\\In 1994 we founded travelArt, the realization of our dream, born while travelling in Chile. Our timing could not have been better. While Chile always offered excellent travel opportunities, it lacked the personal touch with smaller, more experience orientated travel companies to offer upper-end, soft-adventure, quality educational trips, cultural trips and special interest tours. Our 12 years of experience in the travel industry in Germany and the US doing product management and market research stood us in good stead to develop these opportunities.\
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From the outset, we avoided subcontracting and offering the \'same old\' programs. We installed our own travelArt organisation throughout Chile. Now, we have own offices in the most important travel regions. Our team of highly qualified guides takes care of each passenger. We worked with others who were willing to adapt and work with our ideas -our way.\</p\>
\Before we started, we traveled extensively throughout Chile to get to experience everything personally - from the 5 star hotels in Santiago to the smallest lodge high in the Andes. From lonely natural hot springs and over hundreds of hiking trails. We discovered the museums and native Mapuche lands, took small motor launches exploring the Chilean fiords and a few of the luxury cruise liners too. We saw the glaciers, the Straits of Magellan, the highland deserts and heartland wineries. You can be sure, that we know what we are offering.\</p\>
\We still maintain the personal touch and remain involved in creating new tours and site inspections to our hotels and service providers. In the office, Carsten is responsible for the development of new products, customer contacts and sales. Elke is in charge of marketing. All of our brochures, manuals, photos e.g. come from her office. Our team now includes 35 permanent office staff and a countrywide selection of guides and suppliers who enjoy working with us.\\</p\>
A LITTLE INTRODUCTION OF OUR TEAM
Brigitte
Lämmle
Sales Manager
\\Around \\Ulm\</city /\>\</place /\> the native Swabian felt quickly cramped. After her apprenticeship as a kindergarden teacher she moved for one year to the end of the world, to teach at the \German\</placename /\> \School\</placetype /\> in \\Punta Arenas\</place /\>\</city /\>. Back in Europe, she assumed a leading position in a Spanish holiday club - without ever forgetting her special love for \Latin America\</place /\>. She fulfilled her dream to do a trip of several months through the subcontinent and finally settled down in \\Chile\</country-region /\>\</place /\>. Brigitte changed careers and joined the travelArt-team in 2004. Since July of 2007 she is the head of our sales team. \</span\>\</p\>\
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\The members of her slaes-team are: \</span\>\</p\>
\grew up near Danzig, studied in Lübeck and married in \\Santiago\</city\>\</place\>. Dorothea’s life is the one of a cosmopolitan. After studying business administration with focus on tourism in addition to her apprenticeship as a travel gent, she began to work in travelArt in 2002 as a Trainee. Doro knew \\Chile\</country-region\>\</place\> and the mentality of its inhabitants during multiple trips to the Regions. Today she is an experienced consultant in the sales team and specialized on group travel. With fluent German, Polish, Spanish, English and some French, she is our language talent.\
the only "real" Santiaguina on the sales team and the one with the longest travelArt experience in our Santiago office, studied “Técnico en Turismo” in the Chilean Capital and had already worked in tourism for five years when she started to work in our team. Jessica arranges group and individual travel all over Chile and organizes golf trips. She is married and spends her free time with her daughter Laura.
