OUR TEAM IN SHANGHAI

Rick Xie
A native of Shanghai, when Rick was still a college student, he made a journey along the Three Gorges before the upper reaches were completely flooded overland.  The journey took 2 weeks after which he decided to devode himself to the travel industry.  He worked for CITS Shanghai and Grand Circle Travel (US) since 1996 and served as the COO of SH Travel service  for 5 years before joining Country Holidays.  When not working, Rick enjoys reading history and biography books, swimming and keeping cats with his wife.  

Favorite travel experience: Japan, Germany & Thailand
Next on your travel dream list: African Safari, South America & Antartica

Selene Liu
Selene fell in love with traveling when she was young. She enjoys exploring the remote corners of the world and joined Country Holidays to realize her travel dream after graduating from the university.

Through books and familiarizaion trips, Selene is now familiar with most of Country Holidays' itineraries. She impresses with her sincerity; always trying her best to plan the most memorable trip for her clients.

Favorite travel experience: In Thailand - cruising down river on longtail boat trip, hiking through paddy fields, riding onelephant at dawn in a bamboo forest, enjoying sugarcanes for breakfast and taking afternoon dips in the river, making elephant friends and learning to "drive" with experienced mahouts!
Next on your travel dream list: Myanmar

Susie Zhao
Susie loves to collect all kinds of coins since she was a little child. Her interest in coin collection sparkled  after her uncle brought home coins from overseas. Since then, Susie's dream is to be able to travel all over the world and add on to her coin collection. She worked for a ticketing agency before getting her dream job in Country Holidays. Since working as a tour consultant, she had the opportunity to travel to Cambodia, Vietnam, India, Singapore, Thailand and many parts of China that she haven't even heard of.

While traveling, she enjoys making new friends and keeping in touch with them. Her slogan is "Experience counts more than anything".

Favorite travel experience: Walking along the Angkor Wat, walking along the rice terraces in Bhutan.
Next on your travel dream list: Nepal, South America, Tanzania & Antartica

Jenny Sun
Jenny is an optimistic and cheerful lady. She fell in love with travel when she started traveling with her grandparents since she was four. She hoped to cover more corners of the world and chose a travel career after graduation. Joining Country Holidays enables her to fulfill her dream to travel to more remote destinations.

Favorite travel experience: Spend the lazy and nothing to do afternoon in the Thailand's nice beach.
Next on your travel dream list: Tibet, Athens, Egypt
 

Annie Dong
"know thyself" is one of the aphorism which was inscribed in the forecourt of the Temple of Apollo at Dephi. Apparently, it's the least state of mind I could obtain. Desire and passion, which I live on; tranquility and rationality, which I've been seeking for. Don't give me wrong on my stubborn, it's natural for me to attentively play a game we called life. I traveled a lot on my own, bitter loneliness I've tasted, astonishing scenery I've witnessed and my journey to discover the planet will never stop.

 

Junli Peng

Traveling makes up Junli's life. She established the habit of traveling alone in her twenties and is always on the lookout for unique experiences diverging from the beaten path. Nothing gives her more pleasure than exploring a new destination. Junli loves this planet so much she wants the entire world to share in the culture, history and magnificent surroundings and takes great pride in showing travelers the heart and soul of the world we live in.

 

Favorite travel experience: Hiking and horse riding in Xiahe (South Gansu).  Exploring the back streets of Hong Kong
Next on your travel dream list: Xinjiang, Japan, Turkey

OUR TEAM IN HQ

Tan Siew Yim, Co Founder
Siew Yim started her first job with a reputable travel agent after getting a Business degree. She had good fun organizing adventure trips for her clients and working with a bunch of travel craze colleagues. She left to experience life in a bank but realized that a desk bound job is not suited for her. She made a "comeback" in the travel agent scene after realizing her passion was in travel and set up Country Holidays with her husband Theng Hwee. It was a "dream come true" when she landed in Antarctica in 1996. Travel allows her to enjoy her other hobbies - photography and writing. To her, it's a joy to travel to a destination and having the experience and photographs published in a prestigious magazine!

Favorite travel experience: Skiing & Dog sledding in the Colorado rockies!
Next on your travel dream list: Finland and the Ice Hotel
 

Chang Theng Hwee, Founder
As a boy, Theng Hwee was already fascinated with maps and his most prized gift from his father was a Singapore Road directory when he was seven! He would spend his free time tracing maps and memorizing the bus numbers and route. It was a dream come true when he took his first train ride to Malaysia. Travel has always been in Theng Hwee's blood and he spent much time organizing trips for his friends in his university days.
He pursues his travel dream by setting up Country Holidays after working for a few years at the bank. He started from scratch by handling all sales and operations and is pleased that he has established Country Holidays as a reputable agent and took a big step forward to set up overseas offices. Today, he is busy but happy globe trotting around taking care of his three children (when he travels for leisure) and three overseas offices (when he travels for business).

Favorite travel experience: Safari in Botswana
Next on your travel dream list: West Africa and Journey Into Timbuktu.