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23 Iuly 2015
To Whom it May Concern Re: Enrique Rick Salaberry
I have known Rick Salaberry since he was CEO of Hispanoamerica Travel in 1989 and have
followed his career with a number of companies. Rick has always impressed me as an honest and
trustworthy person and a true travel industry professional. I had a lot of contact with Rick
between between 1996-1999 when he was the CEO of Intertours. He was a partner in owning a
wholesale tour operator specialising in Israel called Travel Israel at the time I was Director of the
Israel Government Tourism Office. Rick did an outstanding job in raising the profile of that
company from a standing start and was very involved in presenting at the national road shows I
ran for both the Israel Tourism Office 1994-2006 and the Eastern Mediterranean Tourism
Association between 2000-2012. Rick has excellent business instincts and certainly has a very
deep understanding of the tourism industry
Rick has a varied travel career which gives him a broad perspective of many of the key sectors of
the tourism industry. He is personable, diligent and has a great capacity to both operate as a team
member and also as a leader.
As a tourism educator I value Rick's counsel when deciding what to teach my undergraduate and
postgraduate tourism industry students, especially those issues which are relevant to the industry.
I have no hesitation is recommending Rick as a great asset to any travel company which seeks the
services ofa top tourism professional and a man ofimpeccable character
Sincerely
Dr David Beirman Ph.D
Senior Lecturer-Tourism
Management Discipline Group, UTS Business School
University of Technology- Sydney
Tel02 9514 5159 E mail david.beirman-2@uts.edu.au