Shane Buksh
Director, Global Business Development @Four Seasons Yachts
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WORK HISTORY
Director, Global Business Development @Four Seasons Yachts
As Director, Global Business Development, I oversee the partnerships with our Luxury Travel Advisors in the Western & Central US, Canada & Mexico and the Asia/Pacific regions. Working alongside the Four Seasons Worldwide sales team, our focus is on building brand awareness, and maintaining trade partnerships for Four Seasons Yachts across the global market.
EDUCATION
Kwantlen Polytechnic University
Travel Tourism Diploma, Tourism and Travel Services Management
Nationwide Travel College
Certification, Airline Flight Attendant
ABOUT SHANE BUKSH
For over 25 years, I have proudly been part of the Travel Industry, with working experience in Airlines, Cruiselines, and the Travel Trade community. Having worked in multiple verticals of the industry, I have a multi-faceted understanding of the landscape, and can speak to personal experience on many levels. I pride myself in having the ability to develop strong connections with those who I work with, finding mutual ways to grow business and achieve sales goals. I accompany this with being able to build the brand awareness to those in the industry via personal connections with key industry partners, and by having a strong Travel Trade following on various social media channels.I describe myself as having an outgoing personality, goal orientated, creative, and a brand ambassador. I find that roles that allow for me to showcase these attributes, is where my success shines for both myself and my employer.My most recent industry experience includes:Director, National Accounts - North America, Seabourn CruisesHere I oversaw a team of account managers, and together we built a National Account program to elevate the brand with our trade partners. This position had a focus on building marketing and brand awareness with our trade partners, while achieving sales goals for the company. I created a strong team environment, and encouraged the personal & professional growth of those within my team. It also allowed for me to be a strong advocate for the brand, with me representing the brand at many trade events. This included business meetings with Travel Trade Executives, as well as speaking on the mainstage at many high profile industry events.Strategic Account Manager - Western Canada, Royal Caribbean Int\'l.During this time, I developed relationships with the Trade Partners in Western Canada, and helped build our market presence. I used my creativity to promote sales, utilizing social media and putting a creative twist on in-person events. I was awarded Canadian Account Manager of the year 3 times, as well as achieving our President\'s Challenge recognition (Top10 in North America) each time. I also was nominated for the Chairman\'s award in 2019 and received the Canadian travel industries\' Agent Choice award for favourite suppliers consecutively thru 20••••20.
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