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Cathay Pacific continues expansion with Discover the World after 24 year relationship

Posted: Jun 25, 2020

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The Relationship between Cathay Pacific and Discover the World in Latin America started 24 years ago.

Since then Cathay and Discover have grown together becoming one of the preferred carriers to Hong Kong and Mainland China by the trade in Latin America. Now Cathay Pacific and Cathay Dragon have sales representation in cooperation with Discover the World in 10 markets throughout Latin America offering revenue development, marketing, sales support, BSP services, a Spanish language Latin America centric agency website, and today...

We are delighted to be expanding our relationship to a new and very important market: Chile

"Discover the World has been an integral partner to Cathay Pacific since 1996. The success of our brand in Latin America is a direct result of our partnership with Discover the World; in fact, they have recently been appointed to represent Cathay Pacific in Chile and we look forward to strengthening our relationship as we grow in this vital region. No matter what country … throughout the region, we have found that the professionalism, enthusiasm and expertise of all the Discover The World staff is unparalleled,"  said Ivan Lopez, Regional Sales Manager Latin America & Caribbean of Cathay Pacific Airways.

Meet Charlie

As Director of the Cono Sur region, Charlie Ryan oversees Argentina, Chile, Uruguay, and Paraguay sales. With broad experience in the Latin American travel industry, he is well-established and connected to the key players. In addition to overseeing the sales efforts in the Cono Sur region where he started at only 20 years old, Charlie is Discover’s VP LATAM and is responsible for network operations across 13 Latin America offices.

Charlie has had many notable accomplishments during his time at Discover. He most recently received Discover’s Leadership Award. He currently holds memberships with the Federación Argentina de Asociaciones de empresas de viajes y turismo (FAEVYT), Asociación de Agencias de Viaje y Turismo de Buenos Aires (AVIABUE), Cámara Argentina de comercio electrónico (CACE), & Visit USA.

Introducing Francisca

Discover Chile's Country Sales Manager, Francisca Rodriguez Palma, has more than 25 years of working in the travel industry. Prior to Discover the World and Cathay Pacific, she was part of the original team that developed Copa Airlines in Chile, she had a role in the set up of Copa in Bolivia and was previously part of the industry-leading luxury travel network “Virtuoso” for 10 years. Francisca is oriented towards the achievement of both personal and global goals and with a business vision updated to reality with a focus on the client, both external and internal.

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