"I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.” Maya Angelou

some of my TRAVELERS

 
DUKE UNIVERSITY (February 2007)
http://library.duke.edu/magazine/2007/10/sailing-the-andes/



Proffesor Deborah Jackubs (Duke Librarian) & Professor James Roberts



DARTMOUTH UNIVERSITY (November 2007)
Proffesor Gary Johnson.

YALE UNIVERSITY (January 2008)

 
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA (November 2008)
Professor Jere H. Lipps is the Curator at the Museum of Paleontology, Professor of Integrative Biology at Cal & one of the most important scientists in the world regarding Global Warming!


CORNELL UNIVERSITY Family Program(December2008-January2009)
One of the best travel experiences EVER! Over 60travelers (mostly families with kids & teenagers) conducted by extremely professional Cornell Travel Dep rep Barbara Hopkins & Proffesor David Winkler (famous ornithologist)!


TOP PERFORMER letter from Alan Lewis
CEO of GRAND CIRCLE CORPORATION (Grand Circle Travel & Overseas Adventure Travel)

Dear Top 100 Program Directors/Trip Leaders, I am sending this letter to a very elite group. You have been identified as one of the Top 100 Program Directors or Trip Leaders in the world. Congratulations on this achievement and thank you for your consistent high performance in serving our travelers.

Alan Lewis CEO Grand Circle Travel

PEDRO at GRAND CIRCLE CORPORATION BUSINESS WORKS (june2010)

GRAND CIRCLE CORPORATION ANNUAL MEETING (BUSINESS WORKS 2010) Among more than 1500Trip Leaders/Program Directors WorldWide leading programs in all 7 continents I had the honor of being invited! In 2010 I was one of the 10 TL/PDs invited to spend 2weeks at Boston GCC headquarters!

GRAND CIRCLE CORPORATION ANNUAL MEETING ( 2012) Sumner Thoren Award WINNER The Sumner-Thoren Award is presented to outstanding Program Directors or Trip Leaders who deliver unique, cultural and life changing trips to our travelers with excellence and commitment.  The nominees are nominated by our Regional General Managers with the final decision made by the Executive Team. Pedro Porqueras - He has been with us since January of 2005.  Pedro is at 100% Excellence for Learning & Discovery and Sir Edmund Hillary this year.  We have made changes to the way we operate based on his open and courageous feedback and suggestions.  He has a great passion for his country and life and conveys that to our travelers.  He really is an expert in making those people to people connections.  Pedro is a great support to his fellow PD/TLs in Argentina and Chile as well as other countries in around the world where he has supported ride along training and training meetings. He is always open to sharing what has worked for him.  Thank you, Pedro    ALAN LEWIS (C.E.O)

OAT &GCT TRAININGs in NEW ZEALAND & AUSTRALIA , EQUADOR & PERU

COACHING TRIP LEADERS in the BALTICS 2011 (Lithuania, Estonia & Latvia), COLOMBIA2012 , ITALY 2014, the BALKANS 2014 (Croatia & Bosnia)

PEDRO´s PINGUINOS (((3trips with me!!! they DO have a problema!))


 

 

 

DUKE LAW (June 2013)


DUKE LAW Dean Levi & Chilean President RICARDO LAGOS

DUKE UNIVERSITY (December 2013)
 

 

 

UNIVERSITY of TEXAS LONGHORNS (March 2014)