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PORT PERSON
“A Natural Fit”
KATHY DONNELLY CELEBRATES
25 YEARS WITH CARNIVAL CRUISE LINES
BY MERRILL WITTY
Kathy Donnelly, Business Development Director for Carnival Cruise Lines, just celebrated 25 years with the company, a milestone
in anyone’s career.
Her boss, Kirk Neal, Carnival’s
Regional Vice President, Eastern Region/Caribbean, says, “While Kathy’s primary responsibility is to work with travel agents throughout the Maryland and Delaware states, which she does so well, she brings so much more to the job.
“Kathy embraces the community through her involvement in local
trade organizations and has been an advocate and participant in the Special Olympics for many years. In our eyes, Kathy embodies the area. She is strong, passionate and unwavering in her service. I’m very fortunate to have an outstanding employee like Kathy Donnelly representing our company. Carnival is happy and honored to congratulate Kathy on her 25 years of dedicated service.”
Such an enthusiastic comment couldn’t be said about an employee who didn’t love her job. That’s the kind of thing that drives someone like Donnelly to be so successful.
It was a natural fit.
“I was raised in Miami, Fla.,” said Donnelly, “and Carnival’s headquarters is located there. Each week I would see these huge ads in the local paper about an open house for reservation
agents. A few friends went to work for Carnival and told me I would love it. The rest is history.”
Of her current position, she said, “I go out and help local travel partners increase sales and build their business with Carnival. I cover Delaware,
Maryland, D.C. and Virginia.”
Cruising out of Baltimore has been
a real game-changer for mid-Atlantic vacationers — no more flying to Miami to embark upon a vacation at sea.
“Carnival remains committed to helping travel agents across the United
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