Rocky Mountaineer, a privately owned luxury tourist train offering life-changing travel experiences through the Pacific Northwest, is proud to announce the appointment of Graham Cove as its director of global sales operations.

Based in Vancouver, Cove will lead the company’s inside sales team and concentrate his efforts on supporting the international sales teams in maintaining and building new relationships with trade partners globally.

“Graham very much aligns with Rocky Mountaineer’s core values and needs as we continue to grow as a company,” said Karen Hardie, vice president, of global sales at Rocky Mountaineer. 

“His deep knowledge of the travel industry and wide range of sales experience from Cruise lines to OTAs, will take our global sales operations to the next level.”

Prior to Rocky Mountaineer, Cove held the position of senior director of franchise performance at Expedia CruiseShipCenters, where he was responsible for the support and sales growth of the company’s franchise network. 

Before Expedia, he spent 22 years with Princess Cruises in a variety of sales and operations roles based both in Canada and the US.