\\Brazil, Ecuador, Costa Rica, Finland, Africa. \</span\>\Juliane from southern \\Brandenburg\</state\>\</place\> has gathered\ \</b\>work and life experience in many parts of the world. She first did an apprenticeship as an office clerk and then studied Tourism Business Management in \\Heilbronn\</place\>\</city\> before joining us as a Trainee in 2006. After that, she was employed as a sales consultant and specialized in travel to the Antarctic. \ \</span\>When Juliane isn`t just exploring some corner of \\Chile\</place\>\</country-region\>, you can find her in one of the many cafés of her neighborhood, Nuñoa.\
\from \\Leipzig\</city\>\</place\> has studied history, \psychology and media science in her home town. She worked in advertising and PR afterwards, but then one day she decided to go and explore \Central America\</place\> with her backpack. Fate led Marie to \\Chile\</country-region\>\</place\> and she chose to stay. Now she is working in the travelArt sales-team since 2006 and specialized on \</span\>trekking-tours. \And after work...? You can find her in the Providencia indoor swimming pool. On the weekend she likes to relax in the mountains or in her garden.\</span\>\
\\The daughter of a Chilean and an Ecuadorian grew up in \\Sydney\</city\>\</place\>. During her studies of Tourism Management, she participated in a student exchange to \\Chile\</place\>\</country-region\> and knew and appreciated the country and its people. Sonia decided to finish her studies and return to \\Santiago\</place\>\</city\> and since then, 2005, she is one of travelArt´s sales consultants. She is in charge of the Chilean vineyards and also has special knowledge about cruises. She loves to spend her evenings at the cinema and when there is a new film, you can be sure that she has seen it first. \\
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\is at home in the world of tourism already for a long time: She became a travel agent first and then studied tourism. After her studies she joined travelArt in 1999 as a trainee. Later, she specialized in the management of group travel and is an expert in tours to the Lakes Region of Chile and Argentina. Today, Andrea from Blankenburg is head of our office in Puerto Varas and manages the communication and cooperation with guides and suppliers. She spends her spare time in the fresh air, hiking or trekking through the beautiful trails of the surroundings.\</p\>
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\The travel agent studied Tourism Management in \\Bremen\</state /\>\</place /\> came to travelArt in May 2007 to do a traineeship. During her studies, Tanja had already spent two semesters in \\Chile\</place /\>\</country-region /\>: She studied at Universidad Santa Maria in Valparaíso and then deepened her Spanish knowledge during a tourism internship in Puerto Varas. Since February 2008, Tanja works as a sales consultant there. She spends her free time trekking, skiing – or with a good wine and some friends.\</span\>\</p\>\
\started as a travelArt guide and in August 2007 he changed to our Patagonian office. There he is in charge of the smooth coordination of all the services and also supports us as a sales consultant. The retail-salesman came to \\Chile\</place /\>\</country-region /\> in 1992 and has been working in tourism for ten years. Michael likes to relax while fishing and does clay-pidgeon-shooting. \</span\>\\</span\>\</p\>\
\Every year we offer a one-year trainee-program to university graduates from the tourism–area. The trainees support our sales-team with the elaboration of tours, calculation and organisation of trips, coordination of reservations, handling of invoices and much more. \</span\>\Furhtermore they get an insight in the other departments. \</span\>\Many of them are contracted after having finished the program. \</span\>\</p\>\
\Her passion for tourism brings a lot of experience to travelArt: After her apprenticeship as a travel agent she worked for various years in her profession, and her wanderlust then led her away from her hometown \Chemnitz\</place /\> to visit many parts of the world. In 2006 she decided to try something different and came to Pucón in the South of Chile, to work in an outdoor agency for a time. Back in \Germany\</country-region /\>, she could not forget about \\Chile\</country-region /\>\</place /\>… and came back. Since January 2008 Melanie is a Trainee in the travelArt sales-team. She likes hiking and reading and she is fluent in English and Spanish.\\</b\>\</span\>\</p\>\
\Is responsable for the logistic department. She comes from southern \\Chile\</place /\>\</country-region /\>, where she lived and studied. After graduation she moved to the north of \\Chile\</place /\>\</country-region /\> to work for a transport company. In 2005 she left Calama and started to work with us, first as a coordinator of guides and transport and now as our logistic manager. \ \</span\>In her free time she likes to travel and enjoy nature, she does horse-riding and biking. \</span\>\Ana María speaks english.\</span\>\</p\>\\
\Ana Marias Team is in charge of reserving flights, hotels, restaurants and excursions and coordinates the guides and transport. The staff consists of: \
\is Chilean and has a tremendous knack for making things happen the way one wants them to happen just when one is feeling a long way from home. Inés studied Tourism in Osorno and had worked for many years in travel agencies before settling in with our international team. Since 2004 she has been working in our Puerto Varas office, where she takes care of the groups traveling in the Lakes Region of Chile and \\Argentina\</country-region /\>\</place /\>.\</span\>\\\</span\>\</b\>\</p\>\
\born in \\Chile\</country-region /\>\</place /\>, decided to study tourism due to her disposition to travel. She had already worked in a local Chilean travel agency for 10 years before she came to \travelArt\</strong\> in September 2006. Today she is working for our office in \Patagonia\</place /\> where she is in charge of reservations and document control. Vania is an active young woman who loves to dance and hike. She would like to travel in the world, knowing distinctive habits and languages.\</span\>\\</span\>\</p\>\
has studied Industrial Engineering and joined us in 2003, bringing several years of experience in quality management and organization. Initially, she was responsible for the area of logistics, finance and administration, and kept running the entire infrastructure. In April she will take over the management from Horst Simon, who will go on working for travelArt as a consultant. Andrea comes from Santiago and knows her home country well from numerous trips.
