| I recently had a chance to talk to Chris | | | | family business where I now provide support |
| Ronneseth of Trek Holidays (see interview | | | | to our network of travel agents across |
| preview) who gave me a good overview of | | | | Eastern Canada as well as compiling our |
| adventure travel, an area of travel I | | | | monthly newsletter on adventure travel |
| definitely would like to explore sooner than | | | | trends.2. What countries have you traveled |
| later...1. Tell us how you got into the | | | | to?Africa: Namibia, South Africa, Lesotho, |
| adventure travel business.I grew up around | | | | Swaziland, Zimbabwe, Botswana, Zambia, Egypt, |
| travel. My father, Allan Ronneseth founded | | | | MoroccoEurope: UK, Greenland, Netherlands, |
| the company in 1972 and with a passion to see | | | | Belgium, Germany, AustriaAsia: Thailand, |
| the world in a different way than the norm, | | | | Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, Vietnam, |
| we had the opportunity to travel to countries | | | | Laos, Cambodia, Hong KongSouth Pacific: |
| that were considered exotic at that time and | | | | Australia, Cook Islands, Tonga, FijiAmericas: |
| to some extent still are today. Venturing out | | | | Canadian High Arctic, USA, Mexico, Jamaica, |
| on my own traveling while attending | | | | Cayman Islands,Guatemala, Honduras, Belize, |
| University I became more and more passionate | | | | Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Peru, |
| about the world beyond North America. With a | | | | Bolivia3. Please share with us your top three |
| degree in marketing, I ventured off first to | | | | travel memories of all times.A. Peru -The |
| New York and later to Toronto working in | | | | last descent into Machu Picchu on the famed |
| sales and marketing for technology companies | | | | Inca Trail from the Sun Gate after seeing |
| during the tech boom. Having learned the | | | | sunrise over the site, being the first to |
| skill of sales in an industry outside of | | | | enter the site at daybreak and having a |
| travel but backed with an upbringing rooted | | | | feeling of peace, harmony and strong magic in |
| in adventure travel, I made the progression | | | | the air.B. |
| to heading up sales in Eastern Canada for the | | | | |