MEET Melissa da Silva - Contiki

MEET Melissa da Silva President, Contiki Vacations Melissa da Silva is passionate about helping young people travel the world. With over 20 years’ experience in the travel industry - and spending her entire career dedicated to youth travel - she believes at her core that travel has a tremendously positive impact on people and is especially influential on those traveling in their formative years. Melissa spent over 17 years with STA Travel working across various aspects of the business in both the US and the UK. Having traveled with Contiki on their 29day European Panorama trip when she was in her college years, it was a homecoming for Melissa when she joined the company as President in early 2013. Melissa is a California native, raised in Truckee, CA, in the beautiful Lake Tahoe basin. She attended UCLA, where she worked at the on-campus travel agency to help fund her education, not knowing then it would lead her down her chosen career path. She currently resides in Orange County with her Brazilian husband and 2 daughters, with whom she has shared the travel bug.

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