Curriculum Vitae
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Bram Vissers
Vereda San Roque, Finca Puente Escalera, Mogotes, Santander, Colombia--http://nl.linkedin.com/pub/bram-vissers/73/a5b/4b1
Sex: Male| Date of birth: 23/02/1989 | Nationality: Dutch
WORK EXPERIENCE
August 2017 – November 2017
Administrator (temporal)
La Pacha Hostel, San Gil, Santander, Colombia
▪ Management and administration
▪ Sales and marketing
▪ Operations
▪ Customer service
Sector: Hospitality and Tourism
June 2015 – July 2017
Co-Owner
Café Bonsai / Fusion Tree S.A.S, Taganga, Magdalena, Colombia
▪ General management and administration
▪ Product development
▪ Sales & promotion
▪ Daily operations
▪ B2B relationship management
▪ Customer relations
Sector: Hospitality and Tourism
September 2013 – May 2015
* Break from March to August
2014 to execute second long distance
hike through E-Europe, see also “other
skills/interests”
Adventure Tour Guide
Adventure Tours Oman, Al Sawadi Beach Resort, Barka/Al Sifah, Sifah, Sultanate of Oman
▪ Execution of a variety of single and multiple day tours, e.g.:
▫ Mountain, wadi and village walks
▫ Canyoning
▫ Sightseeing, turtle watching
▫ Mountain & desert off-road tours
▪ Tailoring tours to specific needs & wants of the guests
▪ Tour development
▪ Sales & information
Sector: Tourism
February 2009 - August 2009
Office assistant & consultant (internship)
Cambodian Association of Travel Agents (CATA), Phnom Penh, Cambodia
▪ Development of operational frameworks
▪ Assisting in operational activities
▪ Assisting in organising, executing and evaluating/improving fam-trips
▪ Organisational analysis
▪ Development of questionnaires
▪ Other individual projects
Sector: Tourism
Curriculum Vitae
EDUCATION AND TRAINING
September 2006 - June 2012
BBA International Tourism Management & Consultancy
NHTV Breda-International University of Applied Sciences, Breda, the Netherlands
Small selection of courses followed:
▪ Tourism Planning & Development
▪ Tourism Impact Studies
▪ Analysing Tourism Markets
▪ Cross Cultural Studies
▪ Management & Financial Accounting
▪ (Pre) Feasibility Study
▪ Quantitative & Qualitative Research in Tourism
▪ Integrated Marketing Communications & International Destination Branding
▪ Host-Guest Relations, Indigenous Comm. & Tourism and Product Management Eco T. (seminars)
PERSONAL SKILLS
Mother tongue
Dutch
Other language(s)
UNDERSTANDING
SPEAKING
WRITING
Listening
Reading
Spoken interaction
Spoken production
English
C2
C2
C2
C2
German
Spanish
C2
B2
C1
C1
B1
B2
B2
B1
B1
A2
C2
Levels: A1/2: Basic user - B1/2: Independent user - C1/2 Proficient user
Communication skills
Computer skills
Other skills/interests
Driving licence
▪ Acquired good (inter-cultural) communication skills in various languages during studies, internship,
stays in various remote areas, work as a tour guide in Oman and café owner in Colombia
▪ Experienced with group work through a multitude of group based projects (e.g. a field based
Destination Analysis in Danang, Vietnam, in group of nine, music projects, etc.)
▪ Good presentation skills attained during studies and internship
▪ Able to quickly adapt my style of communication in unfamiliar languages, cultures and/or
environments
▪ Competent with Microsoft Office and Open Office tools, Ableton Live, Audacity and GIMP
▪ Experienced long distance trekker, e.g.: three month trek from Aachen to Budapest, and two month
trek from Istanbul to Belgrade (solo, self-sufficient & wildcamping). Good navigation skills, at home in
the mountains and able to maintain myself in various environments and weather conditions for a
prolonged period of time
▪ E-bassist
▪ Studying a variety of subjects, such as logic & rhetoric, history, music, epistemology and classical &
modern philosophy
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