She, who spent part of her adolescence in Espalion before returning to Paris, now markets Big Apple’s flagship attraction to tourism professionals: the Summit One Vanderrbilt. Stunning!
The experience is unparalleled from his point of view. “Immersive at will, sensational, unparalleled!” Installed in New York for nearly fifteen years, Claire Chirouze has the banana, not to say the smile, when it comes to presenting the attraction that the world will soon discover. This is partly why her current employers have called on her. Its mission: to sell tourism professionals the new sensation of the moment known as the Summit One Vanderbilt.
Up there, on the top three floors of this 427-meter tower (which makes it one of the tallest buildings in New York after One World Trade Center) offers you a striking view of the Manhattan district. and its surroundings.
“We called on artists to imagine a somewhat crazy immersive experience with rooms filled with mirrors, plexiglass boxes suspended in the void above Madison Avenue, transparent elevators … validates Claire who, after being dedicated to the American domestic market now sells its “Summit” to the four corners of the world.
“I am at home in New York”
“After working for the Empire State Building for two years, I bounced back here. A great opportunity,” admits the 40-year-old – she celebrated her birthday last month – who is working to make this attraction a must-see. big apple. She who discovered New York 15 years ago, with “a suitcase, a promise of an internship and a lot of apprehension”, is now at home in the city undoubtedly the most telegenic in the world. “
Everyone will tell you, when you arrive here you have the impression of knowing this city, so much it is present in the cinema “, confirms Claire who will never finally be unfaithful to” her house “, or a only once for Orlando, Florida.
“I was there for two years, but the urge to come back to New York was too strong.” You will understand, Claire loves NYC. “When I arrived here, I had never set foot in the United States. But I immediately joined. This city is so dynamic, multicultural, lively.”
Already seduced by the tourism industry, Claire was not for all that at her first attempt far from Aveyron. “I have always wanted to explore the world. Young, I could already see myself living elsewhere than in France without really knowing where.”
American Citizen
After New Zealand, Australia, Ireland, Spain, Canada… she finally landed in the US for love. Not for the “American Dream” which never carried her but for the love of the one who will soon become her husband. “I was also lucky to be able to count on a first employer who sponsored me to extend my internships, my visas. I then applied for my green card which was granted to me. Today, I have US citizenship. “
Everything seems set to last on this side of the Atlantic… No question, in fact, of considering returning to France or Aveyron. Where his mother and sister still live. “It’s always complicated to return to Espalion. Let’s say that I need less time to reach New York in Paris than Paris in Espalion. All that requires a lot of time and organization. And in the United States, it takes forget the five weeks off. In my industry, tourism is more like two weeks. But I love this universe, and I do not intend to change it immediately! “
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