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Learn about Luxury Cruising and what makes luxury cruising experience different from other cruises.

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Cruise industry veteran Edie Bornstein was appointed vice president of Sales and Marketing for Azamara Cruises in September 2009. Bornstein has more than 25 years of experience in the global cruise, travel, and technology industries.
Prior to joining Azamara, Bornstein was Vice President of Business Development and Strategic Partnerships for Carnival Cruise Lines. Previously, she was a senior officer at Cunard and Seabourn Cruise Lines, where she developed profitable strategic plans and led partnerships with brands including Canyon Ranch Spa, Hermes, Chopard, Dunhill, Waterford, Wedgwood, Veuve Clicquot, Todd English, and more. She also served as vice president of Specialty Sales for Amadeus Global Distribution System, where she was instrumental in the implementation of automation solutions for the cruise industry and numerous other projects. 
Bornstein was appointed by Azamara Cruises President and CEO Larry Pimentel, who joined the line in July 2009. Bornstein will lead a small, brand-dedicated field sales staff, and will capitalize on the extensive global network of parent company Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. (RCL) outside the US.  A small, brand-dedicated marketing team also will be developed.
 Since its founding in 2007, Azamara Cruises – whose fleet consists of two elegant 694-guest ships: Azamara Journey and Azamara Quest – has been named of the World’s Top 10 Cruise Lines (#5) in Travel + Leisure magazine’s annual “World’s Best” readers’ poll; “Best Luxury Cruise Line” by Cruise One/Cruises Inc., received the “Smart Luxury Award” from Sherman’s Travel, and the “Best Premium Cruise Ship” award for Azamara Journey from Travel Weekly magazine.

Hilary Kudlatz graduated from Seneca College in King City; Ontario with a Diploma in Travel & Tourism.  At which time she joined the travel industry in 1993 with Sunquest Vacations as a reservation agent and finished in 2000 as an Inside Sales Supervisor with many other roles within the sales department.
Hilary was working as a District Sales Representative - Eastern Ontario with Intair from 2000 - 2004 at which time she moved to Globus Family of Brands as a Business Development Manager - Eastern & Northern Ontario until 2008.
In 2009 Hilary changed her role, as National Accounts Manager, Business Development Manager - Eastern Ontario & Quebec. She is also very involved with training.

Ken Muskat is Vice President of Sales for Royal Caribbean International, the second largest cruise company in the world.  He has dedicated his professional career to Royal Caribbean for the past 14 years after graduating from the University of Hartford with a Bachelors Degree in Communication and Advertising.  He has served in a variety of roles within Royal Caribbean including Hotel Operations, Strategic Planning, Marketing and Sales.  In 2001 and 2003 Ken was named one of Travel Agent Magazine’s Top 100 Rising Stars of the Travel Industry and has been recognized for a number of other achievements throughout his tenure at Royal Caribbean.  Ken has been a key contributor to the United Way and Cystic Fibrosis Organization for the past 12 years and currently serves on the Board of Directors for the Children’s Cancer Caring Center.

Paul Allen is vice president, sales for Holland America Line Inc., a unit of Carnival Corporation & plc. Appointed to this position in August 2007, Allen manages the development and implementation of Holland America Line's annual sales strategies and directs Holland America's award-winning sales organization and programs.

Allen oversees a number of sales teams dedicated to national accounts, travel retailers, charter and incentive sales, international sales, onboard sales programs and consumer response sales.

From May 2001 to August 2007, Paul served as Vice President, Alaska Marketing, and achieved steady annual growth through well-positioned marketing strategies. From 1988-1999, Allen served at Holland America Line in executive positions within the marketing department, as director, yield management; director, market planning and communications; and director, worldwide cruise marketing. Allen also served with Holland America Line from 1981-84 as director, new ship construction and accounting systems, at the company's New York office and at the shipyard in St. Nazaire, France, during the construction of the ms Nieuw Amsterdam and ms Noordam.

From 1986-88, Allen was with Princess Cruises and Tours, serving as director, Alaska programs, based in Seattle, and then as director, reservations control, in Los Angeles. Prior to rejoining Holland America Line, Allen served as vice president at Adinfonitum, a Seattle-based Internet and database marketing company.

Allen graduated cum laude with a bachelor of arts degree from Amherst College in Massachusetts. He also has an MBA from New York University and is a certified public accountant. He represents Holland America Line on the Board of Directors for the Seattle Convention & Visitors Bureau and Junior Achievement of King County.

For the past 11 years, Scott Campbell has been the Manager, Cruise Relations at the AAA National Office. In this role, he is responsible for the program development, marketing initiatives and contract negotiations for all of AAA preferred partner cruise lines.

Following his family's footsteps in the travel industry, Scott's travel career began almost 25 years ago when he joined Classic Hawaii (now Classic Custom Vacations) as a reservations agent. While at Classic Hawaii he decided to follow his passion for cruising and joined Holland America Line in Seattle for 5 years as a marketing product manager prior to joining AAA.  

Scott's first cruise was at age 16 on Royal Caribbean’s Song of Norway. Since that first cruise, he has been on over 30 cruises on itineraries from South America to Europe to Alaska.    

Stephen P. Goulding
Manager – Sales & Proud Owner
WestJet Airlines & WestJet Vacations

Stephen Goulding leads the WestJet Airlines and WestJet Vacations leisure sales efforts in Eastern Canada.  His ongoing commitment to building relationships with partners has complimented the culture WestJet has fostered from it’s start up. Stephen’s team works with some of the largest Travel Management, Online Travel, and Travel Agency companies in Canada. 

Stephen has been driving results in the travel industry for past 10 years. 
Before joining WestJet, he assisted in the development of a new travel business vertical with a Toronto based marketing company creating innovative online preference based marketing, and communication strategies. These efforts helped their travel industry clients effectively identify and communicate to the needs of their customer.  Prior to this role he spent many years within the car rental industry taking a key role in building brand awareness and new business development in the North American corporate market place.  This role resulted in many successes within both the corporate and leisure sales efforts of Budget Car Rental in Canada.

Stephen was born and raised in Hamilton, Ontario; attended school at McMaster University; sits as Vice President on the board of directors for Tourism Hamilton; a member of SKAL International for Travel and Tourism Professionals; and carries a CSP professional designation through the Canadian Professional Sales Association.