Magali Chisholm

President

I came to the US when I was 14 years old.  My first encounter with the country was in Colorado, in Fort Collins.  I spent 2 months with a family.  My English was not that good, but they were so nice and so welcoming that I had a blast.  They took me around Colorado, from Mesa Verde to Durango to Great Sand Dunes.  I came back year after year.  I studied in UCSD, in La Jolla, which is certainly one of the most beautiful spots on earth.  I went back to Paris and worked in the fashion industry for a while and was always in touch with the US for my job.  I was lucky enough to do a 2 months road trip through all the great parks of the west between two jobs.  I ended up in the tourism industry and only worked with the US market so every three months, I was going from NYC, to Philadelphia, Miami, Dallas, LA and Seattle.  I then met my husband in New York (yes, it was a professional meeting that changed my life!) and never returned to Europe, except for holidays. I can almost say, I’ve been everywhere, man!  There are very few states where I have not set foot!

3 Favorite destinations in North America

New York, because this is where I met my husband but also because I love cities and NYC is the CITY!

Santa Monica, because I fell in love with the Pacific Ocean.  There is something magic about the sunset from a rooftop terrace in Santa Monica!

Utah, sleeping in Zion is a moving experience!

3 Favorite food experience in North America

Eating a crab sandwich in a New England clam shack in Maine

Having afternoon tea in Victoria island

Eating tacos Al Pastor in Mexico City

Famous words to live by

‘Never give up’

Top 3 destinations on my bucket list:

Fogo Island, walk part of the Pacific Crest Trail, go to Churchill to see the Polar Bears

Kim Chisholm

Vice-President / Sales Executive

I was born in Paris but moved to Massachusetts when I was 6 months old.  I lived in Andover, near Boston, until I was twelve and my parents divorced.  I followed my mother in Paris.

I returned to the US when I was 21 years old and started working for the French Government Tourist Office promoting France.  I then moved to San Francisco and returned to New York after a couple of years and become the Marketing Director for Maison de la France.  I travelled extensively in the US  for leisure and business.  I conducted travel agents seminar series and some trade shows.  

3 Favorite destinations in North America

San Francisco for the cool Pacific nights, the smell of eucalyptus, the western & Victorian architecture and the variety of surrounding landscapes

New York City because it is a big village, we all like to call home, once you get to know it

Portland Maine for its Atlantic breeze, screaming seagulls and amazing restaurants scene

3 Favorite food experience in North America

She crab soup in Charleston

Fried clam bellies in New England

Oyster Po’ boy sandwich in New Orleans

Famous words to live by

‘On the road again….raod trip’

Top 3 destinations on my bucket list

Montana, Yucatan, Banff