About Us

          Reps4Rent is a Canadian Corporation founded by Dianne Jackson, in 2021. In the midst of Covid-19 she found herself unemployed due to its immense negative impact on the travel industry. After speaking to many other travel industry professionals in the same boat, and network of colleagues still working – she saw a gap.  Companies were struggling to bring salespeople back full-time, and these same salespeople wanted to stay in the industry working.

From there, Reps4Rent was created.

Our vision is to become Canada’s largest network of Professional Sales Representatives, enabling our clients to focus on their business while we focus on their events or projects.

Reps4Rent is now owned and run by Dianne’s daugter, Cassandra Jackson – bringing with her 12+ years experience in sales and customer service, and previous Director of Client Success, and Director of Operations Titles. 

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Kosta Tsimiklis

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Anna Teglasi

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Jackie Coulson

Oro Medonte/Barrie, ON

RMJackie is a 20-plus industry veteran with professional experience in sales, service, meetings and events. Jackie’s experience over the years covered aspects of corporate account management, executive sales, management, event planning and strategic partner B2B marketing. She has led and supported teams in the U.S. and six other international countries, growing brand profits yearly throughout her Managing Director positions. 

Expertise:

  • M.I.C.E – Meetings, Incentives, Conferences & Exhibitions
  • Luxury Groups with full charter of flights, ship charters and river charters with entire programs planned end-to-end down to the little details
  • Proposals for incentive groups for agency clients
  • Account Management
  • B2B Sales & Marketing
  • Negotiation
  • Luxury, Small ships, River cruises
  • Escorted Touring Markets 

Jennifer Hunter

Belleville, ON

As a seasoned travel agent, Jennifer has been creating memorable journeys for clients for over 30 years. She has travelled extensively and has worked for large travel organizations providing exceptional service to both leisure and corporate clientele.          

 

 
Expertise:

  • Leisure Travel
  • Small groups to Europe with a passion for Ireland
  • River and Small Ship Ocean Cruise Specialist
  • Group Tour Host
  • Participating in Consumer Shows both in-person and virtually

Richard Hotte

Fort Erie, ON

Richard is an engaged Bilingual Senior-Level Trip Director / Sales Representative.  Fluently bilingual in English and French and well respected in the Meetings and Incentives / Retail Travel Industry with an excellent reputation for consistently high performance.

Richard thrives in a fast paced, multiple priority environment and experienced with all key areas of air, hotel and destination representation.

A leader and a mentor with the stamina to energize the team to deliver the results that a client expects..!!

 

Expertise:

  • Freelance bilingual sales agent
  • Conference/Incentive programs along with travel agency educational and training, calls, tour operator cross country sales blitzes and consumer events
  • VIP/ Hospitality desk/ Private Air charter flight rep/ Tour guide/ Freelance worldwide On-board Courier

 

Sal Buccellato

Toronto, ON

A seasoned professional with 30+ years in the travel industry; most recently, as the National Director of Sales Canada, for the Bahia Principe hotels,

As National Director, Sal’s role encompassed sales and training agents across Canada either via face-to-face or webinars.  Additionally, implemented marketing plans and B2C events such as consumer shows, radio and television campaigns.

Sal enjoyed many years with Signature Vacations as Key Account Manager / Sales Manager.

 

Expertise:

  • Caribbean product knowledge along with strong relationships with Sun Tour Operators
  • Coordinating and executing on both trade and consumer events
  • Marketing Campaigns
  • Presentations
  • B2B Sales
  • Well-Known within the travel agent community

 

Toni DeFino

Bolton, ON

Toni has been in the travel industry in Canada for 25+ years, having worked in many different sectors, such as tour operator, tourist board, publishing & warehousing.  With expertise in sales & marketing.

One of Toni’s most significant accomplishments was starting an online platform ( WheelsUpNetwork) from the ground up and watching it grow to the Global Entity it is today, with a presence in the UK, Spain, the U.S.A., Mexico and, of course, Canada.

In addition, Toni enjoyed the logistics of putting together one of the largest golf tournaments in the travel industry, The Yellowbird Golf Classic.

 

Expertise:

  • Sales & Business Development
  • Marketing
  • Start-Ups
  • Large and Small Golf Tournaments
  • Event Planning

 

Gail Lea Scullion

Mirbel, PQ

Gail Lea’s career began in Sales back in the 90’s, beginning in the furniture industry and moving on to the automotive sector; two industries which offered her the strong and valuable asset in sales skills.  Gail Lea chose to return to school in 2006 to study travel, graduating top of her class in 2007.   Upon graduating, Gail Lea worked as an inside agent with a very reputable travel agency.  In 2012, she decided to venture out as an independent agent.

