CORPORATE TOUR GUIDE TRAINING & TOURISM CONSULTING SERVICES

Global Gypsies is building a reputation as one of Western Australia's leading tourism training organisations, particularly for clients operating in remote areas. Professional training programs cover such activities as four-wheel-driving, towing, first aid, tours and activities programs, tour guide training and safari guide training.

We consult to clients in both the private and the public sector and recent clients include Australian Customs Service, WA Department of the Attorney General and Telfer Mines. We were also recently appointed by the prestigious new multi-million dollar Karijini Eco Retreat to create and manage a high profile Tours & Activities Program. The program will be intrinsic to the long-term success of the retreat and needed to be developed with cultural sensitivity, understanding of the local history, flora and fauna, consideration for the environment and appreciation of the target market.

Our brief involved researching and designing a broad range of tours and activities to appeal to various age groups and fitness levels, then recruiting and appointing the Tour Guides and managing the program on an ongoing basis. To view the results of this highly successful program, please visit http://www.karijiniecoretreat.com.au/index.site.recreation.6075.html

With the safari camp and tour guiding experience the Directors gained in East Africa and outback Western Australia, they are well placed to deliver expert consultation services to a range of tourism-related businesses operating in challenging environments. In addition to the training programs listed above, our backgrounds enable us to also offer professional advice on safari camp establishment, management and staffing and tourism promotion.

The company's founders and Directors, Jeremy Perks and Jan Barrie, work closely as a team in researching, developing, delivering, promoting and administering the company's Tourism Consultancy & Training Services.

Jeremy, former winner of the FACET Golden Guide (Tour Guide of the Year) Award, is a professional Safari Guide with experience in Australia and Africa. He is a qualified mechanic (petrol & diesel); experienced four-wheel-driver, holds C, HR, F endorsement and L licenses; is knowledgeable about flora and fauna; has a certificate in remote area first aid; has a Certificate IV in Workplace Training & Assessment; an Honorary Ranger with the Department of Environment and Conservation; is nationally accredited by Guiding Organisations Australia; attended the Aussie Host Customer Care program and is a hobby photographer.

He is a Board Member of Tour Guides WA; a Board Member of FACET (Forum Advocating Cultural & Eco Tourism); is the only commercial tour operator who was invited to participate in the State Government's Adventure Tourism Review Panel; is a member of the Desert Research Council CRC, a member of the State Government’s Tourism Industry Reference Group and is assisting Outdoors WA to develop accreditation standards for Tour Guides.

Formerly an officer in the South African Defence Force where he served in the equivalent of the SAS, for ten years Jeremy was Managing Director of a large communications and marketing company in South and East Africa. He left the corporate world to become Manager and Principle Tour Guide of the exclusive and award-winning Crater Lodge Tented Safari Camp in Kenya's Rift Valley and to indulge his love for the Great Outdoors.

When he immigrated to Australia in 1997, Jeremy established Global Gypsies with his partner and co-Director, Jan Barrie. Jan has extensive experience in public relations, journalism and tourism marketing and as a Travel Writer had her own weekly page in Kenya's daily newspaper with a readership of over 10 million.

Today, Global Gypsies operates quality, nature-based, soft-adventure 4WD "tag-along-tours" throughout the western half of Australia, runs escorted overseas tours, and provides a range of 4WD, towing and tour guide training and tourism consulting services to individuals, clubs and private and public sector organisations.

To find out how we can assist your organisation, please contact us today for a confidential discussion.