Brief Bio of Sandy Dhuyvetter
(In depth bio Click HERE)

Sandy is the founder and president of Celestialink LLC the parent company for all the TravelTalk series of programming.

Ms. Dhuyvetter's technical and creative background has enabled her to develop a communication platform that has grown in the last 9 years to become the premier travel programming preferred by over 140 countries each month and 22,000 visitors each day to her Web site.

She is highly regarded as a technologist as well as a superior communicator, always getting the facts to her audiences while treating her guests with respect and making them feel comfortable.  Sandy has developed thousands of hours of visibility and opportunity through her radio and TV programming for hundreds of companies who are in the travel and lifestyle sector.

RECENT NEWS:

    In February 2010, Sandy becomes US AID Media Specialist for Palestine.

    In December 2009, Sandy joins the Board of Advisors for the MENA Travel Awards in Dubai

    In November 2002, Sandy wrote the Foreward to Tourism Through Peace to be published in May 2010.

    In October 2009, Sandy and team begin broadcasting BusinessTravelRADIO

    In September 2009 Sandy becomes spokesperson of Collette Vacations

    In August 2009, Sandy appointed as an editor for The Journal of Tourism and Peace Research in Holland.

     In July 2009, Sandy becomes active in strategic alliance of The Corporate Council on Africa.

    In June 2009 Sandy participated in the American Moroccan Professional in America forum in Casablanca.

·         In October 2008, Sandy signed an agreement with China Education Media Group to form a new Travel  
    Channel in China. Sandy will produce and acquire programming for this new station.

·        In Oct 2007, Sandy was named as a member of the board of advisors for the internationally acclaimed
   Stenden University, Department of Media and Entertainment Management.
   Click URL to read more. www.traveltalkradio.com/PR_chnuniversity_jul22_07.html

·         In July 2007, Sandy was appointed to the private sector advisory committee for the Transportation Security
    Administration as part of her DHS responsibilities.

·         In December 2006, the US Department of Homeland Security appointed Sandy to the Secure Borders and
    Open Doors Advisory Committee.  Click URL to read more.  
     www.traveltalkradio.com/PR_dhs_dec14_06.html

·         Sandy and Dr. Sun Yat-sen, a special documentary in Chinese and English was awarded 1^st Prize for the
    2006 Final Radio Report Contest in Nanjing China.
    Click URL to read more. www.traveltalkradio.com/PR_chinaradioprize_mar07.html

·         TravelTalkRADIO was honored to receive the 6th Annual Tanzania Tourism Board Media Award in 2006.
    Click URL to read more.  www.traveltalkradio.com/PR_may02_mediaaward_06.html

Ms Dhuyvetter obtained her undergraduate and teaching degrees at Arizona State University in illustration and design. Sandy served as adjunct professor at Mission College in Santa Clara where she taught computer graphics. Sandy is also a 1995 graduate of the Pac Bell sponsored Entrepreneurial Incubator program for multi-media based businesses in the Bay Area and Silicon Valley. She frequently speaks to audiences addressing such subjects as the use of a combination of Radio, TV and Web technologies in the successful promotion of trade and the development of global business relationships through highly effective marketing and communication campaigns.

Sandy is an experienced world traveller having visited over 50 countries and posses an extensive knowledge of international business practices and customs up to and including ministry and ambassadorship levels. Her ability to produce and distribute world class programming is widely acclaimed.

Ms. Dhuyvetter believes that international travel and tourism constitute a huge economic engine capable of paving the way to increased opportunities for countries and their people. She also believes women are one of the major driving forces behind tourism and she enjoys highlighting those countries that applaud and honour their women as an integral foundation of the society. Her participation in Tourism4Peace.com, a Middle Eastern forum on tourism and peace is what excites Sandy the most in her work. www.tourism4peace.org

Her passion is to encourage efforts that attract cultural exchange and understanding and to continue to work toward providing visibility to emerging and developing tourism destinations around the world. She believes international exchanges and collaborations will ultimately attract world peace.