Charter & Incentive Travel Expert Donna Kurtz Joins Scenic Group USA as Director of Charter & Incentive, Scenic USA

Scenic Group, parent company of Scenic Luxury Cruises and Tours, Scenic Eclipse and Emerald Waterways, announced the hiring of Donna Kurtz as Director, Charter & Incentive Sales, Scenic USA. Donna brings more than 30 years of travel industry expertise to the role and the well-deserved respect of legions of travel advisors. “With more than 500 connections in the charter and incentive business, Donna comes to Scenic with a rolodex that goes far and deep,” offered Ann Chamberlin, Vice President, Sales, Scenic Group USA. “She has built long-term relationships with travel advisors by forming bonds based on respect and a never-ending effort to support their needs. She is a welcome addition to our Scenic sales team, and we look forward to her putting our already growing MICE business into high gear.” Donna joins Scenic USA on November 30, 2020.

Since 2011, Donna has been the Director of Charter & Incentive Sales for Paul Gauguin Cruises. In this role, she increased MICE sales from 5% to more than 20% of the line’s overall net revenue. Kurtz began her career in the cruise industry in 1986 at Holland America Line, before moving to Windstar Cruises in 1990. She spent 21 years working at Windstar in a variety of roles before being promoted to the Director of Charter/Incentive Sales. Donna is originally from Tacoma, WA., and lives there with her husband, spending her time off enjoying the perks of grand parenthood with her two grandchildren.

Scenic Group has grown over its 34-year history to include award-winning, all-inclusive river and ocean cruises and handcrafted land tours that take guests to many of the world’s most fascinating destinations. Since 2008, Scenic has offered river cruises in Europe, SE Asia and Russia on its 15 Space-Ships and Egypt on a luxury charter.

In 2019, Scenic introduced the World’s First Discovery Yacht, the 228-guest Scenic Eclipse. Sister brand Emerald Cruises, parent brand of Emerald Waterways and the newly formed Emerald Yacht Cruises, has nine branded Star-Ships offering river sailings in Europe and on the Mekong, as well as the chartered river ship along the Volga River in Russia (MS Nizhny Novgorod). In 2021, the Emerald Azzurra will be the first yacht to launch under the Emerald Cruises brand – a 100-guest super yacht that will ply the warm waters of the Mediterranean, Adriatic and Red seas.

Source: Scenic USA