\Our ex-general manager is a graduated business economist; he has studied in Frankfurt and then worked as an expert in finances and logistics inGermany, \Britain\</country-region\>, \Peru\</country-region\>, \Brazil\</country-region\> and \\Chile\</place\>\</country-region\>. He finally specialized on the field of tourism and hotel management as a freelance consultant and assumed the leadership of travelArt Chile Ltda. in 2004. With his expertise, he helped to organize the business in a way that makes us fit for expanding! In April 2008 he passed the management to the hands of \Andrea Madsen\</personname\> and now works for us as a consultant. \</span\>\Horst is a passionate sailor and canoeist and spends his free time mostly near to the water.\</span\>\</p\>
\Was born in \\Magdeburg\</city /\>\</place /\> and \</span\>\is one of the old-stagers at travelArt\: From January 2000 on, she entered as a trainee in Puerto Varas. After a short stay in \Germany\</country-region /\>, she returned to \\Chile\</place /\>\</country-region /\> in 2002 and came back to travelArt. Katrin worked on the development and implementation of our reservation system, and is now responsible for its content and the data administration. In addition, she supports the Directors as a quality manager, she is always there for any customer concerns. Katrin has studied business administration with focus on tourism in \Germany\</country-region /\> and \\England\</place /\>\</country-region /\>. She speaks English and Spanish fluently.\</span\>\</span\>\</p\>\
\came from the Lower Rhine to the foot of the Andes in 2006 after having already known \\Chile\</country-region /\>\</place /\> in 2005, during an internship. She studied communication science, geography and international cooperation in \Aachen\</city /\>, with an annual stopover in \Andalusia\</place /\>. After half a year in German Technical Cooperation (GTZ) and a first professional experience in tourism, she supports travelArt´s communication and marketing since March \2008. In\</metricconverter /\> her spare time you can find Vera either on her bike, singing in a choir or hiking in one of \\Chile\</country-region /\>\</place /\>’s many National Parks. She is fluent in Spanish and English and also speaks some French.\</span\>\</p\>\
\has a broad assignment: Since 2004 he was the head of the IT-department and responsable for all the technology and the computer-network of our fast-growing business. „Along the way“, he completed his computer studies - a great achievement! In the middle of 2007 he spent some time in \\Great Britain\</place /\>\</country-region /\> to deepen his IT-knowledge and then took over his actual function as administrator. Victor speaks English and some programming languages.\</span\>\</p\>\
\Has been in charge of several different areas of work since she came to travelArt in 2003: First, she worked as assistant in the accounting department, then she looked after the supplier invoices and payments, and now she is the head of the accounting department. Hilda is Chilean, although her name does not suggest this. She loves the fresh air and mountain scenery of the Andes, and goes hiking with her husband as often as she can… recently not so much, because the youngest family member still needs to grow to fit into some hiking boots. \</p\>\
\Hilda is supported by our energetic accounting-team:\</span\>\</p\>
![\"Elke](\"http://www.travelart.com/data/img/about_us/elke_carsten.gif\")
In 1994 we founded travelArt, the realization of our dream, born while travelling in Chile. Our timing could not have been better. While Chile always offered excellent travel opportunities, it lacked the personal touch with smaller, more experience orientated travel companies to offer upper-end, soft-adventure, quality educational trips, cultural trips and special interest tours. Our 12 years of experience in the travel industry in Germany and the US doing product management and market research stood us in good stead to develop these opportunities.\
