Tom McNeill

9927 Kemp Forest Drive, Houston, TX 77080

(713) 854-0281   tmcneill@houston.rr.com                                   

 

Career Objective            Tour Director / ITMI Guide / Cruise Host                  

Tour Director/Manager Experience

    Great Smoky Mountains/Blue Ridge Parkway

    Austin/Texas Hill Country – Bluebonnets and Wildflower trail, Fredericksburg

    San Antonio, TX – Riverwalk, Alamo, Fiesta Celebration  

    All Southern States Tours

    American Queen Riverboat Tours, River Road Plantations

    Mississippi Delta – Tunica to Natchez

    Continental Divide & Estes Park – National Parks

    San Francisco to Eureka – Redwoods, Napa Valley & Sonoma  

Domestic Tour Experience/Destination Knowledge

•  SOUTHERN:  Texas –Dallas/Ft. Worth, San Antonio, Austin and Hill Country, Corpus Christi, the Valley, and Houston; Georgia – Savannah, Atlanta, Coastal Islands; North Carolina – Asheville/Biltmore Mansion, National Parks; South Carolina – Charleston; Alabama – All areas. (born & raised); Mississippi – Natchez, Vicksburg, Tunica, Battlefields; Louisiana – New Orleans, Baton Rouge, North Shore; Florida – Everglades, Miami, Key West, Orlando, St. Augustine, Ft. Lauderdale, Tampa; Tennessee – Knoxville, Nashville, Memphis, Chattanooga

•  NEW ENGLAND:  Massachusetts – Boston, Cape Cod, Sturbridge Village, Lexington/Concord, Plymouth, Hyannis; Maine – Bar Harbor; Connecticut – Mystic Seaport; Rhode Island - Newport

•  MID-ATLANTIC:  New York – Niagara Falls, Buffalo, New York City; Pennsylvania – Philadelphia; Washington D.C.; Delaware – Wilmington; Virginia – Mt. Vernon, Williamsburg, Monticello, Jamestown, Yorktown

•  EASTERN CANADA: Gaspe/Laurentians – Toronto

•  ROCKY MOUNTAIN:  Colorado – Denver, Colorado Springs, Rocky Mtn. Park, Vail, Aspen; Utah – Salt Lake

•  WESTERN:  California – San Francisco, Napa/Sonoma, Redwood Highway/Eureka, Los Angeles, San Diego; Nevada – Las Vegas; Arizona – Phoenix, Sedona; New Mexico – Taos, Santa Fe, Albuquerque, Carlsbad; Hawaii – Oahu, “Big Island”

•  PACIFIC NORTHWEST:  Washington – Seattle, Olympic Peninsula, Port Angeles, Puget Sound/Islands

•  WESTERN CANADA:  British Columbia – Victoria, Vancouver

•  MEXICO:  Cancun, Cozumel, Tulum, Acuña/Del Rio, TX  •          CARIBBEAN:  St. Lucia, Barbados, Belize, Roatan 

•  EUROPE:  France, Germany, Switzerland, Monaco, Italy, Greece, Turkey, Great Britain

Meeting / Event Planning - Experience

•  Corporate Meetings/Events/Team Building – 3M, Motorola, Dell Computer

•  State and National Association Conventions – Texala        •   Collegiate Spring Fling Chairman

•  Around Austin, Inc. – Event and Projects Manager           •   University Concert Planner

•  Medical Staff Meetings, Trips, Seminars to Kansas, Hawaii, Mexico, Canada – Hospital Administration

•  Owner, Destination Management Company, Texala Enterprises

•  Sales Manager, Adam’s Mark – major hotel chain corporate/association/fraternal

•  High School/Collegiate Sports Official                           •  Camping Director, Bluegrass Festival

•  Director, Alabama City Parks and Recreation              •   Professional Print Model

•   Healthcare Hospital Administrator/Consultant

 

Education

•  International Tour Management Institute, San Francisco - Certified Tour Director

•  North Alabama, Florence – Bachelor of Science in Biology, Chemistry, Political Science

•  Professional Tour Guide Association of Houston, TX.  CPR/First Aid Certified