Iain Baillie, with more than 15 years experience in the cruise and travel industries, has been named head of sales at Carnival Cruise Lines – UK last month. Baillie has joined Carnival on 1 March 2012 and is based at the company’s London offices. He reports to Adolfo Perez, managing director for Carnival Cruise Lines - UK. 

In his role as head of sales, Baillie is responsible for overseeing the company’s sales, distribution, and trade engagement strategies in the UK and Ireland. Baillie began his travel career with Inspirations plc and then transitioned into trade-facing sales roles at Unijet, First Choice, and various organizations within the cruise industry

 In 2002 Baillie joined Complete Cruise Solution, the UK sales function for P&O, Cunard, and Princess Cruises and served as senior sales manager for the east region. In this capacity, he managed relationships with a wide range of travel agent partners across various business models, working closely with them to increase the company’s cruise sales through strategic marketing initiatives. 

“We are delighted to have Iain join the team as he is so passionate about the cruise industry and has developed outstanding relationships within  the travel agent community,” said Perez . “His proven track record of success and leadership skills will help achieve our goal of building greater awareness and demand for the Carnival Cruise Lines brand in the UK and Ireland,” he added.