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 part of Continental Travel Group 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 favourite travel memories include ziplining through the rainforest in Costa Rica and anywhere with mountains.

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 started her career in the travel industry in 1997. She joined the Continental Travel Group team in 2009 after the birth of her son Franky. Kim looked after corporate travel for many of our top Winnipeg business clients until 2017, when she transitioned to the role of corporate account manager. Recently, she has also taken on the role of business development manager and loves the challenge of managing our business operations. Kim loves working with her teammates and appreciated the time during the COVID-19 pandemic when she was able to focus on improvements for the business.

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.

Amy has been in the travel industry for over 20 years and has spent the past 10 with Continental Travel Group. Amy enjoys ensuring corporate clients feel fully supported when making reservations on Continental’s online booking tool. To her, the best part of the job is the balance between the personal connections she makes with clients and the challenge of setting up technology to suit the client’s needs.

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. She loves numbers and has been a practicing accountant since 2002. 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.

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.