S.A. de C.V., Mexico, is a outbound tour operator founded by Ms. Connie Scheller,
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By my own account (free-lance). Tour operation to the most inaccessible sites and odd, and exotic places of the world, mainly to the Orient including India, Nepal, Cambodia, Thailand, Viet Nam, Singapore, Malaysia, China/Tibet, Korea, Japan, Middle East, Africa, Oceania, and Central and South America. Since January 2000, my Company is engaged in the organization for Conventions, Regional Meetings and Seminars for big corporations. Actual Staff: Connie Scheller, General Director; Blanca Camacho, Sales Director. Sales Staff: Rocío de Prado, Carlos Camacho & Edgar Arceo. |
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CONNIE
SCHELLER’S & COMPANY’S PROFILE
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CONNIE
SCHELLER’S & COMPANY’S PROFILE
I count with a strong experience, mainly in the field of marketing and sales, and a very special one, too, in the operative field of travel to all corners of the world. This experience has been accumulated for more than 35 years, many of those with top executive posts at transnational companies, specially the last 25 years, first as Manageress and then as Directress of two important areas of travel (American Express Co. (Mexico). S.A. de C.V.) and finally, from 1991-today, I have been working as independent Tour Operator mainly to the Orient, Middle East, Africa, Oceania, and South America as Connie Scheller Expeditions, S. A. de C.V.. Lately, I have been engaged in the operations, coordination and logistics of conventions, regional meetings, seminars and incentive travels for important corporations.
Due to my own kind of work, I have maintained
a close contact with main tour operators around the world. Besides, I have been
keeping excellent relations with the public and private sectors, not only in
Mexico, but also overseas.
INDEPENDENT PRINCIPAL ACTIVITIES AND WITH CORPORATIONS WITH WHOM EITHER I HAVE WORKED WITH OR I REPRESENTS THEM IN MEXICO.
1996-Today: INSPIRATION TOURS AND TRAVELS (P)
LTD. / INSPIRATION TREKS & EXPEDITIONS (P) LTD., of Kathmandu, Nepal, a tour
operator company founded by my very close friend Rabindra Rayamajhi with the
offer of also good-will tours throughout Nepal, Bhutan and Tibet. Part of
collected funds are destinated to help a hospital, “Temple of Health” in Nepal.
The neat and exact and high/excellent quality of his operation of such
sophisticated tours and trekkings are my real envy. My impression about
Inspiration is as follows “I
want to be there, now, and take them all. He has kept me impressed with all the
also neat and quick
information he can render about his market in a few seconds through
Internet and the Web and as attachments he is constantly sending me via E-Mail
and so he keeps me posted of all his operation and information I require. Very
effective. He handles my outbound traffic to such terrific destinations of the
world”.
“My friend Rabindra Rayamajhi; is a pure
descendant from the Chhetris. His family comes from the Palpa/Tansen District of
Western Nepal and four (04) generations before his families, were invited to
Kathmandu to serve in key position of Nepal Army. At the time, his grandfather
served in Nepal Army as Dy. General (as all positions of “General”, I learned,
were blocked for the family of Ranas who are also a branch of Chhetris).
Rabindra’s father was a Civil Servant to your Government. And this is how I got
to learn so much about Chhetris. And if Chhetris are coming originally from
Jaipur, they must be the Sons of the Sun (Surya). Such a exotic idea in my mind,
also makes me very happy. I hold his Representation by written since 1996, when
he founded his Agency but my real operation had started only since last year
1999 as I was engaged with other local tour operators through USA for
Nepal”.
1992-Today: ATB/Africa Travel
Bureau, a tour
operator for Tanzania, owned and handled by my also friend, Mr.Salomon J. Daudi
(“King” Salomon for me). His services are impeccable and of a very high quality
too. I met “King” in 1983, when I was appointed the representative for the
Tanzania Tourist Board. At that time, he was also collaborating for TTB. Now he
has his own operation and in a very few years he has developed enormously.
Recently he bought his own safari-rovers. I represent ATB in Mexico since 1992,
very successfully.
1993-Today: Mr. Luke Muilili King’oo, of LUKE
TRAVEL OF NAIROBI, Kenya, is also my
correspondent there. Beautiful service. Excellent quality. He is also a very
kind person. He was introduced to me by “King” Salomon. He has never regretted
so. And he is also another “King”. Actually, “we work in team for the
combination of safaris in both countries: Kenya and Tanzania”. I represents them
since 1993.
1984-Up to date: TTB / TANZANIA TOURIST
BOARD.
Represented since 1984: I am the only Representative in whole America, including
USA; I am the only non-African representing them in the world. Tanzania is the
other country I love too. Headquarters are in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, East
Africa. I do all handling of Visas for its Embassy in Washington, D.C. USA.
Europe/104 times; India/29; Nepal/25; China/14; Tíbet /09; USA/+100, including Alaska; Japan/04; South Korea/03. All following countries, at least twice: Guatemala, Costa Rica, Panamá, Puerto Rico, Netherlands's Antilles (Curacao and Aruba), most of the Caribbean Islands/many times, and the Bermudas/02 times, Venezuela, Colombia, Perú, Brazil, Argentina, Paraguay, Canada (I lived 01 year in Montreal/1963), Kenya/10 times; Tanzania/12; Ethiopia, Egypt; Israel, Jordan, Yemen, Syria, Lebanon, Iran, Pakistan, Ceylon/03 times; Myanmar, Thailand/15 times, Laos,. Viet Nam, Cambodia, Singapore, Malaysia/05 times, Borneo/03 times, Brunei, Indonesia/05 times, Philippines/04 times, Hong Kong/20 times, Australia, New Zealand, Fiji, Tonga, Roratonga, Samoa, Papua, New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Cook’s Islands; Tahiti.
