Destination Partners

Adam is a native New Yorker and a proud NYU alum. Prior to his career in travel, Adam studied abroad in Europe and Latin America, and received his MBA from Stern in International Marketing in 1980 (spending a semester in Rio de Janeiro at UFRJ/ COPPEAD). Afterwards he spent several years in New York on Madison Avenue in the advertising industry, ho... ning his skills in product development and management. Looking to combine his love of travel and marketing, he left advertising and in 1984 opened Brazil Nuts Tours, a company dedicated to creating innovative special interest tours. Under his direction, Brazil Nuts Tours became recognized as a leader in such key travel segments as Ecotourism, cultural tours and corporate meetings and incentives. In 2007 Adam was elected Chairman of the Brazil Tour Operators Association. To meet the demand for quality short-term group travel programs among institutional clients in the educational, NGO and corporate sector, Adam and his wife opened the Destination Partners division in 2001 and have grown the business with an emphasis on strong client service, destination expertise and creative programming and solutions. With over 22 years of experience in the travel industry, Ana brings strong core travel management skill sets. Her work at Varig Brazilan Airlines, then in Corporate Travel Services at American Express and at other corporations prepared her well for her role at Destination Partners, where she has become a key player and mentor to the team. Her primary responsibilities include operating and overseeing group travel, especially large institutional programs for universities and corporations, and all air arrangements. Ana typically joins some of Destination Partners groups throughout the world including, South and Central America: Costa Rica, Mexico, Panama, Brazil, Argentina, Chile, Peru, Ecuador; Asia: Tokyo, China and Korea; Europe: Germany, Spain, Hungry, Italy and the USA. With over a decade of professional experience in mortgage & insurance, Holli found the travel ...Read More