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Some New Voices, Same Commitment to Excellence in Customer Service
Please take a moment to read each of the agent profiles so you have a little bit of information and the contact information for the agents you will be working with at BMIT and EEI Travel.
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Sara Stanton, President of Brian Moore International Tours Sara Stanton has been in the travel industry for the past 16 years, nine of which have been with BMIT. Before becoming President of BMIT, Sara served as the company's Group Travel Manager and also as General Manager. Born and raised in Ireland, Sara is the real deal, and would love to share her passion for travel to Ireland and beyond with you. |
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Sarah Koenig, Head of Reservations Sarah Koenig has 25 years of experience in the travel industry and has worked in all aspects of the business including corporate travel, travel agency sales, and cruise sales. She joined the EEI team four years ago and now oversees all reservations. Born in England, Sarah has lived in Scotland and Bermuda and has traveled extensively throughout Europe and many other parts of the world. One of her career highlights was chartering a Carnival Cruise Ship for a Union's 100th Anniversary Celebration. |
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Jeff Calley, Head of Group Travel Jeff Calley has been in the travel industry for the past 28 years, the last two of which have been with EEI Travel. Throughout his career, Jeff has worked in multiple facets of the travel industry which include retail travel, group travel, agency ownership, wholesale tour reservations and operations management, and wholesale tour development. Jeff's extensive travel knowledge is a great addition to the EEI Travel and BMIT team. |
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Trish Glover, Group Sales Manager Trish Glover has spent 12 years traveling the world and visiting over 25 countries both independently and in a group setting. While in college she also did two study abroad programs, one of which was Semester at Sea. When not jet setting, Trish uses her extensive travel knowledge and brilliant mind as the Group Sales Manager. Feel free to contact Trish with any questions pertaining to new group reservations. |
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Catrina Forcier, Group Operations Manager Catrina Forcier has 13 years of experience in the travel industry, the last four of which have been with EEI Travel. She has extensive knowledge of group sales and has also operated hundreds of groups. As Group Operations Manager, Catrina ensures that all EEI group tours run as smoothly as possible. Two of her career highlights include sending a group of asparagus farmers from eastern Washington to Peru to visit Peruvian growing farms and packing plants, and also coordinating the ground arrangements of 5 Takes, a Travel Channel show, and having her name listed in the credits. |
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Karen Williams, BMIT Group Travel Manager Karen Williams has worked as the Group Travel Manager at BMIT for the past 3 years. Born and raised in Scotland, Karen traveled extensively throughout Britain and many other European countries before finally settling in the USA. Before joining the BMIT team, Karen worked extensively in the hotel industry both in the USA and in the UK where customer relations was always a priority! |
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Betsy Lane, BMIT Reservations Supervisor Betsy Lane has been in the travel industry for the past 24 years. She spent the first six years of her career at an independent agency, followed by 11 years as an independent agent. She joined the EEI team in October of 2004 bringing her many years of expertise. Betsy traveled to Ireland in February of 1998. Along with some wild weather, including a rare snowstorm in Dublin, she also met many of Ireland's friendly locals. Some of Betsy's other travel highlights include tracing her heritage in Sweden, flying into the old airport in Hong Kong, , traveling to St. Petersburg and Lenigrad with her father in 1982, and hearing the howler monkeys in Costa Rica. |
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Jamie Millburn Along with an energetic personality, Jamie Millburn also has 20 years of experience in the travel industry. Before joining EEI Travel six years ago, Jamie worked for MGM Grand Air out of Los Angeles and in corporate travel managing accounts for Boston Scientific, Koch Industries, Merck, Sprint, AT&T, and Hallmark Cards. She is also very experienced booking travel to Ireland and visited the country about 4 years ago. She drove all around Ireland making stops in Cork, Killarney, Bantry Bay, Dingle, Tralee, Limerick, Kenmare, Kerry, and Waterford. She has also visited many other international destinations including Spain, Germany, Paris, London, New Zealand, and Amsterdam. Jamie enjoys her job tremendously and loves helping to create wonderful experiences for her clients. |
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Shirley McNeil Shirley has 25 years experience in the travel industry, the last three of which have been with EEI Travel. She is very comfortable helping clients with FITs and packages, no matter how complicated the itinerary. She has also advised and planned many trips to Ireland including a trip in 2006 where she spent three weeks driving around Ireland and Northern Ireland and visiting many of the major sites. Before working for EEI Travel, Shirley managed a reservations department and a training department. |
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Sandy Cilk Sandy Cilk has been working in the travel industry for the past 12 years and has been with EEI Travel for the past eight. She has travel certifications from the Travel Academy, four destination specialists, and in European Rail. Sandy has a wide range of experience selling Ireland as well as destinations around the world. Some of her travel highlights include trips to Italy, Holland, Germany, UK, France, Switzerland, and New Zealand. |
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Sharon Frantz Sharon Frantz has over 20 years experience in the travel industry. Some of her past roles include flying with Northwest Orient Airlines for eight years and working as a travel agent for four years. Sharon has spent the last two years working as a travel expert in EEI Travel's reservations department. She has a Travel Consultant Certificate from the International Air Academy. She is also a European Rail Expert, and an Italy Specialist. Sharon has traveled extensively in Ireland, and hopes to return for another trip. Other travel highlights include trips to Hong Kong, Japan, Korea, England, Italy, Switzerland, and France. |
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Nancy Morrisette, Nancy Morrisette has been in the travel industry for the past 27 years. She was a retail travel agent and manager for 23 years before joining EEI Travel 5 years ago. She has traveled extensively all over the world. Although Nancy has never been to Ireland, she has been integral in selling and planning many trips to the Emerald Isle. Nancy has also traveled all over England and Scotland by rental car and escorted tour, and is an expert resource for all types of trip planning. |
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Vicki Meldrum Vicki Meldrum has worked for EEI Travel for just under eight years, which is also her experience in the travel industry. Before that she was a Mechanical Engineer for the gas company. Vicki has traveled to Ireland twice. The first doing Dublin and Killarney by rail for a week, and the second time completely circling Ireland by car in two and a half weeks which included Northern Ireland with the Atrium Coast and Belfast. Vicki has also lived and traveled extensively throughout every country in Europe for the last 35 years. Her favorite place is Salzburg, Austria where she lived and took college courses in German and Art History. |
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