1991-today: Connie Scheller Expeditions, S.A. de C.V., by my own account (free-lance). Tour operation to the most inaccessible sites and odd, and exotic places of the world, mainly to the Orient including India, Nepal, Cambodia, Thailand, Viet Nam, Singapore, Malaysia, China/Tibet, Korea, Japan, Middle East, Africa, Oceania, and Central and South America. As mentioned before in this Section, since January 2000, we are engaged in the organization for Conventions, Regional Meetings and Seminars for big corporations. Actual Staff: Connie Scheller, General Director; Blanca Camacho, Sales Director. Special top executive for commercialization: Mr. Arturo Araujo. Technical Coordination Staff: Rocío de Prado, Carlos Camacho & Edgar Arceo.
1976-1982 and 1983-1991: American Express Co.
(México).
Travel Division: In a progressive line: Reservations Manager, Sales Manager,
Manager, Special Account Royal Viking Line, Director for GSA/Representations of
the World and at the same time, Director TPM/Outbound (Travel Product Marketing/Outbound. The
last 10 years with American Express she was dedicated to consolidate Contracts
for the representations and General Sales Agents for American Express, as to
present the marketing plans, traveling around the world, the whole year, at
least 09 months of it. Within the Accounts represented with sound success: Royal
Viking Line (San Francisco, Ca. & Miami, Fla); Cunard NAC (New York, N.Y.);
Royal Caribbean Cruise Line (Miami, Fla); Commodore Cruise Line (Miami, Fla),
Dolphin Cruise Line (Miami, Fla); Home Lines (New York, N.Y.); American Hawaii
Cruises (San Francisco, Ca.); Regency Cruises (New York, N. Y), Clipper
Cruise Line (St. Louis, Mo.) French Rail, Inc., -and before that, SNCF French
National Railroads (New York, N.Y., and Paris, France), Aloha Pacific Cruises
(San Francisco, Ca.); Amtrak –railroads- (Washington, D.C.); L.I.F.E. / Language
Institute for English (Rutherford, N.J.); Tauck Tours, Inc.(Westport, CT). The
Colonnade Hotel (Coral Gables, Fla.); Miami Seaquarium (Miami, Fla.); Mayfair
Hotel, (Coconuts Grove, Fla); Omni International Hotel (Miami, Fla.) Doral Resorts of Florida
(Miami, Fla.). Thifty Car Rental, (Miami, Fla.); Rainbow Tours, (Beijing,
China), within others. The services for the outbound travel by my Area of
TPM/Outbaound, they were negotiated, in situ, with our Office in London, England
(costs, selection of itineraries, hotels and services).
1964-1976 KLM Royal Dutch
Airlines first
in Monterrey, my home town and, later, in Mexico City. First Post/Monterrey,
N.L, México: Ticket agent and in charge of whole Office: secretary to the
Regional Manager, accountings, reservations, tickets and cargo. First
Post/México City: Secretary to Sales Director; Last Post/México, D.F., México:
Sales Supervisor for Mexican Republic.
Because of representative of TTB/ Tanzania Tourist Board in Mexico since 1984, I belonged to the ADET/Asociacion de Delegados Extranjeros de Turismo (Association for Foreign Delegates of Tourism), for its term 1992-1993 I was its President. During other terms, I served as Public Relations and Vocal. And because of all that, and consequently, I have been in close contact with most of the foreign embassies in Mexico.
OTHER PUBLIC
RELATIONS AFFAIRS:
I have been interviewed by most of the newspapers
and top magazines and by TV Stations in Mexico. If you wish, I can
bring original magazines with interviews upon your request. My house has also
been photographed by several magazines and by television, including Cable. My
house keeps more than 5000 objects from around the world.
1984-1994:
Vogue (She belonged to its editorial for 10 years. The last two years before the
magazine closed due to the economic crisis in México, besides articles on travel
I had a monthly Column named “Preview”.
Other Magazines:
Geografia
Universal, Vanidades, Karma, Jet Set, Buenhogar, Activa, Travesias por el Mundo,
De Vacaciones / On Vacations, Pasaporte 2000, Gazeta Turística, Bazar Turístico,
Guía Turista de Viajes, Guía Mexicana de Trafico.
Newspapers:
El Universal Gráfico, Excelsior, El Financiero, El Financiero, International Edition, Mi Colonia del Valle, El Heraldo de México, Novedes, Publimerc, Noti-Satelite Turístico, Tursitampa, Informa Pronto, Foro Turístico, Info Turismo, Dimensión Turística, Prensatur, Tan Travel (Tanzania) Tanzania Herald (Tanzania).
Bulletins:
I
have collaborated for PIMED, published by the Ministry of Tourism of Mexico,
bi-monthly. I collaborated with one article per edition while bulletin was
alive. AFEET, Asociacion Femenina de Ejecutivas en Turismo, a bulletin published
by a women travel association.
I am specialized, since 1992, in
organizing temporary Exhibitions and Sale, (museum setting) of objects –antique
and contemporary- from the Africa, the Middle East and Orient,
mainly.
I have
written and composed several art catalogues for artistic painter Mr. Miguel
Hernández-Llaguno and texts for the profiles of painters René Alís, Rodrigo
Ugarte Dornbierer and Tito Barajas. I have written video-scripts for the
biography of several artists.
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