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Aladdin Khalifa
( The author and Creator of Ask-Aladdin.com)
Professional trip
director / Egypt program Manager /
Egyptologist-Tourist Guide
and Egyptology Lecturer
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Aladdin Khalifa is a tour
director / program Manager and
Egyptologist-Tourist Guide for a
number of international travel
agencies.
He has
nearly 18 years of experience as a
trip director in Egypt. Also lead
and conducted tours for specialized
groups including metaphysical groups
and classical groups.
Aladdin is an
executive member of the
World
Federation of Tourist Guides Associations (WFTGA
) and its
official representative for the
African
Continent. An
Egyptologist -
Tourist Guide and Egyptology Lecturer
and
Professional
tour director /
travel advisor. Working
for many International travel
agencies, with nearly 17 years of
experience.
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Aladdin Experience
Work
Experience
1993–2010
Tour
Director / Egypt Program Manager for
Leisure Travel
Leading classical tours and Nile
cruises in upper Egypt.
Leading bird watchers groups as
well as flora and fauna interest
groups.
Leading metaphysical groups from
the USA and giving lectures on
astronomy and metaphysics.
-Worked predominantly With many international tour
operators including: Libra Holiday,
Cosmos and Globus international
(USA), Hayes and Jarvis (UK), The
Imaginative Travelers (UK), Elegant Resort (UK),
Africa Adventure (USA), Travel
sphere Holidays (UK) and Vantage
deluxe travel
-Tour Director for Leisure Travel,
Site Inspections for Convention and
Visitors Bureau. Including FAM Trips
for Leisure and Market, Corporate
/Incentive Houses and the Media,
Professional service for various
markets including government
officials, adventure and safari
tours, Private Individual travel VIP
clients. Designing and Developing
specialized tours for various
markets.
-Also working as a
tour director for journalists, film
crews upon request from the tourism
organizations promoting Egypt as a
destination. other work includes
working on convention and incentive
programs with Destination management
companies and various incentives
houses inbound.
Special Safari
Tour manager Leading tours through
untouched areas at the far end of
the oases and the heart of the
Egyptian desert. Climbing mountains
and visiting virgin forgotten
archeological sites of Egypt.
Leading special groups to all the 27
protectorates of Egypt.
- Leading 15
days motor coach tours through the
heart of the Egyptian oases and
middle Egypt. |
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Expertise:
Other work
includes working on convention and
incentive programs with Destination
management companies and various
incentives houses inbound.
-Tour Director for Leisure Travel,
Site Inspections for Convention and
Visitors Bureau. Including FAM Trips
for Leisure and Market, Corporate
/Incentive Houses and the Media,
Professional Tourist for various
markets including government
officials, adventure and safari
tours, and Private Individual travel
VIP clients. Designing and
Developing specialized tours for
various markets.
- Specialized Travel Advisory and
Lecturer at Tourism Institutes.
Researcher of Products in the
Industry, Co-coordinator for Special
projects and events. |
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Skills:
Travel Tour
Director, Professional Licensed
Tourist Guide, Destination
Management Company Staff, Tourism
Egypt’s Media Relation Corporate
Incentive, Convention and Tour and
Travel Departments, Trade Show,
Presentations for Tourism Presenter
and Lecturer for Tourism Industry
Educational Institutes,
Representative and Egyptologist
travel and tourist guide for a
number of international tour
operators. |
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Destination Knowledge:
Full knowledge
about Egypt and the region.
Leading tours through untouched
areas at the far end of the oases
and the heart of the Egyptian
desert. Climbing mountains and
visiting virgin forgotten
archeological sites of Egypt.
Leading special groups to all the 27
protectorates of Egypt. Leading 15
days motor coach tours through the
heart of the Egyptian oases and
middle Egypt.
- we are the Author and creator of the first
information web site built by an
Egyptologist-tourist guide in Egypt
since 1999, providing travel tips
and information for visitors to
Egypt.
Visit: * www.ask-aladdin.com
*
www.completegypt.com
* www.exploregypt.net
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Lecture and forums:
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Lecturer at the Egyptian cultural
centre. (Egypt)
- Lecturer at the information
and training centre of the ministry
of tourism
- Lecturer
and speaker in the
WFTGA
conventions in both Australia
2005 and
Egypt 2007.
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Lectured at the
Field Museum
of Chicago in 2007
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Interviews
and articles
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Featured at
Egypt Travel Arabia Magazine
http://www.traveltodayarabia.com/article.aspx?ArticleID=4572
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Featured at
Egypt
today Magazine
http://www.egypttoday.com/article.aspx?ArticleID=6887
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Featured at
Egypt air in-flight Magazine (Horus magazine )
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Lectures
at the
The Field Museum of Chicago
http://www.wftga.org/Aladdin_visit_to_Chicago.pdf
Organizations & Associations:
World Federation
of Tourist Guides Associations.
(WFTGA) www.wftga.org
- Official WFTGA Area Representative for
Africa and the Middle East
- International
Supervisor of
World Area Representatives of WFTGA, Leading team of 12 WFTGA World
Area Representative Worldwide
- Member
of the Egyptian tourist guides
syndicate EGTGS
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Interests:
Metaphysics, Astronomy, Geology,
History |
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