Sunny
Land Tours, Inc.
History
Sunny
Land Tours was established in 1964 by Elie Sidawi, and
incorporated in New Jersey in 1969.
Elie
grew up in Lebanon, and as a young man he 
was working for one of the largest tour operators in the
world. He started Sunny Land Tours immediately after
coming to the United States, and in a mere couple years Sunny
Land grew to be one of the largest specialists to Egypt and
the Middle East, and had been known as a Mediterranean and
Middle East specialist tour operator until early 1980s.
By
mid 1980 company expanded its product line to Central America
and South America, and as a result of this move Costa Rica,
Brazil, Peru and Galapagos have become one of Sunny Land's
most important destinations.
Today
Sunny
Land Tours today is a financially stable privately held
family business, with over 40 years experience, dedicated to
providing the ultimate satisfaction to their valued
clientele
Sunny
Land Tours today is a financially stable tour operator and a
member of USTOA $1 Million Travelers Assistance
Plan.
After
40 years, and tens of thousands of satisfied customers, the
company still grows at a pace of 15% to 20% annually.
Sunny
Land provides a friendly and nurturing atmosphere to its
employees. Majority of the company's employees have been
with the company over 10 years, which translates into having a
very competent and knowledgeable team to serve clients better.
Sunny
Land takes pride in investing in and educating its sales
agents: company's all sales agents have visited most of the
key destinations featured. Retail travel agents and
travelers alike, appreciate Sunny Land's friendly and personal
attention and unbeatable destination knowledge.
Award
Winning Sunny Land Tours
Sunny
Land has been recognized and received many awards by the
governments of Kenya, Turkey, Egypt, Jordan, Venezuela and
Costa Rica for its help in developing tourism to these
countries.
Sunny
Land Tours is the only two time recipient of the "Amigo
de Costa Rica" Award (1995 and 2002). Amigo de
Costa Rica is regarded as the highest award for tourism to
Costa Rica.
Lori
Sidawi, President of Sunny Land Tours, Costa Rica, S.A. is best recognized f
or
her efforts toward blending ecotourism into traditional
product lines and for introducing the ecotourism destinations
of Central and South America.
Most notable is her involvement with the Costa Rican tourism
industry; in 1995, Sunny Land Tours was awarded an honor of
excellence by the former president Jose Maria Figueres.
Earlier in her carrier Lori, has also won the 100 Rising Stars
Award given by the Travel Agent Maga
zine,
and she has been chosen among the Top 100 Most Influential
Women of the Travel Industry.
Jose Luis Cabada, as an Advisor to Management on Special
Projects, also works on Central and South American Product
Development, is a native of Costa Rica, and is one of the
biggest assets of Sunny Land Tours to deliver vacations with
an insider's perspective. Above he is with the
newly elected President of Costa Rica Miguel Angel Rodriguez
at the Inaugural Ceremony, in May 1998.
