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Kelly Fontenelle
Shaiy Howard
Edouard Jean
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Kier Matthews
Omar Solis
Christina Salu
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Kelly Fontenelle

KFMCS - CEO

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With over 25 years of marketing experience, Kelly Fontenelle has been a trailblazer in the Caribbean travel and tourism industry. A native of the Caribbean island of Saint Lucia – much of her professional career has been devoted to growing Saint Lucia’s tourism industry. The expertise developed through the last three decades is unmatched – her understanding of consumer travel trends and the travel agency business has resulted in the Saint Lucia’s significant growth in all subsectors of the American travel market over the last decade. Kelly is the CEO of Kelly Fontenelle Marketing and Consultancy and Founder of TASC.
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Shaiy Howard

Travel by Shaiy, LLC - President & CEO

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Travel by Shaiy, LLC (TBS) was founded by Shaiy Howard in 2006, serving thousands of clients around the US. I am fully trained and accredited with IATAN membership plus hold Master Agent certifications, including CLIA Certification. Travel by Shaiy, LLC (TBS) was quoted in nationally recognized and well-respected Wallstreet Journal in September 2017. TBS was named the top agent in the the United States by Vacation Express several years in a row.
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Edouard Jean

Massive Travels, Inc. - Owner

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Edouard Jean; owner of Massive Travels in New York opened his business after a career in the financial industry as a Stock Broker for 10 years. His love of travel came from taking his first International vacation after 9/11 and realizing that he never took a “real” vacation. After returning from his trip to Jamaica, Edouard starting putting together annual group trips to the One Love Island with up to 300 attendees every year. He caught the travel bug, which is his passion. After being laid off as a Stock Broker, he realized his true calling was as a travel advisor. Edouard opened his agency in 2006 and never looked back!
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Sanya Weston

Your Premier Travel Service

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Sanya L. Weston, CEO of Your Premier Travel Service, the oldest African-American owned travel agency in Detroit. Weston has more than 35 years of experience planning and organizing travel excursions. A third-generation business owner, Sanya has been an entrepreneur and community leader for over half of her life. A recognized authority in her industry, Weston has appeared as a travel expert on local news stations and in leading publications like the Michigan Chronicle, Crain Detroit, American Black Journal, BLAC Magazine, Detroit Free Press, ABC’s Detroit WXYZ News, FOX 2 News, WDIV Live in the D and 910AM. Sanya has been recognized as a Top Female Leader in Travel and currently sits on the advisory board for Travel Market Report.
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Kier Matthews

Classic Vacations - Director of Sales

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Kier was educated at Shaw University in Raleigh, NC, an HBCU, where he majored in International Relations. He’s the proud father of two daughters: Giovanni, who lives in NYC, and Isabella, who lives in Seattle. He started his travel career with Starwood Hotels, where he was a Hotel Assistant Manager from 1997-2003. He’s also worked for Cruise West as a Guest Relations Manager from 2003-2008; Virtuoso as a Manager from 2008-2010; Europe Express as VP of Sales from 2010-2017; and now is working at Classic Vacations as Director of Sales since 2017. He is very involved in his community as a member of the Board of Directors of Big Brothers/Big Sister of Puget Sound and the American Cancer Society of WA & AK. He’s a avid fan of Santa Barbara county pinot noir, baking, reading a good book, and vacationing.
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Omar Solis

Club Med Resorts

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Omar Solis is a Business Development Manager with a focus covering the SouthEast United States and National Accounts. A travel industry veteran with over 24 years experience in Hospitality, primarily in the Caribbean/Latin-American All-Inclusive segment. A native of California, Omar started his career on the Tour Operator Wholesale side with Air Jamaica Vacations in the late 90’s and has since worked for both Tour Operators, Airlines and Hotels, most recently with Club Med Resorts. Omar also owned and operated his own agency for over 10 years and imparts a wealth of experience on all sides of Travel. He’s been fortunate to visit 41 countries and counting. He enjoys sharing that knowledge with his valued travel advisor accounts and wholesale corporate partners.

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Christina Salu, MPA

Vice President, Membership
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Christina Salu serves as Vice President of Membership for the Global Business Alliance
(GBA). Christina leads GBA’s membership recruitment, engagement and retention efforts. Christina has more than  17 years of association management experience specializing in all aspects of membership development including promoting membership, evaluating membership trends and strategies, developing and implementing strategies to recruit and retain members, achieving revenue goals, and managing daily staff activities.
Previously, she served as Senior Director of Membership for the American Society of Travel Advisors (ASTA) for three years. She was responsible for developing programs, initiatives and policies designed to increase membership growth and engagement.

Christina managed a team of four whose expertise comprised of membership, strategic partnerships and chapter relations, to provide excellent member care while identifying and creating solutions to improve the member experience.

Christina received her Master’s in Public Administration with a concentration in Nonprofit Management from George Mason University and her Bachelor’s in Business Management from Hampton University. Christina is passionate about mission-driven organizations and is committed to serving their members. Christina is a proud mom of two boys and has been an avid yoga student for many years. In October 2021, Christina fulfilled a lifelong goal of hers and became a certified yoga instructor.

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Brenda O'Neale

With This Ring Destination Weddings & Honeymoons - Owner

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Brenda has been in the travel industry for over 28 years Her weddings and groups have been featured in major publications and she has been a contributor on several cable TV shows. Several resorts and suppliers have awarded her for her sales and knowledge of their products. Ms. O”Neale is a contributor to Marrycaribbean.com and is featured in their Caribbean Wedding Guide 2020. Her articles have appeared in several TravAlliance publications and she has been a speaker at several national conferences. She was recently named one of the Top 40 Female Leaders In Travel and serves on the advisory board of IADWP.