renate rigters

co-owner

About

I am an energetic, reliable and spontaneous young woman. Happiness is very important, so I have a positive outlook on things, a friendly attitude and a smiley face. I am an excellent organizer and have good problem solving skills. Great with writing texts, creating videos and photos, working with people and performing in the sea. I love what I do and I do what I love.

Country

netherlands

City

eindhoven

Industry

leisure, travel, & tourism

Skill

languages, public speaking, organizing, tourism, english, social media, powerpoint, hospitality, videography, entertainment, macintosh and microsoft, photography, sales&marketing, creativity, cross cultural communication, representative, adventure travel, tour operators, incentive travel, sales, blogging, digital marketing, online marketing, video, sustainable tourism, tourism management, destination marketing, seo, social media marketing, spanish, social networking, public relations, journalism, wordpress, cms, research, travel planning, leisure travel, event management, marketing communications, dutch, internet strategy, google adwords, travel management, incentives, business travel

Experience

padi msdt and ssi aowi scuba dive instructor

sea explorer maldives

2018-1 - Present · 8 yrs 9 mos

co-owner

art and walk karpathos

sales nederland

exclusive destinations belgium

2013-4 - 2013-10 · 7 mos

bartender

club maska discotheque

2007-1 - 2007-12 · 1 yr

Serve drinks and shake cocktails.

padi msdt head instructor

karpathos diving center

2017-4 - 2018-9 · 1 yr 6 mos

I teached students Open Water Dive courses mostly, plus Advanced, Divemaster, EFR and specialties such as Deep Diver and Nitrox Enriched Air Diver. Organising the rental gear, planning, communication with customers was also a part of my role.

guide

cruising barcelona

2011-5 - 2011-8 · 4 mos

Guide tourists through the city of Barcelona by bicycle; private tours and groups up to 30 persons

marketing manager

ramogi tours and travel

2008-10 - 2009-1 · 4 mos

Promoting tours and organizing new tour packages in Kenya and into neighboring countries. Making the company grow as it was starting up.

contributor

verkeersbureaus.info

2013-5 - 2013-12 · 8 mos

I write dutch travel blogs, tweets and other social media messages about amazing destinations where I have been as a contributor for Verkeersbureaus.info

digital marketing strategist

departures, passie voor droomreizen

2013-4 - 2013-10 · 7 mos

Departures is a travel agency with a specialization in 5 star hotels and luxurious holidays. I create (online) marketing campaigns, work with statistics, and organize events such as information evenings.

sales representative

xpert & professional travel mexico

2012-6 - 2012-8 · 3 mos

* Organize the daily operations for tours, transfers and employee schedules. * Responsible for the sales of these operations at hospitality-desks, such as at Hotel Camino Real Zaashila. * I did research within the company with the following problem definition: In which way can Xpert & Professional Travel offer their services taking sustainability into account?

coordinator of entertainment

festamusic spain

2008-5 - 2010-9 · 2 yrs 5 mos

* Control the entertainment programs and coordinate the trainees. Organize shows such as men against woman, musicals and elections. Teach the new entertainers the aerobics, dances, games and shows. Summer 2008 (May * September) all-round entertainment Costa del Maresme Summer 2009 (May * September) all-round Calella, Pineda & Malgrat entertainment coordination Summer 2010 (May * September) management of entertainment teams of Serhs hotels in Costa del Maresme.

representative and guide for sunweb

sundio group

2015-1 - 2016-3 · 1 yr 3 mos

* Responsible for the well being of the Sunweb and BizzTravel guests in the Dolomites ski area in Italy. January 2015 * March 2015 January 2015 * March 2016

main responsible guide and representative

sunweb group

2015-4 - 2016-10 · 1 yr 7 mos

* Taking care of the well-being of the Dutch guests that arrive in Karpathos for their holidays. Giving them welcome meetings, hotel visits and I guide the excursion to the local villages and Olympos. I am the main responsible with one trainee under my wing for three months and the rest of the season I work independently. April 2015 * October 2015 April 2016 * October 2016

travel writer

thatwanderlust.com

2013-5 - Present · 13 yrs 5 mos

I am a world citizen who writes blogs, makes captivating photography and videos, tweets and writes other social media messages as a travel blogger. Latest mission: I traveled from Argentina to Mexico and during the trip visited many countries in Latin-America. While staying at places of local people and exploring their cultures I wrote many articles about my experiences and made lots of captivating photography & videos. www.thatwanderlust.com

Education

tio university of applied sciences eindhoven

marketing

hogeschool tio utrecht

2009-1 - 2010-1 · 1 yr 1 mo

hogeschool tio utrecht

tourism

2007-1 - 2008-1 · 1 yr 1 mo

Activities and Societies: Class representative

hogeschool tio utrecht

tourism management

2011-1 - 2013-1 · 2 yrs 1 mo

I Specialized in Digital Marketing and won the competition for the best digital marketing strategy. Won an incentive travel competition as well and did many management projects. I wrote my final thesis for Archipel Zorg Groep about the possibilities to start a travel agency for their clients. Activities and Societies: - Attended the Reiswerk Student Congress for Excellent Students. Won 2nd place best teamwork - Class Representative - Digital Marketing specialty - Fixed open house representative giving presentations about ITM - Ambassador