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 | | | PRESTIGIOUS AWARD FOR CUNARD’S JOHN DUFFY – ‘SEAGOING EMPLOYEE OF THE YEAR, 2008’
 | | | Liverpool resident and Cunard’s longest-serving four-stripe officer, Hotel Manager John Duffy, has received the prestigious Seatrade Insider Cruise Award ‘Seagoing Employee of the Year 2008’ in recognition of his long and distinguished service with the company and his service on board QE2.
Carol Marlow, Cunard’s President and Chief Executive Officer, says:
“This award is well deserved by John who has served Cunard with distinction since joining the company in 1965. He played a key role in making QE2 the best-loved ship in the world and we look forward to his joining our flagship Queen Mary 2 in March 2009.”
Chris Hayman, Publisher, Seatrade, says:
“This award is given to special people who have performed magnificently over the years and I can think of no better person than Cunard’s John Duffy to have received this recognition during the final year of QE2 service.”
John Duffy was born in Aintree, Liverpool, in 1944 and received his secondary education at St Francis Xavier’s College, Liverpool. He has also attended the Hotel Management School, Cornell University, New York.
He joined Cunard in 1965, being posted first to Queen Elizabeth and subsequently to Carinthia on the Liverpool to Montreal route. Other ships he has served on include Carmania, Franconia, Cunard Adventurer, Cunard Ambassador and Cunard Princess.
In 1978, Duffy became the company’s youngest Hotel Manager when, at the age of 33, he took over that position on Cunard Princess.
Subsequently he became QE2’s youngest Hotel Manager in April 1981 and remained in that post longer than any other up to QE2’s retirement in November 2008. In 2008 he was presented with the Merchant Navy Medal for long and distinguished service. Duffy will join Cunard’s flagship Queen Mary 2 in March 2009.
Married with one son, he currently lives just outside Liverpool.
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For Further PRESS Information
Eric Flounders, Public Relations Manager: 0207 940 5390
eric.flounders@cunard.co.uk
Michael Gallagher, Public Relations Executive: 0207 940 5391
michael.gallagher@cunard.co.uk
| | | | Date Posted: 2/5/2009 | | | | | | |
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