German speaking tour guide hired - Lotty Burgess
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Thistle Excursions is delighted to announce the recruitment of its first Tour Guide, dedicated only to working at the Thistle organisation.
Her name is Lotty Burgess and she has lived locally for over 40 years, originally from Switzerland, she is a native German speaker and also speaks fluent English/Scottish. Over the next few weeks she will undergo a rigorous training programme, to provide her with in depth knowledge of all the venues Thistle will visit and to equip her to be able to fully inform the Thistle guests about the Highlands and its history.
Speaking about this exciting new venture, Thistle Excursion’s owner, Maxine Smith, said,
I have known Lotty for 35 years and am delighted she can join my new company. She will be a major asset. Not only does she come equipped with an in depth knowledge of this area and the Highlands, but she is a lovely person. Lotty retired a few years ago, but after running her own organisation, feels that she still has much more to offer.
I know our German cruise guests much prefer a tour delivered in their own language and Lotty is ideally placed to do this for them. Thistle is trying to recruit Italian and Spanish speakers also for the 2020 season, but in 2019 will be offering German and English tours only, although the tours will all be translated into German, Italian and Spanish. Should guests email us ahead requesting other languages we will facilitate this also.
Lotty added,
I was over the moon when Maxine approached me at the end of last year to tell me about her exciting new project and immediately jumped at the chance to use my language skills and to show people around the Highlands, a place I live in and love. I look forward to my training and starting next year with Thistle Excursions.
To contact Thistle, please see their website or email ThistleExcursion@aol.com, or telephone 0044 7751 227367.