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Vyacheslav Yuryev
Senior Travel Consultant
(In the mountains)
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Vyacheslav Yuryev is the Senior Travel Consultant of the Company. He joined Advantour in 2006 and is the expert both in cultural and adventurous tours. Even though Vyacheslav graduated from the Tashkent Electrotechnical Institute of Communication, mountains were always of a great interest for him. He made the first categorical mountaineering in 1966 and since then mountains became the integral part of his life.
In the period from 1973 to 1993 Vyacheslav with the team of friends-sportsmen made annual mountaineering of various category of difficulty in Tien Shan Mountains in Uzbekistan, Fann Mountains in Pamir Mountains in Tajikistan, in Northern and Central Tien Shan in Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan. During that period Vyacheslav with his team was the reiterated gold and silver prize winner of championships of high class difficulty mountaineering in Uzbekistan.
In late 1980 Vyacheslav became the certified instructor of mountain tourism. Since then he engaged in the organization of trekking and guiding groups of travelers in mountains.
During the period of work in Advantour, in addition to mountain tours, he also organized extreme tours to Aral through the Ustyurt Plateau and the Rally all around the Central Asia.
Nowadays Vyacheslav spends more time in the office, though he still accompanies groups of travelers to mountains when his work schedule makes it possible.
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Sevara Fayzieva
Senior Travel Consultant
(Chimgan mountains)
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Sevara Fayzieva is a senior travel consultant. Sevara joined Advantour in 2007. She is a graduate of Uzbek State World Languages University, majoring as a translator from English and Greek languages. Sevara is an expert in Uzbekistan tour programs, ticketing and responsible person for scheduled tours. Before joining Advantour Sevara worked as a head of registrar & alumni service department in a popular business school in Tashkent. |
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Kamila Khayalieva
French speaking Travel Consultant
(in the office)
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Kamila Khayalieva is a travel consultant. Kamila joined Advantour in 2008. After eighteen months of work, she had a leave and in 2011 joined our company again. Kamila is a graduate of National University of Uzbekistan, faculty of Foreign philology (the French language). She specializes on tours for French-speaking tourists. Before joining Advantour, Kamila worked as an interpreter in the company Uzbekistan Havo Yollari (Uzbekistan Airways) on the flight of Tashkent - Paris. Also during her studying in the University, she hosted the telecast " Parlez-vous francais ", promoting the French language to local public.
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Shavkat Khodjaev
Travel Consultant
(near river Amudarya)
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Shavkat Khodjaev is a travel consultant at “Advantour” tourist company. More than 5 years he had been working in Belgium, and he now speaks fluently English, German, Flemish and Turkish languages. Shavkat graduated from three institutions of higher education: Tashkent State University of Economics (Uzbekistan), Istanbul State University (Turkey) and UFSIA (Belgium).
Shavkat joined Advantour in the middle of 2010. He works with English speaking tourists coming to Central Asia region. For Shavkat, it is the first experience in tourism, but he has immediately deserved the respect and credence of the company’s customers. Thus, his amicability and excellent knowledge of foreign languages help him.
Shavkat hobbies that witness of his outstanding nature is aquarian fishes, history and football.
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Shukhrat Usmanov
Manager
(Wedding)
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Shukhrat Usmanov is a Manager. Shukhrat has been with Advantour from the very beginning. Shukhrat is a graduate of Tashkent Institute of Finance with the major in banking. Shukhrat arranges and controls all tours that are run by Advantour in Uzbekistan. Besides he manages Uzbekistan office on daily basis. Before joining Advantour Shukhrat worked in a small private hotel as a night shift manager. |
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Feruza Nazarova
Director and the founder of Advantour
(in the office)
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Feruza Nazarova is a Director and the founder of Advantour. She is a graduate of Tashkent University of Economics in accounting and audit major. Feruza runs Advantour’s Uzbekistan office and responsible for groups tours in Uzbekistan and throughout Central Asia. Before setting up Advantour she worked at international consultancy firm, but later she decided to try something different. Advantour was set up at the end of 2003. |
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Anvar Kodirov
Travel Consultant
(In the office)
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Anvar Kodirov is a Travel Consultant. Anvar joined Advantour in 2007. He is a graduate of Tashkent Information Technologies University. Anvar is an expert in business travel, visa supports and hotel reservations in Uzbekistan office of Advantour. Before Anvar joined Advantour he worked in a small private hotel as a front office manager. He is the best person to ask which hotel to stay at. |
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Ekaterina Tolstikh
Travel Consultant
(In Samarkand)
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Ekaterina Tolstikh is a Travel Consultant. In 2011 she graduated from the Tashkent State Oriental Studies University, faculty of history of Central Asia nations, and the same year she started her work in Advantour. Ekaterina is responsible for tour bookings and hotel reservations. Before Ekaterina joined Advantour, she worked in the Expo hotel in Tashkent as a night administrator. Ekaterina is keen on literature, Oriental culture and ethnography. She speaks English and Arabic languages.
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Sultankhodja Mamasharipov
Assistant Travel Consultant
(In the UAE)
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Sultankhodja Mamasharipov joined Advantour in 2009. He has graduated from the International Business School under William Davidson University.
In Advantour he is a responsible for all visa requests and the process of obtaining a visa. Despite his young age Sultan has a big experience in the sphere of travel, tourism and hospitality. He has successfully completed the course in Hospitality at the UZBEKTOURISM and has the experience of working at the Intercontinental Hotel in the UAE.
He is interested in traveling and sport. Although he has visited only the UAE yet his dream is to go to the round trip someday. |
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Bahtiyar Aripov
Travel Consultant
(In the office)
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Bahtiyor Aripov is travel consultant who joined “Advantour” company in 2010. He successfully passed the courses on travel consulting and hotel administration organized by
“Uzbektourism”.
In the Company, he manages all issues related to transportation activity of guides in Uzbekistan. His calm nature and ability to keep coolness in stress situations, his talent to find the best appropriate solutions in regards to traveling in Uzbekistan and to suggest the best guides, were highly appreciated by our clients.
Despite his tense schedule, Bahtiyor always finds time for reading and his numerous hobbies.
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