| Geoffrey A. P. Groesbeck |
last modified:
September 5, 2010 |
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Membership profile
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Geoffrey A. P. Groesbeck |
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Professional title
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Fellowships Programmes Director; Latin American Development Officer |
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Address |
Casilla #3185
Santa Cruz de la Sierra
BOLIVIA
Callejón Velazco 1
Colonia Centro
Zacatecas, Zac. 98000
MÉXICO
P. O. Box #2277
South Hamilton, MA 01982-0277
USA |
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Telephone (day)
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see below |
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Telephone (evening)
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see below |
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Fax:
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Mobile
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+592 (3) 3524819 [Bol.] / +1 (617) 8354700 [USA] |
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E-mail
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gapg@comcast.net |
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Website 1
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http://www.chiquitania.com |
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Website 2
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http://www.colonialvoyage.com/boliviamissions.html |
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Biography |
One could say travel runs in Geoff's family. A descendant of the hardy souls who founded much of New England and further afield (French Guiana, anyone?), Geoff spent his formative years alternating between Portugal's relentlessly sunny Algarve coast and Massachusetts' occasionally sunny North Shore.
Between incessant trips abroad, Geoff studied Japanese at Harvard and then technology transfer at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He switched gears after university, walking a fine line between jaunts in global finance and financing global jaunts, before deciding upon the latter as an infinitely preferable vocation.
He has written and lectured extensively on Argentina, Mexico, Paraguay and especially Bolivia, in particular as regards the remote and beautiful Chiquitania.
Author or co-author of several best-selling travel guides, his works are considered without peer and have been translated into 12 languages. His articles and photographs have appeared in some of the world's best-known magazines, newspapers, and academic journals. His most recent guide, Footprint Mexico (2nd ed) was published in Europe and North America in 2010.
Considered one of the world's leading experts on the Jesuit missions of the Chiquitos, his writings, photography, and award-winning Web site have won international acclaim and governmental recognition.
He is fluent in English and Spanish, less so in Latin...and just barely remembers a few words in Japanese.
When Stateside, Geoff works at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology as the director of Fellowship Programmes at the Legatum Institute for Development & Entrepreneurship.
He also consults with educational, religious and other NGOs in Latin America, developing and promoting involvement in sustainable development initiatives, in particular through cultural tourism and mobile technologies as catalysts for development.
At present, his activities are focused on Bolivia and Mexico. Geoff was recently a visiting professor and executive director of international affairs at Mexico's Instituto Tecnol�gico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey (ITESM).
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Main professional activities |
professional activities |
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Memberships |
Guidebookwriters.com
International Traveler Writers Alliance
Journalist Directory
Press4travel
Travelwriters.com
Travelwriters UK
WPu |
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Awards |
awards |
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Most recent publications |
* Bolivia Handbook (3e, 4e, Footprint)
* El Beni Turístico (1e, Fondo Editorial APAC)
* Lonely Planet Bolivia (3e, 4e)
* Lonely Planet South America on a Shoestring (7e)
* Lonely Planet Venezuela (3e)
* Mexico Eyewitness Travel (2e, Dorling-Kindersley)
* Mexico Handbook (2e, Footprint)
* Mexico & Central America Handbook (17e, Footprint)
* Peru, Bolivia & Ecuador (1e, 2e, Footprint)
* South American Handbook (82e, 83e, 84e, 85e, Footprint)
* The Road Less Travelled (1e, Dorling-Kindersley)
* Top 10 San Antonio & Austin (1e, Dorling-Kindersley)
* Where to Go When: The Americas (1e, Dorling-Kindersley)
* V!va List Latin America (1e) |
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Other important publications |
* "A Brief History of the Jesuit Missions of Chiquitos" (Bolivian Studies Journal, Univ. of Illinois Press, 2007)
* "The Long Silence: The Jesuit Missions of Chiquitos After the Extrañamiento" (Bolivian Studies Journal, Univ. of Pittsburgh Press, 2008) |
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Areas of particular interest or expertise |
GEOGRAPHIC:
* Argentina
* Austria
* Bolivia
* Brazil
* Ecuador
* Mexico: Aguascalientes; Coahuila; Colima; Jalisco; Guanajuato; Nayarit; Nuevo Le�n; Quer�taro; San Luis Potos�; Sinaloa; Sonora; Tamaulipas; Veracruz; and Zacatecas
* Panama
* Paraguay
* Portugal
* United States: New England, Texas
* Uruguay
* Vatican City
* Venezuela
THEMATIC:
* Colonial missions of Bolivia, Mexico, Paraguay, and USA;
* cultural tourism (esp. Latin America);
* historical tourism;
* national parks;
* religious tourism;
* sustainable development;
* UNESCO World Heritage Sites |
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Other relevant information |
Further information on Geoff's Latin American research and works may be found at:
* footprinttravelguides.com/c/1473/geoff-groesbeck/
* guidebookwriters.com/profiles/geoffrey
* internationaltravelwritersalliance.com/members/membprof_southa.html
* journalistdirectory.com/pr/XQzgz/Geoffrey%20A.%20P.-Groesbeck
* linkedin.com/in/geoffreygroesbeck
* travelwriters.co.uk/journalists.htm#G |
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