear how much experience she would have with anything shipboard related, logistics, finances, or anything of the sort. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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