OUR TEAM
El Golf 99, 5th floor. Las Condes.
Santiago
Zip Code: 7550125
(56-2) 2589 5200 | Fax (56-2) 2589 5290
E-mail mailbox@sportstour.cl
MANAGEMENT & COMMERCIAL TEAM
Market Manager
Rudyard Ullrich
Rudyard Ullrich Zulic was born and raised in Chile ,his family loves outdoor so Rudyard spend most of his childhood Skiing in the Andes or camping along the country, especially in the Lake District.
After studying Tourism he lives in different areas of the south of Chile, later he moves back to Santiago where he developed a career for different Tour operators and Turismo Chile( Chile international Tourism promotion board) being USA and Canada the main markets he handles.
Working in the travel industry plus his family interest has allowed him to travel all over Chile, which provide him an on-site background from the different Products and services offered in Chile.
Rudyard is definitely a natural ambassador of Chile and is always willing to provide visitors a good tip about the destination that comes directly from the source.
Market Manager Latam
Claudia Espinosa
I am a professional with more than 20 years of experience in Commercial, Business, Marketing and Human Resources areas, performing a role in important Tourism Companies, Hotel Industries, Services and Industrial Assembly Companies.
With the acquired experience, my duties have been focus on commercialization, marketing, personnel training, staff selection process, planning of areas and projects, human capital management, budgeting, B2B, relational marketing and a proper manage of powerful marketing tools.
A wide knowledge of outbound and inbound tourism in Latin America, Central America and Mexico. I love ‘knitting and embroidering’ crafts, as well as traveling and sharing with my family and friends.
Commercial Analyst
Catalina Yáñez
Catalina is a Commercial Analyst with a recent college degree in Business Administration. She has just entered to the tourism industry and has arrived with all the energy to learn about the business and the people behind it in order to make positive changes.
She loves travelling and learning from other cultures. She is passionate about being part of the actual change of mentality of taking care of the environment. That is why she helps by actively recycling and avoiding public transportation trying to move everywhere on her bike.
LONG HAUL MARKET
LONG HAUL Travel Consultant Supervisor
Angelica Navarro
Angélica has a degree as English and German translator, with over 20 years of experience in luxury tourism in Chile. She loves warm places and outdoor activities where she can share experiences with other travellers.
She is back again ain Sportstour this 2016, after experiencing the backstage work in other operators within the luxury segment. Proactivity and great organizational skills have led her to be in charge of the FIT Long Haul market. Her expertise and knowledge of Chile as a destination, make her a Reference inside her multicultural team.
Her biggest wish regarding Chilean territory, is to travel and wonder at the majestic landscapes of the Chilean Antarctica.
Travel Consultant
Andrea Galilea
One of the newest members of the Sportstour team. Born and raised in Patagonia, with a cheerful and active personality, always willing to help, she is one of our experts in Patagonia, also she was Tourism guide in San Rafael Lagoon & Glacier during the summer holidays that she would spent with her family back in her homeland.
In Sportstour she has found a family, where she has developed her passion for Chile being able to spread the word about this unique and beautiful country. She loves to create bespoke Journeys for her clients and she will devote her whole heart into what she does, especially Honeymooners and Patagonia experiences. Andrea is an outdoor-life lover, specially of snow, she likes to go to karaoke bars with friends, to practice snowboarding, horseback riding, trekking, and cooking.
Travel Consultant
Paula Alvayay
With studies in Journalism, Paula arrived last year bringing in her past experience in FIT & Group departments in the inbound travel industry as a result of her love for Chile's nature and culture blending with her other interests like languages, music and photography.
She strongly believes America -and indeed Chile- has so much to offer to travelers, the adventurous, the contemplative, the explorer, the foodie and wine lover, the nature seeker and the culture seeker all have a place here in this amazing country.
She also believes tourism is a relevant actor in the preservation of Chile's cultural and natural environments, and her goal is to give the best support and contribute as a reliable source of travel advice, information and inspiration.
Do you want to nurture your soul and waken your senses? Why not travel?!
LATIN AMERICA MARKET
GROUPS & INCENTIVE
Groups & incentives Travel Consultant
Claudia Rivera
Traveling is enriching, since by knowing new places and people we can share and learn from each culture, and appreciate how beautiful our planet is. Chile surprises by its natural beauty to have an immense variety of landscapes: deserts, lakes, volcanos, parks and glaciers.
The desire to know these places, I take to work in this area of tourism. He spent about 15 years working on Skorpios cruises that cross the fjords to the south of our country, and more than 10 years in tourism operators (B2C) giving advice to foreign passengers who wanted to know Chile. He currently works at Sportstou
Groups & incentives Travel Consultant
Rubí Zúñiga
Passionate about landscapes diversity of Chile and grateful to have shown various corners and products of our country to foreign visitors; as a tour guide in the beginning and then as a travel consultant, Tour Operators mainly from European Market.
She was born in Santiago, with studies in linguistics and French literature, a language that opened her the door to travel, visit the world and learn about other cultures.
She has worked for 25 years in Inbound Division of Travel Agencies. She has joined Sportstour only 1 year ago, contributing with her experience as a Groups & Incentives Travel Consultant, especially in French Market.
She loves literature, yoga and trekking in the wonderful mountains of Chile.
Groups & incentives Travel Consultant
Vicente Cuevas
Tourist Administrator with skills in technological and administrative management, with knowledge in reservation systems and advanced English. Able to sell, plan, coordinate, execute, verify, etc.
He joined the company in October 2016 to the Groups and Incentives area at Sportstour.
His main motivation is to make Chile known in a responsible and sustainable way.
He has the ability to easily join the work teams because he has gained experience working abroad.
Groups & incentives Travel Consultant
Valentina Román
Professional in tourism administration she started in Sportstour as a student in practice for the area of sales executive in long distance after 4 months she came part of the area of Groups and Incentives as Travel Consultant. Responsible and proactive committed to each proposed goal in her work. Her main responsibility is to promote and commercialize the destinations of Chile in order to advise clients from different places of the world in their trips of pleasure and business. Responsible for developing design and implementation of tourism programs according to the needs of each client.
CRUISE DIVISION
QUALITY & TRAFFIC
Quality Control Operator
Macarena Medina
Born in Santiago, Chile on March 24, 1993. With a tecnicature in tourism at Escuela de la Camara de Comercio, Macarena started to work with Sporstour as a quality operator.
Her biggest dream is to learn at least 5 languages, mainly German, Japanese and French, aside from improving her English.
She loves classic horror movies, and every kind of music.
