Enrique Gonzalez
History of Art graduate from Universidad Autónoma, Madrid. Currently working as Tour Leader at Ambarviajes.
| Headline: | Service Provider |
| Website: | http://www.mad-snail.com |
| Skills: | English, Languages, Spanish |
| Location: | Ireland |
| Interested in: | Consulting opportunities, Meeting new people, Offering Expertise, Professional opportunities, Providing services to startups |
| Tags: | customized trips, organized trips, tour leader, Travel |
| Schools: | Universidad Autónoma de Madrid |
WORK EXPERIENCE
| Employer: | Ambarviajes, Madrid, Spain |
| Position: | Tour Leader (freelancer) |
| Time period: | May 2008 - Present |
| Description: | Specialist in Central America & Greece
Responsibilities • Costa Rica & Panama trip (June 2008 – Sep 2008) – 16 days trips leading groups of 15 people. Organizing travel, accommodation, and activities. Leading and providing detailed cultural and historical information on the localities visited. • Thought up, designed and organized from “A to Z” author’s trip in Crete, Greece. Contacted local suppliers, hotels, designed the actual route and activities, acquired budget. |
| Employer: | The Great Adventure People (G.A.P), Canada |
| Position: | Tour Leader (switched to freelancing as of Oct 2007) |
| Time period: | April 2006 - Present |
| Description: | Specialist in Central America (10 months 2006-2007) & Greece (7 months in 2007, 1 trip in 2008)
Responsibilities • Organized trips from scratch: hotel reservations, activities, and transportation. • Coordination of the tours en route and organization of passengers’ time and activities. • Building of relations with local tour operators, restaurants, hotel owners, and staff at the visited attractions. • Building relationships, developing and maintaining positive group dynamics with the passengers, spending full days with them. • Providing all necessary help and guidance to ensure successful and enjoyable vacation for the passengers. • Establishing new business contacts for the company. Key achievements • Overall excellent reviews from the passengers of about 25 groups comprised of on average 12 people or more (available on request) • Ensured that most of the passengers enjoyed their vacations to the fullest extent. Professional Expertise: Profound knowledge of countries/areas: Costa Rica: San Jose, Monteverde, La fortuna, Manuel Antonio, Tres Rios, Sarapiqui, Puerto Viejo, Montezuma, Tilaran, Tortuguero. Panamá: Bocas Del Toro, El Valle Boquete, Cuidad De Panama, Coronado. Nicaragua: Managua, Granada, Masaya, Rio San Juan. Greece: Atenas, Olympia, Nafplio, Sparta, Kalamata, Tesalonika, Delphi, Kato Samiko, Monenvasia, la Isla de Creta, y otras islas. Freelancer • Designed a 12 day custom trip to Costa Rica for a couple, which included making reservations, providing information of all activities available in the visited destinations, as well as providing contacts with the local tour guides. • Designed 7 day trip to Greece (Athens, Crete) for a couple. Reserved hotels, car rental, ferry tickets and organized itinerary inside the island |
| Employer: | Madrid Vision, Madrid, Spain |
| Position: | Tour Operator |
| Time period: | September 2007 - May 2008 |
| Description: | Responsibilities
• Accompanied daily tours (2 different routes) of bus tours with up to 100 people on board. • Responsible for the audio system set-up, welcoming of the tourists, providing information about local activities, highlights, cultural attractions, history of the city, and entertainment. • In charge of payment collection, selling of the company’s merchandise. |
| Employer: | Sheffield Centre, Madrid, Spain |
| Position: | Responsible leader (chaperon) |
| Time period: | May 2005 - June 2005 |
| Description: | Responsibilities
• Lead a group of 16 teenagers in their trip to California, US. • Assisted in resolving issues and maintaining relations with host families. • Assisted in maintaining positive experience and resolving any issues at the host school. • Served as a positive role model. Received a merit certificate for excellent performance from the American host school. |
| Employer: | The Holborn Colony, London, England |
| Position: | Barman (Chancery Lane tube station) |
| Time period: | February 2004 - July 2004 |
| Description: | Responsibilities: attended to the clients at all times, maintained bar clean & tidy, was in charge of restocking of raw materials and supplies, prepared snacks occasionally, was in charge of collecting daily cash flow and closing the bar on several days a week. |
| Employer: | Universidad Autónoma, Madrid, Spain |
| Position: | Administrator |
| Time period: | August 2003 - January 2004 |
| Description: | Office of International Relations
Responsibilities: Introduced students to the life in the University, gave observational tours to foreign students, contacted foreign universities to acquire details of the students studying at Autonoma University. |
| Employer: | Various |
| Position: | Other Experience |
| Time period: | December 1999 - November 2002 |
| Description: | • Promotion assistant during different events for Nestlé. Helped with entertainment and logistics.
• Assistant for the foundation of Prado Mueseum Friends. Informed visitors about museum activities. |
EDUCATION
| University: | Universidad Autónoma de Madrid |
| Time period: | 1998 - 2004 |
| Degree: | Bachelors Degree in History of Art |
INFORMATION
| Hobbies: | Interests: active sports, cinema, arts, history, photography, discovery of cultures around the world. |
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