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Kay currently resides in Atlanta with her husband and son and holds a Bachelor’s degree in Journalism from the University of Georgia and a Master’s in Business Management from Walden University.
Kay can be contacted by email at kay@kaymkitchens.com or by telephone at 770-624-9957.
Kay Milliner Kitchens is the CEO of K. Milliner Kitchens Consulting, LLC. She has 20 years of travel and tourism experience, all of which was during her time with the United States Virgin Islands Department of Tourism. Kay first began her career with the U.S. Virgin Islands Department of Tourism in 2003 as the department’s Regional Manager, Midwest. Kay spent several years in the Midwest market, growing the U.S. Virgin Islands market share in that area, before transitioning to the position of Regional Manager, Atlanta in 2007. Kay remained in the position as Regional Manager, Atlanta until 2010, when she advanced to the Director of Sales role and served as a key member of the executive team, developing targeted sales strategies for the United States Virgin Islands Department of Tourism. During her tenure, she directed the North American sales team in the completion of objectives for targeting travel agents and consumers. She also worked to formulate marketing strategies and relationships across various niche markets that were essential to the increase of visitor air arrivals into the U.S. Virgin Islands. While serving as Director of Sales, Kay was key in developing growth in the luxury market by establishing and building relationships with several luxury travel consortia’s. Building relationships with luxury advisors and numerous other advisors has helped Kay to amass an impressive database of travel agents throughout North America. Many of these advisors specialize in romance, luxury, and multi-generational travel. In her continued efforts to build strong travel advisor relationships, she also revamped the USVI’s familiarization tour program, leading the destination to host hundreds of travel agents over the past 9 years. Those advisors have been responsible for booking millions of dollars in room nights in the USVI.
Nicole Barrett is a Hotel and Tourism Sales and Marketing Expert, Speaker, and Trainer, with over 15 years of experience in travel, hotel sales, and marketing. Nicole is a trusted source in the Travel Agent and consumer community on where to book in the Caribbean.
A former Director of Sales for Sandals and Beaches Resorts, leading a team of sales professionals in the Northeast USA, Nicole has worked with and trained thousands of travel professionals and business owners across the United States, Canada, and the Caribbean on how to grow their businesses through resort and destination product marketing.
In 2018, Nicole founded Espy Global LLC, a representation, marketing, and training solutions community that helps hotels and sales professionals start, grow, and effectively market their businesses. Nicole has been named Top Sales Rep in North America by Travel Agent Magazine.
In addition to Sandals and Beaches Resorts, Nicole’s resume includes Walt Disney World, Starwood Hotels, Fairmont Hotels, and Sofitel.
Nicole’s company, Espy Global, will represent Calabash Cove Resort and Spa in the Northeast USA.
Nicole currently resides in Boston, Massachusetts.
Nicole can be reached by email at nicole@espyglobal.com and by phone at 617-291-1989.
AMG is one of Europe’s leading sales representation and tourism marketing agencies. Based in London, our unique blend of in-house skills, expertise, products, and services provides our clients with an array of ideas and opportunities not offered by our competitors, from commercially driven contract negotiation to dynamic consumer marketing campaigns, innovative use of tools such as online agent incentives, rewards, and training. We pride ourselves in being early adopters of new ideas and placing our clients’ brands in market leading positions both within the travel trade and in the consumer market.
Our representation portfolio ranges from national and provincial tourist boards, private sector-run promotion bureaux to luxury hotels, all-inclusive resorts, hidden gems and private villas, AMG provides hotel clients with commercially driven service to ensure maximum exposure and ROI from the European tourism trade.
We make it our business to understand your business.
AMG can be reached by email at commercial@amgltd.biz and by phone at +44 (0)208 487 9881
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