Linda Fiumara
Brand Director
Head of Receptour
Spoken languages: Italian, English, French
Born in Quebec with Italian origins, Linda is a soul-searching world traveler through experiences. Her passion for creating unique travel itineraries is the heartbeat of Receptour. After completing her degree in tourism and travel, Linda began her first internship over 20 years ago and hasn’t stopped working since. Having spent time in each department during her ascent to Director, she transmits her passion and knowledge to her team.
Alvin Basque
Director sales and products
Director of sales
Spoken languages: English, French and Spanish
Originally from a small Acadian town in New-Brunswick where his family ran a small motel and restaurant, Alvin has always had a passion for travel since a very young age. He wanted to see the world. His dream came true, when he decided to work as a destination Representative / Supervisor for a major Canadian Tour Operator. This brought him to spend 17 years working overseas primarily in Mexico and the Caribbean. He finally decided to come back to Canada in 2005. He has worked in the Receptive part of the industry, selling and organizing group travel to Canada and the U.S. ever since. Happy to be part of the Receptour Canada Team, he plans on continuing his passion for years to come.
Elorri Lasquibar
Business Development Manager for French-speaking markets
Spoken languages : French, english
Originally from Pays-Basque, Elorri began her career in France. For 9 years, she worked for a TO, both as an individual and group BtoB sales rep. This experience was rounded out by a position in an agency specializing in group travel. With 15 years’ experience in the tourism industry behind her, Elorri embarked on an expatriation to Quebec. Her adventure began at Receptour, where she worked for 8 months as a Group sales specialist. Eager to add another string to her bow, she worked for 1 year as a sales representative at Manoir du Lac Delage. Finally, she returned to her first love and took on the role of French Market Business Development Manager at Receptour. Ready for this new challenge, Elorri brings her expertise and her in-depth knowledge of the destination.
Morgane Guillet
Group Sales Specialist
Spoken languages: French, English
From her studies in communications and event management to her first steps in the tourism industry, Morgane’s desire to explore new horizons goes way back. Moving to Montréal was a childhood dream come true. Today, it’s her turn to inspire her clients to cross the Atlantic. Between two Excel files, she never misses a chance to head out and explore her adopted country, always with her film camera in hand. She then comes back even more motivated to plan Receptour’s next group trips.
Sarah Pelissou
Group Sales Supervisor
Spoken languages : French, english
From her childhood spent travelling the world, Sarah has retained the travel bug. When she was younger, it was only natural for her to study Tourism so that she could combine her passion with an international career. With her degree in hand, this perfectly bilingual thriller reader lived in the USA, New Zealand and Australia before settling in Montreal. Extremely committed and accustomed to customer relations, Sarah navigates our different markets with ease. Our supervisor makes the most of her free time to explore every corner of Canada. Her aim? To provide our customers with ever-better information, with the same attention to detail that characterises her.
Léa Jeanneau
Group Sales Specialist
Spoken languages : French, English
Léa is originally from Bordeaux, France, and fell in love with Canada several years ago. First Vancouver, then Toronto for her studies, and finally, she decided to settle down in Montréal for good. For her, there was little hesitation when it came to her career — the travel industry had always been an obvious choice. With an MBA specializing in Luxury and Tourism in hand, Léa honed her sales skills at Voyage Privé. She now brings her five-star customer service and radiant energy to the Receptour team!
Manon Beaudegel
Operations Manager for Guides & Transports
Languages spoken : Italian, English and French
After a few years working as a sales trainer in the Loire Atlantique region, Manon decided to settle in a colder country. Ready to leave everything behind to follow her dream of living in Canada, it is thanks to her diplomas in tourism and her experiences as an adventurous traveler around the world that she has developed the skills to operate the logistics of groups. What’s next? Probably a road trip in the Canadian countryside in pursuit of a herd of caribou!
Lucile Colombo
Operations department
Spoken languages : French, English
Lucile has just celebrated her fourth anniversary with the company. With her attention to detail and innate sense of organization, she always ensures your clients’ trips are a success from start to finish. Smitten with Montréal during a university exchange in 2019, she always knew she would come back to settle here. A passionate traveler, Lucile continues to explore her new country of adoption whenever she gets the chance. When she’s not at the office? You’ll find her wandering through a library aisle with her nose in a crime novel or enjoying brunch at a Montréal café!
Mathilde Bruel
Operations Coordinator
Spoken languages : French, english
Mathilde loves to joke that on her 18th birthday, she jumped on a plane to see the world! With a Bachelor’s degree in Economics and a Master’s in Tourism in hand, she headed to Réunion Island, under the coconut trees, for her first internship. Then, she set her sights on Montréal for an internship in Operations — which turned into a beautiful love story with Receptour. What does she enjoy most in her daily work at a receptive travel agency? The (often) moving feedback from clients who have experienced the trip of a lifetime. Mathilde is the team’s sports enthusiast: horseback riding, snowboarding, hiking, or climbing… if she’s not at the office, you’ll find her out in nature!
Louise Durand
Operations Coordinator
Spoken languages : French, english, notions of korean
Louise has an impressive and unconventional background. She holds a Bachelor’s degree in Applied Foreign Languages, English and Korean, followed by a Master’s degree in Tourism focused on the Chinese and Asian world. She has always had a strong desire to explore the globe. Despite her love for Asia, it was Canada and its vast landscapes that inspired her to come and complete her studies. After an initial internship in a group travel agency in France, she set her sights on Montréal and joined Receptour’s production department! As the story goes, Louise never left. Today, she brings her precision and eye for detail to the Operations team.
Miroslava Cadena
Product and purchasing manager
Spoken languages: Spanish, English, French
Originally from the high mountains of Bolivia, Miroslava graduated with a degree in tourism and French language certification. She began building her experience in incoming tourism, first as a tour guide, then in operations, marketing and management with a major French tour operator. Passionate about her work, she decided to come to Canada to enrich her career. As soon as she arrived, she landed a job with a major incoming tourism company. After several years, she turned to outbound tourism, before immersing herself in the hotel sector. It was with all these skills that she joined Receptour to return to her first love.
Mélissa Bouguelli
Marketing Coordinator
Spoken languages : French, English
Originally from France, Mélissa has worked in the Parisian media sphere for almost a decade. An agency journalist, she cut her teeth in the print media. She soon turned her attention to the audiovisual education she had acquired during her studies, working as a Reporter. Bitten by the travel bug at an early age, Mélissa took her pen in her rucksack to cover a good part of Europe. Curious and open to the world, she has had the chance to live in England, Denmark and Australia. Enriched by her experiences, she decided to settle permanently in Montreal. Since then, she has been involved in making Receptour shine on a daily basis.
Bamba Niang
Accountant
Languages spoken: French, English
Originally from Senegal, Bamba moved to Montreal in 2022. After studying accounting and auditing, he joined a major telecom company, where he worked in all finance departments. From this experience, he acquired a high degree of versatility and customer orientation, which led him to another company, as Sales Coordinator, then Sales Manager. A people person, Bamba quickly found his place on the Receptour team.