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MEET THE STAFF

Anderson Vacations prides ourselves on our primary focus being our staff’s knowledge and expertise. We are known and respected in the Canadian market for our specialists knowledge on Canada as a destination, and we rely on this as our point of difference and never undervalue this key ingredient in our success.

We are pleased to present the Anderson Team.

Corey Marshall
President/ CEO
cmarshall@andersonvacations.ca

Corey Marshall founded Anderson Vacations in 1994 and is the President and CEO. Corey’s think outside the box mentality, and entrepreneurial vision works its way through the Anderson Team who all drive to ensure Canada, Australia, New Zealand and the South Pacific Islands are destinations of choice for world wide travellers. Corey's commitment is also to both Anderson's retail, and supplier partners. Anderson could not do what they do without strong relationships built on trust and expert, specialised knowledge, with both retail consortia's, as well as individual travel agencies, and as importantly their hotel, car rental, attraction, transportation and airline partnerships.

Karen McCardle
Product Director
kmccardle@andersonvacations.ca

Karen McCardle has worked in the international travel industry for over 15 years. Originally from Auckland, New Zealand, and formerly of Greyhound, Discover Holidays, Adventure World New Zealand, and House of Travel, she brings a wealth of experience in the product directing role. Her no worries attitude and passion towards Canada as a destination is seen in everything that she does.

Heather Huska
Escorted Product Manager
hhuska@andersonvacations.ca

Heather has been working for Anderson Vacations for 12 years, which has fired up her passion for travel and visiting new and exciting destinations, not only for herself but for our travelers as well. She was able to share a truly wonderful experience with her husband and 18 passengers on a trip to China a few years ago and she is looking forward to more opportunities to visit these exotic locations. She hopes to travel to New Zealand and Australia in the next year or two, but even our own country offers great destinations too!

Vasil Vladinski
Operations Manager
vvladinski@andersonvacations.ca

Vasil graduated from the International Baccalaureate program in his high school in 2004. In 2007 he graduated with honors from the “Travel and Tourism” program at the Southern Alberta Institute of Technology. With having traveled extensively through Europe and North America in his younger years, it wasn’t till 2008 when he discovered his real passion traveling through Canada and the South Pacific. That is exactly why Anderson Vacations was the natural FIT. In 2009 Vasil went to New Zealand and got to visit the beautiful Coromandel Peninsula, Experience the Maori Culture in Rotorua, Went 4 wheel driving in Queenstown, Rode the Shotover Jet boat, and took a cruise in the virgin water of Milford Sound. His Trip in New Zealand finished with a night on the town in Christchurch and visits to the Antarctic Museum and Hagley Park.

Heather Matthews
Tour Division Manager
hmatthews@andersonvacations.ca

Heather graduated with a Bachelor of Commerce from The University of Auckland in 2007, majoring in Marketing and Management. Following graduation she spent 2 years traveling extensively through the UK and Western Europe before returning home to New Zealand where she gained industry experience working for The Tourism Exchange New Zealand in Sales and Marketing. In 2010 Heather moved to Calgary to join the Anderson Vacations team as the Tour Division Manager. Having been lucky enough to travel widely with her role, she has a true passion for Canada & Alaska, with a couple of highlights from the past few years being the Churchill Polar Bears, and a Mt McKinley Glacier landing in Alaska.

Krystal Langenberg
Business Development Manager Eastern Canada
Krystal@andersonvacations.ca

Krystal has worked for the past 11 years in the travel industry. Krystal started out as a travel agent, moved on to becoming a travel sales manager and most recently worked as a business development manager for Thomas Cook. She brings a wealth of travel experience and knowledge to her agent partners, and is excited to work with travel agents in her territory to help them sell Anderson's extensive range of holidays throughout North America and the South Pacific.

Jim Warren
Director of Business Development – USA
jwarren@andersonvacations.ca

A native of British Columbia and graduate of the University of British Columbia, Jim Warren is an experienced travel industry professional with sales & marketing expertise in Domestic and International markets. Over the past 40 years he has held senior positions as a Tour Operator, Destination Marketing Manager, and Tour Supplier in both Canada and the United States. For many years Jim has been actively involved in travel industry governance. He is currently chair for the NTA (National Tour Association) Canadian Task force and recently completed a 5-year term on their Board. Jim and his wife Terree live in Kearney, Nebraska where he currently holds the position of Director of Business Development – USA for Anderson Vacations.

Heather Murray
Escorted Tour Operations and Sales Manager
hmurray@andersonvacations.ca

Heather Murray was born and raised in Simcoe, ON where she was able to experience yearly vacations to the desirable Caribbean and a had a chance to visit Spain and explore North America. Heather graduated in 2010 from the Tourism Management – Business Development Program from Niagara College. After graduating Heather decided to move out west for the mountains and landed herself a role with Anderson Vacations in the Tour and Charter side of the business. Her main focus when travelling is to be immersed in the culture of a destination to experience food and meet with the locals, she has her eye on Africa and the South Pacific!

