Philippa Walker has been appointed as Silversea’s Marketing Director Asia-Pacific

Walker has joined Silversea from parent company Royal Caribbean where she was Partnerships Manager, aligning across commercial, media, tourism and PR partners to grow revenue.“I am delighted to join Silversea and communicate the ultra luxury destination immersions that Silversea offers,” Walker said.

Walker has led sales and marketing teams across the travel, hospitality and media Industry for more than 25 years. Walker was Head of Client Partnerships, Travel at Fairfax/Nine leading the largest commercial team at Fairfax, then Nine for three years. Walker worked with the Australian travel industry across Traveller, Good Weekend, AFR, SMH, Nine Broadcast and Digital.

Walker spent 16 years leading group marketing at The Travel Corporation which includes travel brands Trafalgar, Uniworld, Insight, Contiki and AAT Kings, before she then led the marketing and sales team at Uniworld Boutique Cruising.