Shahar Shilo

NAME   Shahar Shilo
D.O.B.    30 May 1967
FAMILY STATUS   Married with 3 children
 
BEIT BERL COLLEGE:  1990 - 1993 Bachelor of Education in the art of "Israeli Studies" including certified tour guide and teacher.

AMERICAN WORLD UNIVERSITY: 2000-2001
M.B.A. in Business Management majoring in marketing and tourism.

HAIFA UNIVERSITY (2010) – writing a thesis about the history of tourism to the city of David.

GEOGRAPHICAL TOURS ORGANIZATION - NEOT HAKIKAR: 1993 Graduate for professional overseas tour guide (specializing in the Middle East).

1990 – 2011 – guiding and lecturing all over Israel. Lecturer abroad for the Ministry of Tourism: see details on the attached.

1995 – 2011 – Management of tourist sites and professional marketing of different sites throughout the country, specializing in the desert regions.

2000 -2009 - Manager of the national tour guides course, for the ministry of tourism in Israel.

2007 - 2011 - lecturer at the Ben Gurion University. The department of hotels and tourism management.

My tour guiding experience extends over the past 17 years including domestic and overseas tourism, specializing in Jordan, Turkey, Greece and Crete.

Within Israel my professional guidance aims mostly for the academic population, as I deal especially with the biblical history and archeology of the holy land. Most of my lectures and guided tours are in Jerusalem and the south of Israel.

In addition, I give a lot of seminars for professional tourist guides in ancient Jerusalem, and the deserts of Israel.

SPECIALISED AREAS OF INTEREST:

History & archeology of the Land of Israel, History and Biblical studies; Desert tourism and the challenges thereof, Literature and etymology, Flora & fauna, geography and landscapes of Israel; The Middle East.  

Following is some of my experience as a lecturer and guide
For the Israel Ministry of Tourism and others

2007 – 2011 teaching at the Ben Gurion University – the department of tourism and hotels management.

1998 Leading a seminar for overseas Travel Agents and tour guides along the Nabatean Perfume & Spice Route in the Negev desert.

1999 Lecturing for international Tourist Guides on a field seminar along the Nabatean Perfume & Spice Route.

2000 – 2011 senior guide and lecturer for students of the national tourist guide course all over Israel.

2005 Two international conferences organized by the I.M.O.T in Washington and New York. The lectures were presented to leading travel agents of the US and other countries, exposing Israel as an outstanding destination, and focusing on new developments, such as The City of David.

2006  leading a series of 4 lectures along the West Coast (US) for IMOT, highlighting Israel as a unique destination on the Eastern Mediterranean , and focusing on new developments.

2006 Lectures on behalf of the Municipality of Jerusalem and The City of David national park, highlighting the sites of Jerusalem at W.T.M London, and during an I.M.O.T- lead conference in Paris for promoting tourism to Israel.

2006 – 2007     Lectures held to Overseas travel agents attending I.M.T.M, highlighting Israel as a developing destination on the Eastern Mediterranean, and focusing on the new developments in Jerusalem.

1990 – 2011 guiding v.i.p guests for the government and for Jewish and Christian academic institutes and organizations.