Dolcevia.com, part of Harper-Douglas MAX LLC. A destination portal about Italy in all its facets targeted at Dutch speaking audiences. Subjects: travel, food, fashion, wine, design and news. Advertising and marketing opportunities for Italy related products, especially in food, travel, accommodation providers and related industries.

Dolcevia is a destination portal about Italy and all things Italian. We rank in the first 5 results on Google searches in Belgium and The Netherlands for authentic Italian recipes and agritourism listings. New articles on travel, food and lifestyle are published weekly.

In 2006 consultant to tourism projects in Chengdu, capital of Sechuan (China). In 2006 consultant on the island of Mindanao (Philipines) to start up a culinary tourism project. In 2007 consulting in E-commerce and the use of internet for a small lodge in Livingstone (Victoria Falls) in Zambia.In 2007 consultant to a National Forest area in Panshihua (Sechuan, China) to improve profits in the tourism to this area.In 2007 consultant to 3 National Parks in Henan (part of the sister park of the Grand Canyon, USA) on improving number of visitors to the area.In 2008 guest lecturer in Tiblisi, Georgia at School for Tourism, University of Georgia on Destination Management.In 2008 consultant to incoming tour operator in Nairobi, Kenya.In 2009 Rwanda consultant to RTUC - Rwandan Tourism University College

TWESTC Ltd publishes two online magazines: The West Connection about North America and Dolcevia about Italy. Both magazines are directed towards the Dutch speaking public in The Netherlands and Belgium. I write for both magazines, edit the content and buy or negociate articles for these publications. My areas of expertise are travel, cuisine locale and lifestyle.

Niche tour operator with specialized programs on North America and Italy. Published travel brochures and exploited one of the first online travel companies. BTM Europe was the largest winter sport tour operator in The Netherlands and Belgium with more destinations in North America then any of its competitors and sustained this program until visitor numbers to the USA dropped to an unacceptable low. During the summer months BTM Europe sold Ranch Holidays in the USA and Canada. Italy featured especially with farm holidays and villa rentals.