Source: TOURISM FIJI
Tourism Fiji has announced the appointment of Wayne Deed as regional director New Zealand.
Tourism Fiji chief executive, Rick Hamilton said Mr Deed was a well-respected industry professional bringing with him more than 20 years’ experience.
“It’s great to have him on board and his wealth of knowledge plus his long-term relationship with the trade will be an enormous asset to Tourism Fiji,” he said.
Most recently, Mr Deed was regional manager for Destination New South Wales.
He previously held a position on GO Holidays’ senior executive team as product marketing manager for the Pacific Islands, Australia and GO Sports and Events.
Mr Deeds said: “I’m really looking forward to joining the Tourism Fiji team and developing closer ties with the trade, working across all the distribution channels to develop and grow their business to Fiji.
“We’ll be focused on delivering value at all level of the retail trade, in particular, our Matai agents.
“There aren’t many jobs that are about making people happy, so I’m very lucky that one of the objectives of my new job is to bring that special Fijian happiness to as many Kiwis as possible.”
Mr Deed will be based in Auckland from mid-July.