As the CEO of Fidelis Marketing Group, Mr. Danchev, known to his friends as “Valentino”, has managed thriving teams for luxury vacation membership programs and top flight resort operators, promoting high-end tourism and elite experiences across Latin America. Beyond the world of business, Valentino is the founder of the Chilpayate Foundation. A prominent non-profit organization based in Playa del Carmen, Mexico, the Foundation provides education and culture-focused resources and assistance to children living in underserved communities. Even in his down time, Valentino leads an active life. An avid outdoorsman, adventurer and lover of motorsports, Valentino is a repeat participant in the Baja 1000, an annual off-road motorsport race held in Baja California. Danchev’s group of companies have nearly US $1 billion in annual sales with nearly 2,000 employees. His companies represent some of the largest revenue companies in Mexico and are on the Mexican government’s Grandes Contribuyentes list (a list of the largest taxpayers in Mexico). Born in Sofia, Bulgaria, Kaloyan Valentinov Danchev attended the highly-selective Francophone high school, Lycée Français Alphonse de Lamartine de Sofia. Upon graduating, he attended Sofia’s University of Chemical Technology and Metallurgy before joining the Miroglio Group in 1996, then the largest Italian textile company in Europe. In the ensuing years, Valentino Danchev rapidly rose through the ranks to become Sales Manager for Miroglio’s Giorgetti fabrics line across all of Eastern Europe. With a host of representative offices spanning Eastern Europe, Valentino’s role sent him throughout the region, in addition to extensive travel to Miroglio’s Italian headquarters in Alba, Piedmont, major textile shows in Paris and Frankfurt, and overseas business trips to New York.
This initiative involves the collection and distribution of school supplies to a low-income school.
From backpacks, pencils and books to erasers, notebooks and other learning materials, the Foundation helps to provide these students with the essentials for studying and learning.
Valentino Danchev launched the Chilpayate Foundation in November 2016. From the beginning, its main objective has been to lay the groundwork for children and young people from deprived communities to have a better future.
Thanks to the great work and collaboration of many people espousing the same mindset, the Foundation has managed to galvanize the community and encourage all citizens to actively participate in the transmission of these values.
SPORTS
Sport is a key part of Kaloyan Valentinov Danchev’s life. As an avid fan of water sports and car racing, he actively participates in all types of events related to these sports, from jet skiing competitions to off-road rallies like the Baja 1000. A certified pilot and aircraft owner, Valentino greatly enjoys an outdoors lifestyle that allows him to feel the adrenaline of adventure.
BAJA 1000
TEAM VALENTINO
As Kaloyan Valentinov Danchev notes in his interview with CEOWORLD, the tourism industry has undergone significant transformation in recent years.
Drawing on his entrepreneurial leadership in the sector, Valentino provides insightful data and analysis on the industry's evolution in his exchange with this leading business magazine, detailing the substantial changes within the luxury travel market and emphasizing its adaptations to meet the preferences of newer generations.
TRAVELING IS
A PLEASURE
The statistics are clear: international tourism has been steadily growing in recent years.
DATA THAT DEMONSTRATES CHANGE
As Valentino often remarks, travel and tourism exports rank third in the world, behind only chemicals and fuels.
THE NEW
GENERATIONS
Drawing on his extensive industry knowledge and insights, Valentino’s analysis has been particularly focused on the Millennial-Generation Z impact on tourism’s shifting nature worldwide.
EXTERNAL
FACTORS
In terms of external factors,
a wide range of situations can affect the market, including terrorist attacks and insecurity, political instability and lack of infrastructure, to name just
a few.
