Bio

Rita Orland, ASID
President, Wings, Inc. Design Group
NCIDQ Certificate No. 023364*

Rita Orland, President, Wings, Inc. Design Group, gained extensive international travel and business experience while working for Pan American World Airways, Inc.  As a “Stewardess,” she was based in New York and San Francisco.  Later, transferring her base to Chicago, she sold, contracted, marketed, managed and operated events, incentive travel programs, trade shows, meetings & conventions.

While working with Pan American World Airways, Inc. and traveling the globe, Rita was inspired by architecture, interior design, art, music, theater, cultures and cuisine around the globe. All of this eventually led to a career change – into Interior Design.

A seasoned International Travel Specialist, as well as Professional Interior Designer, these two passions are now fused into one – “ArchiTours.”

Rita earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Interior Design at the Design Institute of San Diego in California. She also holds a Bachelor of Science in Organizational Behavior and Business from Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois.

Rita Orland is a member of the following professional design and travel associations:

ASID: American Society of Interior Designers
ICAA:  Institute of Classical Architecture and Art
IFDA: International Furnishings and Design Association – founder of the Southern California Chapter
NKBA: National Kitchen and Bath Association
SITE: Society of Incentive Travel Executives
WWI:  World Wings International, Inc.

*To learn more about Interior Design qualifications, visit the web site for NCIDQ: National Council for Interior Design Qualification.