Who stands behind the Explorer Circle LLC?
Nadine Heuberger
Professional path: Linkedin profile
Current role at Rochester-Bern: Chief Program Development Officer (previously COO)
Passion: Travel, wildlife & photography
Experience basis
Nadine gathered experience in hospitality, tourism, project development and guest relations on international level. Following a quick summary in chronological order:
Front desk management at 4* and 5* Seiler hotels in Zermatt, Switzerland
Guest relations at not-for-profit Royal Overseas League in London, UK
Guest relations for all-inclusive ultra-luxury cruises by Silversea
Since 2018 Chief Program Development Officer for Rochester-Bern Executive Programs (previously COO), Executive MBA studies from 2010-2011
Tour guide, FernAkademie Touristik (covering topics like dynamic group forces, procurement and communication, travel laws and complaint management, law of travel contract, travel assurance, deficiencies during a journey as well as instructions of customs and health)
CAS Digital Customer Experience and CAS Design Management, Hochschule Luzern
Visited countries
Given my professional path, I had the opportunity to visit a variety of countries. Some of them many years ago, some recently, some for a longer period (e.g. working and volunteering), some for a shorter stop (e.g. cruise hiring) but all with good memories as souvenir. Below a list of the 113 countries I visited so far in alphabetic order.
AFRICA: Botswana, Democratic Republic of Congo, Egypt, Eswatini (former Swaziland), Kenya, Lesotho, Madagascar, Mauritius, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Rwanda, South Africa, Tanzania, Tunisia, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe
AMERICA: Antigua & Barbuda, Argentina, Barbados, Bolivia, Brazil, British Virgin Islands, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominica, French Guiana, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Guyana, Martinique, Mexico, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Saint Kitts & Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent & the Grenadines, Sint Maarten, Suriname, Trinidad & Tobago, United States, Uruguay
ASIA: Bangladesh, Bhutan, Brunei, Burma (Myanmar), Cambodia, China, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Israel, Laos, Malaysia, Maldives, Nepal, Oman, Philippines, Qatar, Russia, Singapore, South Korea, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, Vietnam
EUROPE: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Monaco, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, San Marino, Spain, Slovakia, Slovenia, Sweden, United Kingdom, Vatican City
OCEANIA: Australia, New Zealand, Palau, Papua New Guinea