Our Staff

Daryl Silver has been in the travel business since high school, back in 1976. Daryl is committed to his family, staff, friends, and loves helping people in need and he is a staunch supporter of Winnipeg, Manitoba, and Canada. Supporting the community means helping non profits, sitting on local and national Boards, and along with signing the Winnipeg Accords, works towards Indigenous Reconciliation.

Meagan has been with Continental Travel since 2011. She started out as our receptionist and now works with the support services and marketing departments. She loves a good challenge and enjoys giving assistance to her coworkers behind the scenes. Her favorite travel memories include zip lining through the rainforest in Costa Rica, traveling to San Diego on a girls getaway to see Garth Brooks and family vacations to Prince Edward Island.

Oksana has been in the travel industry since 1998 and has worked with a variety of people including both leisure travellers and corporate clients. Today, Oksana is part of our support staff/ticketing team. She enjoys working with the agents to assist with clients’ travel needs. Oksana loves all the moving parts that are required to put a travel package together. Not all travel bookings are to exotic locations, but each travel booking is equally important to her. One of her favourite trips was staying in a mobile lodge right on the tundra outside of Churchill. Seeing polar bears from the moment she woke up to the moment she went to sleep is an experience she’ll never forget. She also enjoys escaping the cold Winnipeg winters to sip margaritas and lay on the beaches in Mexico and Cuba.

Kim Renouf decided on a whim to go to travel school and graduated in 1996. She began in leisure travel and moved into corporate only by happenstance. After booking and managing hundreds of corporate travelers and accounts she transitioned full time into account management in 2017. Kim’s greatest passion is her family, husband Declan, 3 kids, Keira, Kaia and Franky and dog Rocky. Kim also loves traveling and spending time with her large family at the lake. Kim takes tremendous pride working at Continental and doing her best to exceed our clients' expectations.

Gertrude began her travel career after she graduated with honors from Success Angus Business College. She joined Continental Travel Group as a travel counselor in 1989 and in 1991 was promoted to manager, administration and eventually executive assistant to the President. In her role as manager, administration, Gertrude has excelled at ensuring that administrative policies and best practices are in place for the company, maintaining facility management and supervision of the administration and reception departments. Her industry experience includes travels to Bali, Hong Kong, Rarotonga, the Caribbean, the Mediterranean, Rome, Barcelona, Mexico and Alaska, in addition to several destinations in the USA, Canada and many cruises worldwide.

Nicole joined Continental Travel in 2019, taking on the role of operating reception. She enjoys the fast-paced environment of the travel industry and the day to day camaraderie with her fellow staff members. Outside of work Nicole values her time with family and friends, enjoys working on artwork, and spending time outdoors. Her favourite trips include her wedding in Santa Barbara, visiting Vancouver Island, and a family trip to Manzanillo Mexico.

Shannon has been in the tourism and travel industry since 2005. She has escorted and planned many groups and tours throughout Winnipeg and Manitoba, as well as assisted clients with their bookings and travel itineraries. Her favourite destinations are anywhere that include a relaxing beach, fascinating nature and wildlife and anything Disney.

Maricar, commonly known as Carr joined Continental Travel Group’s accounting department in 2007 after immigrating from the Philippines. Carr is very passionate about accounting profession and devoted her career in accounting field. Outside of work, she spends time with her husband and their three sons. She enjoys cooking, listening to music, playing basketball and travelling. She has visited Macua, Singapore, Hong Kong, Thailand, Houston and California. Carr’s bucket list includes Turkey, Hawaii, Jerusalem, Australia and almost anywhere in the world.

Hannah has been working at Continental Travel Group since March 2022 in our accounting department. She lived in Pohnpei, Federated States of Micronesia for 7 years. She enjoys playing ukulele, writing journals and spending time with family on family vacations. Her dream places to visit are Greece, Hawaii, Bora Bora and Korea.

Andrea has been in the travel industry since 2012 and joined Continental Travel Group in 2021 as the group’s manager. Organizing events has been her passion since she was 18 years old. She has worked in events since she graduated from university. One of her favourite parts of the job is the daily changes and diversity. She doesn’t have a favourite destination but her favourite place to be is the beach — no matter where in the world.