Alex Tortorelli - His Profesional life!!

Alex Tortorelli, 28 year old Argentine, is graduated on Tourism & Hotel Management, a 4 year degree, in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

At the age of 23, as soon as he finished his studies, he started to live his dream of travelling around the world working in each place, always in the Hotel Industry.

First, he decided to start in his own country, working at the Front Desk of the "Bella Vista Hotel" in Bariloche (Patagonian Region - Argentina).

Then, he went to the North of Argentina, the beautiful city of Salta, and worked as a Receptionist, at the Front Desk, of the Hotel Portezuelo www.portezuleohotel.com.ar)

The next year, he went to Brazil, and he found a job at the Front Desk of two Hotels, in Buzios, Rio de Janeiro: Pousada Abracadabra (www.abracadabrapousada.com.br) and the Pousada Casasbrancas (www.casasbrancas.com.br).

One year later, in the Mexican Mayan Riviera, Alex finally discovered his passion: The Entertainment Industry.

He worked as an Activities Director, in the Sports & Entertainment Team, at the Gala Resort Playacar, in Playa del Carmen, Mexico (Best Employee Award - October 2004). (www.galaresorts.com)

After a while, he moved to the neighbouring city of Cancun, and worked for the Hotel Riu Cancun, also, in the Entertainment Team. (www.riu.com)

The next year he got hired by the American Hospitality Academy, (www.americanhospitalityacademy.com) in the United States as an Activities Supervisor, in charge of the Entertainment Departments in more than 9 different Hotels, in Myrtle Beach-SC and in Orlando-FL, 6 months in each place.(Hotels like the Sheraton´s Broadway Plantation, which with Alex in charge, the Entertainemtn Team got the highest punctuation in Guest Satisfaction in it´s history).

Alex was also in charge of organizing the Entertainment Activities in Social Events & Conventions, hosted at the Kingston Plantation, Myrtle Beach and the Vistana Resort, Orlando.

While Working at the AHA, Alex got the chance to study and become a CHS Certified Hospitality Supervisor, by: the American Hotel & Lodging Association (March06).

After that one-year-experience in the United States, Alex decided to take a new step further in the Entertainment Industry, and he got hired by the Norwegian Cruise Line and started working at the Norwegian Pearl, as a Host, sailing over the Caribbean & Alaska. (www.norwegianpearl.com). (Best Employee Award - October 2007)

Alex is currently working for the Norwegian Dream, another one of the NCL´s ships.

In this last year, Alex discovered his abilities to Train and Teach employees in Hotels, about the Entertainment Industry, and it´s benefits to the Hotel itself.

He got hired, at the same time by the Hospitality Consulting Group, Pronetwork, based in Buenos Aires, as part of their Training Profesionals. (www.pronetwork.com.ar)

Alex and Pronetwork got together introducing their "Entertainment Training" in hotels in Argentina, hotels such as the "Hotel Colonial", San Nicolas. (www.hotelcolonialsannicolas.com).

References:

Portezuelo Hotel - Salta/Argentina: Fabian Lopez (Sales Manager) Tel.: 54-387-431-0104

Pousada Abracadabra - Buzios/Brazil: Jose Luis Vasquez (Owner Abracadabra) Tel.: 55-22-2623-1217

Pousada Casasbrancas - Buzios/Brazil: Amalia de la Maria (Owner Casasbrancas) Tel.: 55-22-2623-1458

Gala Resort - Playacar/Mexico: Arturo Arguello Aguilar (Assistant Manager) Tel.: 55-5263-3434

Riu Cancun - Cancun/Mexico: Jhonathan Matta (Vice-Director) Tel.: 52-998-848-7151

American Hospitality Academy: Myrtle Beach-SC: April Burns (A.H.A.Vice President) Tel.: 1-843-903-5278

American Hospitality Academy: Orlando-FL: Maria Quintero (A.H.A. Director of Operations) Tel.: 1-407-238-4724 and Scott Merrit (General Manager-Silver Lake Rst.) Tel:1-407-397-2828

Norwegian Cruise Line, Norwegian Pearl: Simon Murray – Clint Wells – Ray Ray Wright (Cruise Directors)