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| ISRAEL MINISTRY OF TOURISM OFFICIALLY APPOINTS NEW DIRECTOR | | Ami Allon is new director for Canada; taking over for Consul Oded Grofman | |
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| Ami Allon, director for Canada, Israel Ministry of Tourism |
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Ami Allon has been appointed director for Canada for the Israel Ministry of Tourism. Allon is taking over from Consul Oded Grofman, who returns to Jerusalem after a five-year term.
Prior to his posting to Toronto, Allon was a Cadet and VP marketing assistant in the Jerusalem office of the Israel Ministry of Tourism.
Prior to this, Allon had a multifaceted career and held various positions in business administration, marketing, cinema and winemaking. Allon holds a MBA in business management, with a marketing specialty, at The Center for Academic Studies in Or Yehuda. He also has a degree in cinema studies from Hasifa, The School of Cinema and Multimedia Studies, in Tel Aviv.
Before joining the Israel Ministry of Tourism, Allon was the campaign and project manager at Lidor Marketing and Advertising, an Israeli advertising agency. Also, from 2002 to 2006, Allon served as team leader at Kiryat Anavim Vineyards in the Judean Hills outside of Jerusalem.
Allon is also the director and producer of the documentary, An Average Family with Cancer, which showed at the 2002 DocAviv International Film Festival and was later bought by Channel 8 in Israel.
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