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About Us: The Sunshine World Team

ALAN GARCIA

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I started skiing when I was just 2 years old and our one family holiday each year was a skiing holiday. I started snowboarding aged 10. I have now been professionally qualified and actively teaching since January 2001, first gaining status as a CASI snowboard instructor when I was 15 years old in Whistler, Canada. I first qualified as a CSIA ski instructor when I was 17 and subsequently took and passed my BASI Ski Instructor training shortly after my 19th birthday. I have trained on both the BASI and CSIA, ISIA courses and taken my level 3 CASI training.

I have had the privilege of learning and the greater privilege of teaching skiing and snowboarding in resorts around the world including, Whistler, Canada, Courchevel, Meribel and Megeve, France, Zermatt, Switzerland, Madonna Di Campiglio and Cervinia, Italy, Soldeu, Andorra, Jasna, Slovakia and of course Zakopane, Poland among many other beautiful places.

I’m also a passionate tennis coach and learned a lot coaching tennis for Club Med in Tunisia in a resort that catered for up to 1,400 guests per week.

I started Sunshine World in 2005 with a view to creating and continually improving “tools” to help as many people as possible enjoy as many wonderful moments as possible while we can. Our focus is on being able to offer such attentive customer service that we can customise our guests’ experiences to the most stringent demands and desires and I’m humbled by the kind support I have received from so many great people over the years!

Please call me any time if you’d like a chat!

Endorsements of Alan Garcia from

“I met Alan while writing an article for the Independent about skiing in Poland and can wholeheartedly recommend him as both a businessman and an individual. Simply put, he's a great bloke with a great product - generous with his time and attention, keen to make sure everyone sampling his product is having a great time, straightforward, honest and hardworking. Oh, and he knows how to party, too! What's not to like?”

Ross Young, Producer / Director, Freelance (was with another company when working with Alan at Sunshine World LTD)

“If you are after a tailored made holiday at a package price look no further than Sunshine World. Afterall your holidays are supposed to be the time when you shouldn't have to worry. Alan Garcia is "the man"!!”

Top qualities: Great Results, Expert, Good Value

Graham Allison (hired Alan as a Travel Agent in 2008)

More endorsements of Alan Garcia here »

James Morehen

From a very early age James’ energy was apparent. He never stopped playing sports and running around looking for things to do. He went to The Philip Morant School in Colchester and achieved 13 A* to C’s. He loved his sport at school level especially Rugby where he excelled playing for school, town and the county of Suffolk.  James then continued his studies at The Sixth Form College Colchester where we achieved 3 A-levels, A, C, D and an As-level B. His A was of course in Sport Studies. He now has his deferred entry to Liverpool John Moore’s University to study Sports Science confirmed.

After college James set about becoming a snowboard Pro on a gap year. He wanted to become a Snowboard instructor and so trained with Ski Le Gap in Mont-Tremblant, Quebec, Canada where in 3 months he qualified as a Level 2 and level 1 park and pipe CASI instructor. Having so much fun on his gap year he withdrew from University and went back to Tremblant to work for Ski Le Gap the company that trained him in the first place. His job, International Representative and Events Organiser for 130+ 18-22 year old likeminded students proved fairly comfortable and gave him time to train further more. After training for the whole season he nailed the Level 3 exam in March ’08 and gained his Level 3 CASI.

Having been injected with the travel bug, he ventured off during the summer to Thailand, Australia, Italy and Greece living the dream and having the time of his life. Getting home in October he trained as a fitness and gym instructor with YMCA-Fit and has set up fitness programmes for friends and family whilst training them in the gym.

For his next venture he is part of the Sunshine World team for the season of 09/10 working as a Snowboard Instructor on our Pro team and offering Fitness sessions for all Sunshine World guests ... details of Sunshine World Personal Ski Fitness Training with James Morehen here »

SUNSHINE WORLD

Truly a Family Company. Family owned, Family run and Family Orientated

I believe in honesty. I think that as long as people know what the deal is they are free to make their own decisions as to what is best for them.

I believe that everyone experiences pain, sadness and bad feelings during their lives. I think it’s impossible to create a world where pain NEVER happens- everyone dies after all. I also believe that there are MOMENTS in everybody’s lives which are indescribably wonderful- I’m sure you can remember a few right now of your own… Moments you wish would last forever! I believe moments like these, which can be something so simple, make life make sense to me. I believe there is so much beauty in the world alongside all the pain and suffering and I want to soak up every positive moment while they last!

That is my motivation for starting Sunshine World. I want to use the tools which in my experience make people (and myself) smile, laugh and feel great to help create wonderful moments in time. Not to make the world a perfect place, but to live and immerse ourselves in one place at one time in a truly exciting experience.

At Sunshine World it is my absolute mission to strive to the very best of my ability to provide YOU with the best holiday of your life. We may not be successful in that goal 100% of the time, but I WILL try and I’m sure we will succeed many times.

All of this is, of course, nothing more than my personal opinion! So I invite you to explore our website, email or call me in person and form your own opinion of Sunshine World. Tell us what YOU want and we will strive to provide for you!

Sunshine World is much bigger than what you can see on this website. To experience something truly unique don’t miss your chance now. We have been working hard for many years now to put together holidays which ensure the highest level of personal service. Our past holiday testimonials are a good example of this. Last season we sold out many of our peak periods very quickly so please give us a call if you'd like to chat about anything at all and hopefully during your holiday we can help make you smile, laugh and feel great!

Alan Garcia
Managing Director

Elisabeth Signolet – Company Secretary

Born in Versailles, France, Elisabeth came to England aged 20 to learn English and ultimately settle in a country which she fell in love with completely.

In 1986 she co-founded Delice de France, a small import and distribution business in Barnes, London, and over the next few years worked hard with her husband, Managing Director Philippe Signolet, to keep the little enterprise running. She worked night and day 7 days a week and raised four children at the same time! What she and Philippe managed to achieve over the following years is a true testament to what can be created through hard work, perseverance and an ethical, honest approach to business. She and Philippe completed the successful sale of the company in 1999 to Irish firm IAWS. At this time DDF employed over 450 people nationwide. Importing fresh bakery products from all over France and across Europe and supplying them to the whole of Great Britain and Ireland.

Elisabeth's experience and truly dedicated hard working nature is only surpassed by her unflagging and genuine loving spirit. She has campaigned for a long time with wonderful charities including Amnesty International, NSPCC, PETA, CHASE children's hospice, PLAN International, Friends of the Earth and The Medical Foundation.

I have known her all my life and I have never been more inspired by anyone as to how I should live my life. I believe her to be a particularly special individual and it is a great honour to have her in such an integral role at Sunshine World. If you haven't guessed it yet, she's my beloved mum :)

Photos of Sunshine World Chalet in Zakopane, Poland