Oceania Cruises Revitalises Asia Sales Team for Market Leading Ultra Premium Cruise Line

Singapore, 29 November, 2024: Oceania Cruises® has appointed two new business development managers in Asia, as well as the promotion of a new Director of Sales Asia Pacific, charting a course for further ambitious growth in the region for the world’s leading culinary and destination-focused cruise line.

Fiona Chu spearheads business development in Hong Kong, with travel industry veteran, Dominic Tan, managing business development in Singapore. Meanwhile, Australian-based James Sitters, who has been with the ultra premium line for nearly eight years, formerly as Director of Sales Australia & New Zealand and Business Development Manager for QLD, WA, SA & NT, has been promoted to Director of Sales Asia Pacific.

Oceania Cruises’ Vice President of International Sales, Jason Worth, says: “We are delighted to announce our latest sales team appointments in the region, marking an evolution of our ultra premium cruise line in Asia.”

“With invaluable support from our travel partners, our robust new sales team will ensure our award-winning cruise brand continues to go from strength to strength, continuing a successful growth trajectory in the region for Oceania Cruises.”

Fiona Chu Kit Yee graduated from The Chinese University of Hong Kong with a Bachelor’s in social science, in 2018, before beginning her career in sales and marketing as an account manager at Procter & Gamble. Since 2022, Yee has since been working in the travel industry as a strategic account manager for Greater China with Agoda International – focused on one-stop digital marketing for six key global hotel chains in the region, while spearheading pioneering partnership campaigns with commercial banks and flight companies.

Yee is fluent in her native Cantonese as well as English and Putonghua.

“I look forward to nurturing key relationships with our travel advisors and building new partnerships in the next phase of Oceania Cruises’ growth in the region. I am delighted to be showcasing the line’s fleet of small, luxurious ships, The Finest Cuisine at Sea® and destination-rich itineraries,” Yee commented about the appointment.

Singaporean, Dominic Tan Sih Khong, is an accomplished business professional with over 15 years’ experience in Southeast Asian markets and a proven track record of exceeding sales targets and spearheading market expansion initiatives.

As well as driving revenue growth and securing lucrative deals through intensive market research and data analysis, Khong has fostered strong partner relationships within the technology and HR sectors. His career in travel commenced in 2001, as a tour consultant for WTS Travel & Tours, followed by management stints with Asia~Euro Holidays, Five Stars Tours, M Asia Travel and Focal Travel.

More recently he was group business development manager, Indochina for Easybook.com, a leading travel tech business revolutionising leisure transport experiences across Southeast Asia – securing partnerships with over 400 leading transport operators and projects for several ferry operators, coach and railways in Thailand, Laos and Cambodia.

Khong’s has a diploma in tourism management from the Tourism Management Institute of Singapore – majoring in events management and operations – and speaks Bahasa Melayu, Mandarin, Hokkien, Hakka and Cantonese, as well as English.

“I am honoured to take on this new challenge driving development of one of the world’s most admired cruise lines and curating unique travel experiences for our guests in Asia. I look forward to working closely with our valued travel partners to promote this inspired brand,” Khong said.