Odysseys guests regularly rave about the tour directors they’ve had on our tours, and with good reason: We work with the best tour directors in the industry. Many of our longstanding TDs have become like family to the team here at Odysseys, and every year, members of the Worldwide Services team in our Boston office look forward to their overseas visits with tour directors in their home countries.
But in December, we decided to try something a little different.
We invited 13 tour directors to our Boston office to see the sights, meet with different departments from around the company, and participate in our first-ever onsite tour fair. We’ve collected photos of some of the week’s highlights below – scroll down to view the whole gallery.
Our Worldwide Services team took the visiting tour directors bowling at Lucky Strike Fenway.
The tour fair was truly an event unlike any other we’ve ever hosted in our office. For two hours, employees filled our conference room, moving from station to station to hear each of the visiting tour directors give passionate 15-minute presentations about the tours they lead and the countries they love.
Our conference room was jam-packed for the entire tour fair.
George Omuya | Classic Safari: Kenya & Tanzania
Mara Tiburzi | Italy’s Classic Cities
Ali Dogan and Ahmet Memis | Legendary Türkiye
Emma Bonthorne | Across spain and Portugal
Seddik Aassim | Moroccan Discovery
Gaetano Salemi giving simultaneous presentations on Sicily in Depth and Southern Italy & Sicily.
Olafur (“Oli”) Magnusson | Exploring iceland
Before heading home, our visitors joined us at Bar’Cino in Watertown, MA, for our annual company holiday party.
Our president Bruce Epstein with tour directors Seddik Aassim (Morocco), Patricia Johnston (Australia and New Zealand), Ahmet Memis (Türkiye), and Ali Dogan (Türkiye)
Odysseys employee Lisa F. with tour directors Gaetano Salemi and Anna Gandolfi
Odysseys employee Sandy L. with tour directors Ali Dogan (Türkiye), Ahmet Memis (Türkiye), Patricia Johnston (Australia and New Zealand), and Mustafa Ozcan (Canada and Türkiye)
Olafur (“Oli”) Magnusson with our President Bruce Epstein at the holiday party
Vice President Lisa F. with tour directors Leandro Marandola (Italy), Mara Tiburzi (Italy), Chiara Baroni (Switzerland and Austria), and Gaetano Salemi (Italy)
Tour directors Seddik Aassim (Morocco), Olafur (“Oli”) Magnusson (iceland), and George Omuya (Kenya and Tanzania)
Space on our 2025 small group tours is filling fast, so if you’re ready to reserve your next adventure, call us at 888-370-6765 or submit an online reservation request today and one of our travel Counselors will be happy to assist you.
The group waving goodbye after a fun few days in Boston
