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Andy Stuart is President and Chief Executive Officer for Norwegian Cruise Line, appointed to this position in September 2016. In this role, he is responsible for ensuring that Norwegian excels in every facet and that the company continues to produce industry leading financial results, while bringing new ideas and ways of doing business that improve guest satisfaction and team member involvement. A 28-year company veteran, Stuart has been instrumental in building the Norwegian brand and strengthening relationships with travel partners. He most recently served as President and Chief Operating Officer and, prior to that, Executive Vice President of Global Sales and Passenger Services, where his primary objective focused on ensuring Norwegian continued to enhance and strengthen its relationships with travel partners as its primary distribution system. He had recently announced a 40 percent increase in the overall sales team for Norwegian to promote the long-term success of its valued travel partners. He introduced Partners First in 2011, the company’s corporate philosophy of always putting its travel partners first in three key areas: investment in long-term travel partner success; a complete focus on being easy to do business with; and a commitment to travel partners on direct business. He also served as Chief Product Officer, responsible for delivery of the Freestyle Cruising product across the Norwegian fleet, ensuring that it provided exceptional

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Page 1: Stuart Andy - The New York Times Travel Show€¦ · Andy Stuart is President and Chief Executive Officer for Norwegian Cruise Line, appointed to this position in September 2016

AndyStuartisPresidentandChiefExecutiveOfficerforNorwegianCruiseLine,appointedtothispositioninSeptember2016.Inthisrole,heisresponsibleforensuringthatNorwegianexcelsineveryfacetandthatthecompanycontinuestoproduceindustryleadingfinancialresults,whilebringingnewideasandwaysofdoingbusinessthatimproveguestsatisfactionandteammemberinvolvement.A28-yearcompanyveteran,StuarthasbeeninstrumentalinbuildingtheNorwegianbrandandstrengtheningrelationshipswith

travelpartners.

HemostrecentlyservedasPresidentandChiefOperatingOfficerand,priortothat,ExecutiveVicePresidentofGlobalSalesandPassengerServices,wherehisprimaryobjectivefocusedonensuringNorwegiancontinuedtoenhanceandstrengthenitsrelationshipswithtravelpartnersasitsprimarydistributionsystem.Hehadrecentlyannounceda40percentincreaseintheoverallsalesteamforNorwegiantopromotethelong-termsuccessofitsvaluedtravelpartners.HeintroducedPartnersFirstin2011,thecompany’scorporatephilosophyofalwaysputtingitstravelpartnersfirstinthreekeyareas:investmentinlong-termtravelpartnersuccess;acompletefocusonbeingeasytodobusinesswith;andacommitmenttotravelpartnersondirectbusiness.

HealsoservedasChiefProductOfficer,responsiblefordeliveryoftheFreestyleCruisingproductacrosstheNorwegianfleet,ensuringthatitprovidedexceptional

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valueandqualityforguestsandwasconsistentwiththemarketingandbrandpositioningofthecompany.

StuartjoinedNorwegianin1988andservedasthecompany’sSalesandMarketingDirectorintheUnitedKingdomuntilDecember1996.HewasnamedVicepresidentofsalesplanningandrelocatedtothecompany’sMiamiheadquartersinJanuary1997.Hewaspromotedtoseniorvicepresidentofpassengerservicesin1998,andin1999,namedseniorvicepresidentofNorwegiansales.In2000,hewaspromotedtoseniorvicepresidentofmarketingandsales.In2003,Stuartwasnamedexecutivevicepresidentofmarketing,salesandpassengerservices.

OriginallyfromtheUnitedKingdom,Stuarthasabachelor’sofsciencedegreefromBournemouthUniversity.HehaspreviouslyservedasChairmanoftheCruiseLinesInternationalAssociation.Heisanactiveparticipantonsocialmediaandcanbefound@nclandyonTwitter.