Tour Guide Event Planning

Andy Spark Text/cell 1-321-***-**** • Gateway city: Orlando • ***********@*****.***

Career Objective: Tour Guide/Cruise Excursions/Tour Director/Event Planning/Convention/Incentive Staff

Tour Director/Guide Experience:

• Gate1 Travel, Cuba (28 tours, 10-38 pax), Mid-Atlantic states (12 pax); trained two other Tour Managers.

• Globus/Cosmos, Cuba (15 tours, 15-30 pax)

• Cultural Contrasts, Cuba (22 pax) • Cubalando Experiences (5, 4, 10, 2 pax)

• Summit Tour & Travel, Orlando (45, 58, 37, 36, 95, 137, 80, 65, 33, 103, 29, and 126 pax)

• Educational Tours, Inc., including sole Tour Manager for tours of Orlando area (up to 75+ pax), Tampa Bay (30 pax), New York City (50 pax), and New Orleans (25 pax); Lead Tour Manager (Orlando, 130 pax). 15 total multiday tours.

• Int'l Ass'n of Tour Directors and Guides 2019 Tour & Talent Exchange Conference Fam Tour, Winter Park, FL (43 pax)

• Flamingo Educational Tours, Inc.: sole escort for tour of Tallahassee (84 pax)

• Tour Trends, fall foliage (46 pax); New Hampshire (29 pax).

• Worldstrides, Course Leader, Orlando (46, 40 pax); trainer for new Course Leader

• Gourmettrek dining and beverage tours (Tampa, incl. Senior Tour Guide, Ybor City)

• Savor Our City culinary adventures, Winter Park, FL

• University of Pennsylvania Campus Tours – Kite and Key Society

• Corporate Relocation Tours, The Prudential Insurance Co. of America, Newark, NJ

• Resort Ownership Tours, Island One, Orlando

• Intercruises, cruise excursions, 2014-18, Tampa Bay, Miami/South Beach

• Personal tour guide, Miami, 2019.

• Vantage Deluxe World Travel, airport meet and greets, 2013-, Tampa

Meeting and Event Planning:

• Lead Staff, SportsMark, March Madness 2011 program (300 pax)

• Coordinator - Miami Centennial Celebration; SportsMark, CBS Super Bowl XLIII program (250 pax)

• Sarasota Sensations singles weekend (Co-Chair), and Chair – Transportation Committee (75-100 pax)

• Media and Facilities Coordinator, The Wharton Club of Tampa Bay Annual Real Estate Summit (125 pax)

• Destination Planning, Paul Festival (200 pax)

• Volunteer - Gasp! The Gasparilla Fringe Festival (2018)

USA and Canada Destination Knowledge:

Texas – Houston, Dallas/Ft. Worth, San Antonio, Austin, El Paso, Big Bend; South Carolina – Charleston; Georgia – Savannah, Atlanta; Alabama – Gulf Shores; Mississippi – Biloxi; Louisiana – New Orleans (2 years); Florida – Key West, Miami, Ft. Lauderdale, Everglades, Sarasota (15 years), Tampa/St. Petersburg (12 years), Orlando (27 years)/Disneyworld/EPCOT, Daytona Beach, St. Augustine, Jacksonville, Tallahassee, Pensacola; Tennessee – Smoky Mountains, Knoxville, Nashville, Memphis; New York – Adirondacks, Niagara Falls,

New York City (licensed) (55 years), West Point (16 years); Pennsylvania – Philadelphia (4 years), Valley Forge, Gettysburg, Hershey, Poconos Mountains/Resorts; New Jersey – Atlantic City; Delaware – Wilmington; Washington D.C.; Virginia (licensed) – Arlington Cemetery, Mt. Vernon, Williamsburg, Fredericksburg, Richmond/Monticello; Maryland – Baltimore; Massachusetts – Boston, Cape Cod, Berkshires, Plymouth, Hyannis, Martha’s Vineyard; Connecticut- Mystic; Rhode Island – Providence, Newport; Vermont – Woodstock, Killington; New Hampshire – Lake Winnipesaukee; EASTERN CANADA: Montreal, Toronto; Colorado – Denver, Colorado Springs, Pike’s Peak, Air Force Academy, Rocky Mountain National Park, Vail, Durango, Mesa Verde; Utah – Canyonlands, Arches, Lake Powell, Monument Valley; PACIFIC NW/W. CANADA: Washington – Seattle, Puget Sound/Islands; British Columbia – Victoria, Vancouver; WESTERN: California – San Francisco, Napa/Sonoma Wine Country, Sacramento, Lake Tahoe, Yosemite, MotherLode/Gold Rush Country, Carmel/Monterey, Big Sur, Santa Barbara, Los Angeles, Universal Studios, Hollywood/Beverly Hills, San Diego, Palm Springs, Death Valley; Nevada – Reno, Carson/Virginia City, Las Vegas, Hoover Dam; Arizona – Phoenix (13 years), Tucson, Grand Canyon, Sedona, Petrified Forest, Lake Powell/Rainbow Bridge; New Mexico – Santa Fe, Albuquerque, Carlsbad Caverns, White Sands Nat'l Monument; Hawaii – Oahu, Maui.

International Destination Knowledge:

SOUTH AMERICA: Colombia, Panama; CARIBBEAN: Bahamas, Puerto Rico, Cuba; EUROPE: Holland, Italy, Turkey, England, Paris, Spain; ASIA: Israel, Turkey; OTHER: Bermuda.

Additional Experience and Skills:

• Limited Working Spanish; fluent in Spanglish.

• Resort Sales Representative, Orlando and Honolulu; American Resort & Residential Development Education Institute ("AEI") Seal of Achievement; Florida licensed Real Estate Sales Associate (1987-current)

• Camp Counselor, Pennsylvania

• Substitute Teacher (Florida, New York)

• CPR/Red Cross Certified

• Commentator, MSNBC and local TV; Co-host and Co-producer, “SportsBowl” sports quiz TV show, Philadelphia

Education/ Personal Interests/Hobbies:

• International Tour Management Institute, San Francisco - Certified Tour Director; The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia – B.S. Economics

• Licensed Sightseeing Guide, New York City, #305145-DCA; Tour Guide, Washington, DC lic. #TGL12160

• Member - International Association of Tour Directors & Guides; Guide Association of New York City (2018-19)

• Spectator Sports, Basketball, Golf, Weight Lifting, Rock, and Reggaeton Music

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