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Michael Thamm, CEO of the Costa Group, today
announced a number of changes to strengthen the leadership team and the
company’s organizational structure.
 Effective
February 1, 2015, the current Senior Vice President Hotel Operations & Product
Development, Neil Palomba, will be appointed President of Costa Crociere, Genoa.
He will be responsible for managing the Costa brand, as well as for the
structure and design of products, sales and customer care at Europe’s leading
cruise company.
Also effective February 1st, 2015, the company will appoint Buhdy Sin Bok, the
current Senior Vice President Pacific Asia & China, as President of Costa Asia,
Shanghai. This reflects the increasing importance of Asia for the Costa Group,
especially the rapidly growing Chinese market in which Costa Asia is the market
leader.
The two newly appointed presidents will, together with Michael Ungerer, who
heads AIDA Cruises, report directly to the CEO of Costa Crociere S.p.A..
"I would like to congratulate Neil and Buhdy on their new positions and look
forward to working with them intensively on the further expansion of our
company. These appointments will help us strengthen our Costa and Costa Asia
brands and support the development of our global activities, especially in
Europe and Asia," said Thamm.
Development of a central Marine Operations Center for the Costa Group
A further organizational change announced today is the establishment of a
central Marine Operations Center in Hamburg, Germany.
Under the name Carnival Maritime, Costa Group is creating, with the support of
Lufthansa Technik, a highly modern, digitalized unit for the operation of its
fleet, currently numbering 25 ships.
Carnival Maritime will be led by Jens Lassen, current Senior Vice President
Marine Operations AIDA Cruises, who will also report directly to the CEO of
Costa Group.
"The Hamburg location offers us excellent access to technology and expertise in
the maritime sector. We are certain that the close cooperation with Lufthansa
Technik will enable us to transfer airline know-how to improve continuously the
quality of our fleet’s operations,” Thamm continued.
Marine operations, medical department, hotel maintenance and procurement are the
functions rumored to be moving to Germany. |
