About me
I started scrubbing decks and ended up running the whole ship
I joined Royal Caribbean in 2007 as cruise staff. Since then I have been cruise director for ten cruise lines, I have run shore excursions on the largest ship in the world, and today I advise the people who want to book their own.
Career
20+ years, ten cruise lines
2024 — today
Cruise Specialist · Norwegian Cruise Line
I advise clients planning their cruise, handle bookings and tailor every trip to what each passenger is looking for.
2022 — 2024
Cruise Director · Mano Cruises, SeaDream and Scenic River Cruises
Entertainment direction out of Haifa, shore excursion management on luxury yachts and the enrichment programme on Europe’s river cruises.
2015 — 2020
Princess Cruises, Cruise & Maritime and Royal Caribbean
Cruise director on the Crown, the Sun and the Dawn Princess out of Sydney, and on the Magellan and the Columbus out of London. Then shore excursions on the Oasis of the Seas.
2007 — 2015
From cruise staff to cruise director
I started in Galveston with Royal Caribbean in 2007. Then the Brilliance and the Jewel of the Seas, Iberocruceros with the Grand Celebration and the Grand Holiday, and Pullmantur on the Sovereign of the Seas.
Cruise lines I have sailed with
Royal Caribbean · Princess Cruises · Norwegian Cruise Line · Pullmantur · MSC Cruises · Iberocruceros · SeaDream Yacht Club · Scenic River Cruises · Cruise & Maritime Voyages · Mano Cruises
Ports
94 countries, and the ones still to come
From the Caribbean to Alaska, from the Mediterranean to Australia. These are some of the ports where I have worked.
Cargando el mapa…
Drag to spin the globe and click any golden point.
Five languages
Spanish, English, German, Italian and Portuguese. On a ship carrying passengers of twenty nationalities, that is not CV decoration.
Education
Master’s in Marketing and Commercial Management from Fundesem Business School and a degree in Labour Relations from the University of Alicante.
On board
The job, in photographs
All of this can be learned
Nineteen lessons covering the road I took, from the first email to the first contract.