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The Tropical Discovery team is made up of a very talented & diverse group of seasoned travelers who have all come to know the unimaginable delights of a yachting vacation & of touring one of our select destinations. No matter what your interest - yachting, scuba diving, culture, archeology, adventure, luxury spas, fishing, nature, sports… etc., our travel consultants are experts in the areas we operate in and will best guide you in planning your perfect Caribbean vacation.
We serve our North and South American clientele from Miami Florida, and our European customers out of Paris France, available Monday through Friday from 8 am to 6 pm local time, though most of the time available outside of working hours for your convenience. Our Guatemala office, located in beautiful La Antigua, serves as a coordinational and customer service center.
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Ken Layton : Sales Director - Ken's love for travel and culture has taken him around the globe many times, spending approximately eight years living and working in Europe and ten in Latin America, in addition to having extensively traveled the Caribbean, Asia and Africa. He has over last ten years held various international business development roles in the Internet and tourism sectors, working for companies such as 3Com, Amazon.com Europe, ViaFrance and consulting for several online travel portals. Ken's dream of sharing those destinations and activities which inspire him the most has finally become a reality. He is a US and Guatemalan national, has a Bachelors Degree in Int. Relations and Int. Business from California Polytechnic, San Luis Obispo, and an MBA from L'Ecole Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées in Paris; he speaks fluent English, French, Spanish and German. (BASE: Miami & Guatemala)
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Sisco Sanchez : Communications Director - Our technological and creative guru, as well as another ocean and travel aficionado, Sisco has spent his working career serving as creative director for companies such as Young & Rubicam and Ogilvy & Mather in Barcelona, Madrid, New York and Miami. He has worldwide experience in creation and development of TV, print and Internet based marketing campaigns, and is able to couple his great creative, marketing and branding skills with advanced internet development, making him an expert in the Interactive Marketing field. Sisco is a Spanish national and speaks fluent English and Spanish, with proficiency in French. (BASE: Miami, Florida)
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Bruce McNamara : Sales Director Europe - A true travel and tourism expert, Bruce has over 15 years experience in the tourism industry serving as Product Manager and Sales Director for various European tour operators such as Jet Tours, Quimbaya Tours and Vacances AirTransat. He has literally spent a major part of his working career in search of the perfect vacation packages to promote, at Tropical Discovery Services he has found a just that. Bruce is a British national, grew up in France and speaks fluent French, English and Spanish. (BASE: Paris, France)
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Tina Huewe : Sales & Marketing Manager - Tina’s experience as a travel agent, and her own passion for tourism and traveling, make her the ideal candidate to inspire our customers to go for more than just the usual. As a “European Studies of Management” major and having been Marketing Manager with TUI 4U (part of Europe’s leading tourism conglomerate) for three years, Tina not only has a keen interest in languages and foreign countries, but also the business minded attitude to help Tropical Discovery become our clients' favorite travel service provider for Central America. She is a German national, but, having lived in the US, England, and Guatemala for an extensive period of time, also speaks fluent English and Spanish as well as basic French. (BASE: La Antigua, Guatemala)
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Solenne Marquet : Administrative Manager - Prior to joining the Tropical Discovery Team, Solenne spent six months fortifying her love for Latin America and the Spanish language by travelling throughout the region and working at a rehabilitation camp for wild animals in Bolivia. Prior to that, she worked as a junior consultant for Perspective SA, a management consulting firm, and as product manager and chief editor for E-Loft SA, a pan European student services company. Solenne is great source of valuable and insightful information in helping our customers plan unforgettable tours and yachting vacations in those areas we so cherish. She has a Bachelors in Political Science from Institut d’Etude Politique in Strasbourg, and a Masters in Human Resource Management from Paris Dauphine. Solenne is a French national and also speaks fluent English and Spanish. (BASE: Paris, France)
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Cindy Freeman : Administrative Manager - Cindy's methodical nature and impeccable sense of customers service makes her ideal for handling most administrative matters out of the Miami office. Also very knowledgeable of Central American travel, she can be a very helpful source for customers needing general information. She is the back end that allows for most of the others on the team to be more hands on and operational. An integral part of the process and team, Cindy is a US national, has a Bachelors of Science degree from FIDM University in marketing and design, and speaks fluent English and Spanish. (BASE: Miami, Florida)
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Arturo Méndez : Travel Consultant – For the last few years, Arturo work experience has been dedicated to advisory services and the tourism industry in Central America. Having worked three years as a sales executive with another major local tour operator specializing in the region, Arturo has the knowledge and expertise needed to best help our clients plan their vacation in one of our beautiful destinations. Arturo is a Guatemalan national, has a Bachelors Degree in Business Management from La Universidad Rafael Landivar in Antigua Guatemala; he speaks fluent English, with Spanish as his native language. (BASE: La Antigua, Guatemala)
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Julioandré Piedra Santa : Adventure Sports Specialist – A self-proclaimed patriot without a cause, this traveled soul lived in the south of Germany before getting his BS in Printing Management in New York. His intellectual meanderings have taken him from Archery to Wine Tasting to Energy Psychology. While working on the QE 2 he caught a serius case of travelling. He has managed to quench that travelling thirst through expedition style adventure racing around the world, from Scotland to the Amazon to Patagonia. While training for these races he has come to think of Guatemala as his own natural playground. He is a Guatemalan national and speaks fluent Spanish, English and basic German. (BASE: Guatemala)
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Paul Ridoutt : Senior Advisor - Paul has over 30 years of professional management consultancy experience, together with project management and senior executive experience, in the tourism, travel, hospitality and leisure industries, in over 35 countries in Europe, North America, Caribbean, Australasia and the South Pacific. Paul, as well as the entire team, is an avid supporter for sustainable tourism and ecological initiatives and is actively seeking ways to contribute to the healthy communication and development of the Caribbean and Central American region. He will in addition head the company’s non profit division, the Tropical Discovery Foundation, whose purpose it so aid with local education and ecological initiatives. Serving Tropical Discovery Services as Strategic Consultant, Paul is a British national and is based in Miami Florida.
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David Hatton : General Counsel US - David is a partner in the law firm of Orshan, Lithman, Seiden, Ramos, Hatton & Huesmann, LLLP with offices in Coral Gables, Florida. He has developed a practice in corporate transactions, business strategy, and commercial litigation involving a broad range of brick-and-mortar and technology based companies. David currently serves as general corporate counsel and special advisor to Tropical Discovery Services Inc. and to various other client corporations, with significant experience representing companies with a focus on tourism, manufacturing, distribution, licensing and marketing throughout the Americas, the Caribbean, and the European Union. Mr. Hatton Graduated from The American University with a B.A. in Law & Society and a Minor in Economics and received a Juris Doctorate from the University of Miami School of Law.
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Peter Schimmann : General Counsel Europe - Besides also being a seasoned world traveler and connoisseur of countless shores and islands in the Mediterranean, Caribbean and South-East Asia, Peter has years of experience in legal and management consulting in the international arena, working with major international law firms and start-up companies in Germany, Italy, France and Japan. Peter graduated from the University of Munich Law School in Germany and holds an MBA degree from the L'Ecole Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées in Paris, France. In addition to his native German language, Peter speaks fluent English, Italian, French and Japanese, and is proficient in Spanish. At Tropical Discovery Services, Peter serves as our legal counsel and business development advisor for Europe and East Asia.
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