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Sunny
Land Tours, Inc.
History
Sunny
Land Tours was established in 1964 by Elie Sidawi, and
incorporated in New Jersey in 1969.
Elie
grew up in Lebanon, and as a young man he was working for one of
the largest tour operators in the world. He started Sunny
Land Tours immediately after coming to the United States, and in
a mere couple years Sunny Land grew to be one of the largest
specialists to Egypt and the Middle East, and had been known as
a Mediterranean and Middle East specialist tour operator until early
1980s.
By mid 1980 company expanded its product line to Central
America and South America, and as a result of this move Costa Rica,
Brazil, Peru and Galapagos have become one
of Sunny Land's most important destinations.
Today
Sunny
Land Tours today is a financially stable privately held
family business, with over 40 years experience, dedicated to
providing the ultimate satisfaction to their valued
clientele
Sunny Land Tours today is a financially stable tour operator and
a member of USTOA $1 Million Travelers Assist ance
Plan.
After
40 years, and tens of thousands of satisfied customers, the company
still grows at a pace of 15% to 20% annually.
Sunny Land provides a friendly and nurturing atmosphere to its
employees. Majority of the company's
employees have been with the company over 10 years, which
translates into having a very competent and knowledgeable team
to serve clients better.
Sunny Land takes pride in investing in and educating its sales
agents: company's all sales agents have visited most of the key
destinations featured. Retail travel agents and travelers
alike, appreciate Sunny Land's friendly and personal attention
and unbeatable destination knowledge.
Award Winning Sunny Land Tours
Sunny
Land has been recognized and received many awards by the
governments of Kenya, Turkey, Egypt, Jordan, Venezuela and Costa
Rica for its help in developing tourism to these countries.
Sunny Land Tours is the only two time recipient of the
"Amigo de Costa Rica" Award (1995 and 2002).
Amigo de Costa Rica is regarded as the highest award for
tourism to Costa Rica.
Lori
Sidawi, President of Sunny Land Tours, Costa Rica S.A. is
best recognized f or
her efforts toward blending ecotourism into traditional product
lines and for introducing the ecotourism destinations of Central
and South America.
Most notable is her involvement with the Costa Rican tourism
industry; in 1995, Sunny Land Tours was awarded an honor of
excellence by the former president Jose Maria Figueres.
Earlier in her carrier Lori, has also won the 100 Rising Stars
Award given by the Travel Agent Maga zine,
and she has been chosen among the Top 100 Most Influential Women
of the Travel Industry.
Jose Luis Cabada, as an Advisor to Management on Special
Projects, also works on Central and South American Product
Development, is a native of Costa Rica, and is one of the
biggest assets of Sunny Land Tours to deliver vacations with an
insider's perspective. Above he is with the newly
elected President of Costa Rica Miguel Angel Rodriguez at the
Inaugural Ceremony, in May 1998.
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Company
Contacts
Florida
Headquarters.
21 Old Kings Road North
Suite B-212
Palm Coast, FL 32137
1-800-783-7839
Phone: (386) 449-0059
Fax : (386) 449-0060
tours@sunnylandtours.com
Management
Elie
Sidawi
Chairman & CEO
Kyle
Ekinci
General Manager
Robert Repsher
Office Manager
Greg
Sidawi
Accounting Dep. Mngr
Sales
Jasmine Sidawi
Norma Jene Edwards
Sandy Malone
Paul
Horhutz
Yelena Filippovic
Lori Sidawi-Cabada
President Costa Rica, S.A.
Jose-Luis
Cabada
Advisor, Special Projects
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Poala Ferraro
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Alejandra Viquez
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Andrea Villalobos
- Fernan Salazar
- Andrea Le Franc
1-800-783-7839
tours@sunnylandtours.com
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