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Veronica Tomescu: a co-founder of Winetours Moldova

Republic of Moldova

Veronica Tomescu is a co-founder of Winetours Moldova. The company was launched in 2016 and currently creates authentic and delicious wine and gastronomic tours, with first class experience. Winetours.md is the most complete and popular online catalogue of wine and gastronomic tours in the Republic of Moldova, available in 3 languages (RO, RU, EN). It includes a varied choice of complex tours of 1-5 days, as well as description, packages and special offers of wineries and agritourism pensions.

Since the foundation, Winetours Moldova (SRL SILENUS) has offered tourist assistance and reservations for more than 5,000 travelers from around the world. With the launch of the page www.winetours.md, the company’s services benefited over 500 guests of the country, and every year they managed to double the number, reaching in 2019 about 2000 customers / year. The main tasks of the tour operator are to promote Republic of Moldova as a wine tourism destination among wine lovers all over the world; provide professional assistance in planning and running wine tours and host wine lovers in Moldova. They have always focused efforts on excellent customer service and a high degree of customer satisfaction.

TripAdvisor.com, the largest travel platform in the world, awards for 4 years in a row Winetours Moldova with Certificate of Excellence, and in 2020 offers them the Travelers’ Choice Award, which means that Winetours Moldova are part of the top 10% tourist attractions in worldwide.

In addition, in 2017 the Government of the Republic of Moldova decorates the company Winetours Moldova for special merits in the field of development and promotion of wine tourism. Medal of gratitude “Moldovan wine. A living legend.” is handed over for the first time to a travel agency. Among other personal professional awards and distinctions of Mrs. Tomescu is 1st Prize Tourism Gala of the Republic of Moldova, Moldova Tourism Ambassador.

Professional awards and certification of Mrs. Tomescu include:

  • Graduate of the WSET Level 2 Award in Spirits
  • Certified Sommelier National Club of Sommeliers in Moldova
  • Certified guide of the High School of Tourism and Hotel Services
  • Certified Professional Conference Organizer, German Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology; GIZ
  • Event Management (German Expertise) Moldova Chamber of Commerce & Industry
  • How To Communicate with Public in A Most Effective Way, Moldova Dialogue project