Educational travel expert who understands the business

Juergen Gemmeke Ph.D. is a senior marketing- and business development executive in the international study abroad and language travel industry. He has been serving as Vice President and COO Marketing and Business Development to the Managing Partners of SITE Services for International Travel & Education in Bonn, Germany, where he now runs an "International Education Consultancy".

Before joining SITE in 2004, Juergen had a distinguished career with LAL Sprachreisen / FTI Tourism Group Munich, Germany (online-marketing since 1997) and the Eurocentres Foundation in Zurich, Switzerland (international marketing).

Juergen´s present interests lie in the areas of business development and in marketing education abroad services and programmes on an international level, for private as well as public institutions.

Since joining the industry of international education providers over twenty years ago, Juergen has set up a worldwide network, regularly attending workshops and conferences such as FIYTO / ALTO, English UK, ALPHE Workshops, ICEF Workshops, EAQUALS, NAFSA, The Forum, PATA.

Juergen published a case study on the Open University, UK. He has - on a national level - contributed to the work of the Association of German Language Travel Agents FDSVand the Federal German Foreign Language Competition - Bundeswettbewerb Fremdsprachen.

On a pan-European level Juergen is involved with EAQUALS, on an international level (Pacific Asia) he serves as a Committee Member to the PATA Education & Training Board.

Juergen has especially contributed to the field's needs to define standards for the Study Abroad Industry.

Juergen is a political scientist and holds a Ph.D. from the University of Constance, Germany.

Presentations & Workshops

During the year 2005, I gave the following presentations:

1. Quality Management in Foreign Language Teaching: A Case study on EAQUALS
   (European Association of Quality Language Services)
   at: Annual Meeting, German Schools in South America, Bariloche, Argentina.
2. Risk Management in Study Abroad Programmes.
   at: Annual General Meeting of the AASAP
   (American Assoc. Study Abroad Advisors), Syracuse University London Campus, UK.
3. EFL and the Language of Risk,
   at: EAQUALS Autumn 2005 General Meeting, Athens, Greece
4. Erfolgsfaktoren für den Verkauf von Sprachreisen im Reisebüro.
   at: Travel Talk Lounge / FVW, Hamburg, Germany

Trade Fairs & Workshops

Come and see me at the following key industry events in 2008: