Cecile Schutter was born in Canada and moved to Houston in 1986. Cecile has been in the travel industry ever since then. Since her late teens, Cecile has always enjoyed traveling, starting with the "trip to Europe" after graduating from high school. The travels did not stop there, continuing with years of enjoying skiing in most destinations in Canada and the USA, then a year-long expedition to the South Pacific including Australia and New Zealand. With such a love of travel it is not surprising that Cecile started a career in travel. Cecile started taking courses with Houston Community College and the Institute of Certified Travel Agents. Cecile earned the designation of CTC , Certified Travel Consultant in 1992 after completing a rigorous five-part program of professional study and testing, combined with at least five years of travel industry experience.  Cecile is is a Accredited Cruise Counselor and has completed Destination Specialist Training for the Caribbean, South Pacific, Ireland, Canada and Switzerland.