Acting CEO of Tourism and Enterprise Whitsundays looks forward to journey

Passionate Whitsunday tourism advocate Danielle Seymour has been appointed Acting CEO of Tourism and Enterprise Whitsundays following the completion of Peter O’Reilly’s contract on Friday.

Ms Seymour who is the marketing services manager for the two organisations is looking forward to the role.

"It will be challenging because we’re at a crucial point of merging the two organisations and need to manage everything that comes with that – creating and communicating a new brand, creating a new partnership model and developing our new strategic plan.

"It will obviously also be a challenge to balance doing my own job at the same time! But it will be rewarding to lay those foundations for the new organisation and be able to pass on the reins to the new CEO to take things to the next level," Ms Seymour said.

It is expected to be several weeks before the new CEO is appointed and can commence, pending that person’s current contractual arrangements.

In his last letter to members as CEO, Mr O’Reilly told the community of the great honour it had been to market a truly spectacular region.

"It’s been a great honour to work with such a wonderful tourism industry and, most importantly, be surrounded by people I rate as the best RTO team in the State bar none."