TORONTO — The Saint Lucia Tourism Authority has appointed Rod Hanna as Trade Sales Manager.

Hanna will work closely with the trade as part of a leading, national strategy to increase travel agent engagement.

Hanna has been in the travel industry for more than 10 years and his experience includes hands-on experience in custom trip planning and maintaining excellent relations with tour operators and travel agents.

He was most recently with Sunwing Travel Group where he started as Marketing Coordinator before being promoted to Business Development Manager. Prior to that Hanna held positions at Sell Off Vacations and Loyalty One.

Hanna will be based in Toronto, working out of the Saint Lucia Tourism Authority Canadian office. He can be reached by email at rhanna@stlucia.org or by telephone at (416) 801-6184.