Born: 23 January 1949, Famagusta,
Cyprus.
A
Greek -Cypriot father Andreas,
and a Jewish-German mother Daisy .
Lived in Cyprus 3 years,
England 8 years, Canada 3 years and all the rest
in Israel.
Made "Aliyah" (immigrated from
England to Israel) with the "Youth Aliyah" in 1961. Lived on Havat Nanoar Hazioni-
Dr Israel Goldstein- youth village in Katamon, Jerusalem. Continued studying
at "Ort" Netanya. 1967-1970 Lived in Montreal, Canada.
1972 - till to date:
Official Israeli tourist guide. Served at the city council of Netanya 1988-1992
(Israel Democratic Party-Meretz Led by Mrs Shulamit Aloni).
Deputy Mayor of
Netanya 1993-1995 in charge of ecology and business licensing.
1996 resigned from the city council
and politics.
July 1996 returned to full time
guiding and the tourist trade.
Around the world:
1997 Alex and Yair
established
Alex Veit Personalized Group Tours Around The World, since then
over 1300
people
have traveled on 90 different tours around the
world: Jordan, Cyprus, Greece, Creete Egypt, Uzbekistan,
Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan,
("Silk Road"), Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Istanbul, Umbria and Tuscany,
"South East Asia", Burma, Cambodia, Vietnam, Greece,
Russia, Cuba , Mali, Ethiopia, and Northern Spain. (Updated:
December 2010 )
And other countries which I
have visited: Western Europe, Poland, Czechoslovakia, U.S.A., Canada, Mexico,
Peru, Bolivia, Chile, Easter Island, Morocco, Albania, Yugoslavia, Turkey,
China, Hong Kong, Tibet, India (incl. Sikkim), & Nepal.
Professions and studies completed:
1. Studied hotel management at
"Ort" Netanya 1964-1967.
2. Bank management course and
practice at the Royal Bank of Canada, Montreal 1967-1970.
3. Studied business administration,
with Ryerson Poly-technical, Toronto.
4. Licensed Tourist Guide No. 1987
since 1972.
5. Licensed Travel Expert No.
807/79 since 1980.
6. Travel escort abroad course with
"Melia".
7. Licensed Bus-Taxi driver,
therefore able to guide and drive small groups in mini-bus.
Positions held in tourism:
1. Full time guide and tour escort
for "Young Israel" senior citizen groups, operated by "Patra Tours" 1973-1975.
2. Employed by " Foreign Tours"
(owned by El-Al airlines) November 1975 till December 1985, when company was
closed down.
Positions held with Foreign
Tours:
a. Chief Guide.
b. Research and tour planner,
responsible for planning National program yearly brochure.
c. Tour operator of summer youth
and student programs. Convention coordinator.
d. Temporary U.S.A. sales manager.
Based in New York-Manhattan
Jan-June 1985. Traveled across the
U.S.A. Met with potential clients and tour leaders. Held
seminars and represented the
company at I.G.T.O and A.S.T.A. trade shows.
e. Marketing in Israel till the
closing of the company in December 1985.
Planner
and guide of the American Embassy Tel-Aviv Staff tours in Israel
1986-2001.
Summary of types of
groups/organizations and individuals that I have guided-coordinated since 1973:
1. Jewish organizations:
U.J.A., Hadassah-Wizo of Canada, ORT, Bnai-Brith, A.D.L., Israel
Bonds, American Jewish Committee.,
A.Z.F., N.A.T.E., Jewish war veterans, Reform and
Conservative synagogues from across
the U.S.A and Canada. J.C.C., Holocaust seminars,
United Israel Appeal, Board of
Directors of Betzalel Academy of Arts and Design. Bar&Bat
Mitzvah groups and more...
2. Christian groups:
Pentecostal, Roman Catholic, Lutheran, Baptist and others.
3. Interdenominational.
4. Incentive tours: Baughman Oster
Inc. (Therapeutic mattresses).
5. Specialized tours: Bank Hapoalim
international bankers meeting, Solar energy, Art tours, &
Archaeological tours.
6. National program and regular
tours.
7. Escorted American groups on to
Europe( Italy, Switzerland, France, & England) and Jordan
after guiding them in Israel.
8. Others: Indonesian (Christian
and Moslem tourists)
Coordinator
of conventions:
1. Medical convention: Montefiore
Hospital, Pediatric allergies, and Urological conventions.
2. B.B.Y.O. Summer youth and
student programs 16-18 groups every summer for Foreign Tours
3. Christian Conventions: High
Adventures (800 pax) Rev. Grey (350 pax) Maddox Conv.
4. Jewish conventions: Canadian
Zionist Federation (800 pax), Hadassah-Wizo of Canada (1000)
5. Fam. trips for travel agents run
by El-Al and the Ministry of Tourism.
6. "Pahos 99" International
Workshop on Seismic tomography held in Cyprus 4-9 July 99
7. "Umbria 2001 International
Workshop on Seismic tomography held in Orvieto 3 May- 6 June 2001
Completed over 500 tours in Israel
since 1972.
Individuals, V.I.P and F.I.T. tours
in Israel:
Among the hundreds of people that
have toured Israel with me are:
Mrs Francoise & Mr Edward
Djeredjian, former U.S.A. Ambassador to Israel
Mrs Ann & Mr. William Harrop,
former U.S.A. Ambassador to Israel
Mr William Brown, former U.S.A.
Ambassador to Israel.
Bronfman family, Seagram's,Canada.
Mike Grossman of Grossman's Inc -
Massachusetts.
Philip Wachs of Charming Shoppes
Inc. PA
DeWayne Coxon Ph.D - Blossoming
Rose- Michigan.
Nitza Rosovsky of the Semitic
Museum, Harvard University - Boston.
Lt. Gen. John T. Chain Jr. USAF
Deputy Chief of Staff Plans & Operations.
Ronald J. Thomas President of
Executive Incentive Travel.
Rabbi Meir Hier, head the
Wiesenthal Museum of Tolerance. Los Angeles.( & board of directors)
Updated: 1
August 2004
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