Marcus Leskovar

Marcus is a 30-year veteran of the tourism industry. Born in Salzburg, Austria, Marcus attended hotel school in Salzburg, and later studied tourism at the Business School for Tourism Management at Klessheim. While in school Marcus spent his summers as a tour and bicycle guide along the Danube River and worked at the State Board of Tourism before moving to the United States where he worked for Grand America Hotels & Resorts in San Diego, CA and Salt Lake City, UT. He later moved on to Chicago where he worked as Vice President of Operations for an international tour operator specializing in charter-cruises. Marcus led the product development team and vendor procurement for almost ten years, making him intimately familiar with all existing river cruise lines, their product, ships, and destinations. In 2010 Marcus brought his career full circle and began working for river cruise lines directly. He initially joined Pandaw and traveled intensively throughout Asia, which formalized an exp