Rene Keller
Tour & Travel Coordinator
rkeller@andersonvacations.ca

Rene has been working with Anderson Vacations for over two years. From a young age, Rene travelled throughout the Western Canada. After moving to Calgary in 2003, the exploration of the Rockies continued to expand. She has spent countless hours at the mountain resorts of British Columbia and Alberta in the winter months. Her passion grew when she began travelling overseas; it was then that she realized she wanted to continue with her education. She graduated from the Travel and Tourism program at SAIT Polytechnic in 2012. While with Anderson, Rene has traveled to both the Cook Islands and New Zealand. There is so much more to see and experience throughout Canada and the South Pacific for Rene and her clients. That is what Rene loves about the travel industry; sharing her knowledge while adding to her client's experience of new locations, different cultures and stunning landscapes.

Adam Brown
Tour & Travel Coordinator
abrown@andersonvacations.ca

Adam was first bitten by the travel bug in high school after a trip through Central Europe. After graduating from college in New Brunswick with a diploma in Hospitality and Tourism with a focus on Restaurant and Culinary, he moved to England. Backpacking through more than 20 countries in Europe, Asia, Africa, and Australia he finally returned home and has travelled extensively across North America. Adam recently graduated from university with a Bachelor of Arts, majoring in International Relations. His goal is to encourage others to leave behind their preconceptions, treat life as an adventure, and explore as much as possible of our global playground.

Kalyse Bradley
Tour and Travel Coordinator
kbradley@andersonvacations.ca

Kalyse has been in the Travel industry for the last 5 years selling Cruise Vacations and travel vacations to Canada. Originally from New Zealand she has recently moved to Canada after coming here on an agent trip and falling in love with the country. Her most memorable part of the trip was the Rocky Mountaineer which was a once in a life time experience and she now sells with confidence. She brings to Anderson vacations her knowledge of Canada travel vacations and her expertise in South Pacific travel. She looks forward to her time in Canada with Anderson Vacations and is excited that she will get to attend the 2013 Calgary Stampede.

Hala Chamseddine
Tour and Travel Coordinator
hchamseddine@andersonvacations.ca

Hala is one of the newest members to join the Anderson team. She has worked with us part time for the past year, gaining experience while she attended SAIT Polytechnic. She has now graduated from the Travel and Tourism program and is here full time sharing her knowledge with our clients. She has a true passion for traveling and loves learning about all of the little wonders around the world.

Polly Britten
Assistant Custom Groups & Charters Manager
pbritten@andersonvacations.ca

Polly studied Event Management and Tourism for 5 years before graduating in 2009 to pursue a career as a Travel Agent. On a wim, she decided to travel across the world and live in Canada in 2011 and with extensive travel experience throughout Australia and New Zealand, the South Pacific Islands, Asia, Europe, Africa, and the Middle East, living in a new country came naturally. Polly enjoys skiing and has skied almost all the resorts in British Columbia and Alberta along with hiking, camping and fishing in Summer.

Peri McCardle
Marketing Coordinator
pmccardle@andersonvacations.ca

Born in New Zealand, Peri moved to Canada 8 Years ago. Since then she has been following in her family footsteps and has found a passion for travel. Peri started working in the travel industry as a front desk clerk in a hotel while working part time at Anderson Vacations in the accounting department. Since then with her interest in design and marketing she has moved into the marketing department where she gets to promote some of her all time favorite places to travel. One of Peris favorite trips was her most recent trip to New Zealand where she got to experience a new part of where she comes from in a brand new light doing a road trip from Christchurch to Queenstown in the south Island.

Brian Noble
Senior Tour Director

Brian has worked with Anderson Vacations for the past seven years as a driver guide taking people from around the world to places in Western Canada and the US leaving his guests with a fun filled and educational experience that they could all treasure once they returned home. With an extensive background in the field of municipal recreation he has created a unique method of making vacation travel very interesting.

Kathy Frankiw
Senior Tour Director

Kathy has been with Anderson Vacations for the past thirteen years. She does not only enjoy travelling, but she has much empathy for and enjoys working with seniors. She loves her job as tour director and is a proud team member of Anderson Vacations. Always very interested in the bus travel industry, Kathy escorted her first tour back in 1975. She continued to work for the bus tour industry during every summer since then till her retirement from a teaching career and joined Anderson Vacations in 1999. She enjoys seeing and learning about any destination, but prefers the shorter tours.

Willo Jones
Senior Tour Director

After eighteen years of tour directing, Willo still finds excitement and great pleasure in taking our Anderson Vacation guests on their adventures. She received her Tour Directing certification in San Francisco at the International Tour Management Institute in 1996 and brings a high level of professionalism to our company. Her greatest joy nowadays comes from being Grandma to granddaughter, Ella. And if you've been on one of her tours, you've likely seen Ella's picture. A proud and devoted Grandma for sure!

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