PAUL CRIPPS
L-20 Miravalle, Cusco
Summary
As Managing Director at Amazonas Explorer, I bring a wealth of experience from within the Peruvian travel industry from international sales to training 20+ staff to dealing with tricky clients and logistically challenging expeditions throughout Peru and now, working on sustainability innovations.
Fluent in Spanish and English, my expertise in crisis management and working with local communities has taught me to lead with resilience, charm and patience.
Overview
33
33
years of professional experience
Work History
Managing Director
Amazonas Explorer
05.1998 - Current
International Sales, Travel Agent management, Customer relations, Staff employment and Contract negotiation, Trip operations, Overseeing and Analyzing accounts, Marketing, Advertising, New Trip design, Accompanying VIP clients, Administration of company, Trouble-solving and Crisis-management, Staff Training, leading Sustainability initiatives. Overseeing 20+ Staff
Trip Leader
Serendipity Tours, Costa Rica
04.1996 - 09.1996
Setting up and organising Multi sport adventures throughout Costa Rica and Panama, Trip leading, Guiding, Driving and Instruction. Specialist River guiding.
Exploratory Raft Guide, Spanish Translator
Adrift UK
03.1996 - 04.1996
Exploring Ecuador sourcing whitewater rivers, transport and expedition logistics, river guiding and kayaking
River Guide / Safety Kayak
River Rats
05.1995 - 01.1996
Raft Guiding and Safety Kayaking
Tour Leader
Encounter Overland
03.1991 - 09.1995
Tour leading, client management, trip accounts, visa help, Bus and Truck driving in Venezuela, Colombia, Panama, Ecuador, Peru, Paraguay, Brazil and Argentina
Raft Guide, Safety Kayaker and Sales Staff
Himalayan Encounters
09.1993 - 03.1995
Setting up sales team, advertising, slide show promotions, taking bookings, Raft Guiding and Safety Kayaking on remote multi-day expeditions. Instruction and Staff training in safety and Swiftwater rescue
Education
High School Diploma -
Ardingly College
Sussex UK07.1995
Bachelor of Arts - Iberian And Latin America Studies
Southampton University
Southampton07.1989
Skills
- I am fluent in Spanish and English and have lived in Cusco on and off since 1988 and permanently since 1996
- My skills include working well with people, knowing the local community well and employing some of Cusco finest travel professionals
- I am skilled at dealing with stressful situations from unhappy clients to sick tourists, to political upheaval to crazy Latin America bureaucracy to suicidal victims to grieving parents
Timeline
Managing Director
Amazonas Explorer
05.1998 - Current
Trip Leader
Serendipity Tours, Costa Rica
04.1996 - 09.1996
Exploratory Raft Guide, Spanish Translator
Adrift UK
03.1996 - 04.1996
River Guide / Safety Kayak
River Rats
05.1995 - 01.1996
Raft Guide, Safety Kayaker and Sales Staff
Himalayan Encounters
09.1993 - 03.1995
Tour Leader
Encounter Overland
03.1991 - 09.1995
High School Diploma -
Ardingly College
Bachelor of Arts - Iberian And Latin America Studies
Southampton University
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