Alumni Office Hours with Jessica Vandermey (BA '14)

Wednesday, November 24, 2021 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm EST (GMT -05:00)
Photo of Jessica Vandermey with caption saying, Alumni Office Hours event series.

Be one of 30 people to join Jessica Vandermey, Sales Director at Kensington Tours, for a casual conversation on her career journey. Jessica will share highlights from her career and experiences working in the tourism industry.

Expect to learn about:

  • finding your dream job,
  • working your network,
  • trying new things, and
  • pursuing your passions!

Please submit a question for Jessica and come ready to add to the chat!

About Jessica

My name is Jessica Vandermey and I graduated from the Tourism & Parks Management Program at UWaterloo in 2014. Upon graduating, I worked in both Community Municipal Recreation and Sport Events Management. Despite enjoying these roles, I always knew I wanted to return to working in Travel. Following a multi-month journey through South-East Asia, I returned to Canada keen to find work in travel again.

I came across Kensington Tours - a luxury tour operator that specialized in fully customized private-guided adventures all over the world. I worked as a Destination Expert specializing in Asia & the South Pacific for 3.5 years. My day-to-day involved working with clients to tailor their customized journeys perfectly to their tastes, personalizing their trips to their hopes and dreams for their travel. This included piecing together their preferred hotels, unique touring experiences with expert local guides and transportation between their desired destinations. I would consult based on my knowledge of the region and work with the clients from design to trip completion. In the last year and a half, I stepped into the role of Director of Sales for the Asia Pacific Team at Kensington Tours and manage a team of fabulous Destination Experts who have extensive destination knowledge of a range of countries. Many Kensington Tours employees have lived in and/or traveled these countries extensively, giving them the destination knowledge that these clients require to curate their dream journey.