By 2016, after working as a travel agent for 9 years, she saw a situation distinct to the Quebec market where there was a serious lack of understanding of the market and culture where many of the events and presentations offered to the Quebec market were lacking in the most important aspect; that being language.

Seeing an opportunity to close the gap, Gail Lea began reaching out, offering her services of event planning as well as interpreter and translator to help cater to the French Travel Agents.

Gail Lea creates and hosts many fam trips providing not only destination information but also sales techniques.

 

Expertise:

  • French/English translations
  • Fam Host
  • Event Planning
  • Sales Development
  • Sales Training

Karen Caplice Scott

Alma, ON

Karen is an experienced public speaker, world adventurer and a 35-year veteran of the travel industry.  With experience spanning both retail and wholesale sales and leadership positions, Karen knows the people, the industry and how to get things done.  Karen’s passion for cruising led her to develop several luxury cruise training programs and marketing initiatives, including planning and escorting groups large and small to experience fjords, beaches, islands, sea life and all of the adventures and amenities each excursion and unique sea vessel have to offer.  Whether guiding groups of 500 across the seas or negotiating deals across a desk, Karen has the relationships and the know-how to get the job done.

 

Expertise:

  • Facilitating & Training
  • Sales/Business Development
  • Cruise Expertise
  • Group hosting and planning
  • B2B Marketing

Nadia Yacoub

Montreal, QC

Passionate about tourism and travel Nadia has more than twenty years of solid experience in hospitality, tourism and travel worldwide. 
Nadia holds a Bachelor of Accounting & Business Administration. Her experience spans retail travel agency,  management, and destination management company (DMC), as a tour operator & tour leader.
Nadia is a very active travel consultant, serving corporate, leisure, incentive groups, and honeymooners, using all her experiences of travelling to lots of countries, continuing education and webinars to deliver quality service before, while and after her client’s trip.

 

 

Expertise:

  • Fully Bilingual

  • Tour leader/Group hosting

  • Corporate and Incentive Groups

  • Leisure & Luxury 

  • Wellness, Yoga, Ayurveda, Adventure, Heritage, discovery, Gastronomic, Pilgrim, Cultural and Wine testing 

  • Ocean & River cruises

  • Freelance Travel blogger 

Denise Saunders

Halifax, NS

A Senior Sales and Leadership Professional backed by an extensive 30+ years in Business Development, Marketing, Customer Service, Customer Relations, Airline Operations and Airline Corporate and Leisure Sales. Denise began her career in a Tourism Public Relations role and with a passion for travel, moved to developing and instructing a community college Travel Program. She then went on to Partnering and Managing a Travel Agency.  In the late 90’s, Denise’s career began in the Airline industry, holding positions as Customer Service Manager, Station Manager and finally encompassing her industry roles as an Agency Sales Representative for a major Canadian Airline and its’ Vacation division, a position she held for 13 years.  Recognized by her accounts, resulted in Denise receiving an award for Agents’ Choice 2019 Favourite Supplier Representative (presented by BAXERMEDIA).

 

Expertise:

  • Account Management
  • Product Training/Presentations
  • Sales Calls (Corporate & Leisure)
  • Resolution Management
  • Business Development
  • Trade Shows (Booth & Presentations)
  • Conference Planning, Attending & Presenting.
  • Public Speaking
  • Fam Tours (Planning & Escorting)
  • Competitive Analysis

Chuck Edwards

Winnipeg, MB

Chuck was born and raised in Winnipeg and aside from extensive travel, has always considered Winnipeg as Home Sweet Home. With over 16 years in the travel industry and over 35 years in the Hospitality Industry it is needless to say…Chuck LOVES people!

His travel career includes a monumental Guest Service Award with WestJet and many accolades over the years by both peers and guests. In his most recent role as a BDM for MB/SK with the Globus family of brands, including Avalon Waterways, he was instrumental in maintaining relationships during the challenging time of
the pandemic, offering as much support as possible most often on a personal level.

He still continues with his passion for Hospitality in the music arena as a DJ, Emcee for various events including music
festivals and has numerous radio and TV ads currently running in the Manitoba market. If Chuck’s not in front of people you’ll find him either on the golf course or on his motorcycle.

Expertise:

  • Extensive experience radio interviews and voice work
  • In-depth knowledge with land based tour operators/airlines
  • Agent and consumer facing presentations or trainings
  • Emcee/facilitator
  • Extensive experience in trade shows
  • Experience in golf tournaments/large events
  • B2B Sales

Jay Parker

Saskatoon, SK

A veteran of over 30 years in the travel industry, Jay Parker has worked in travel sales in both Canada and the United States with multiple cruise lines, tour operators and airlines. 

Holding various business development positions throughout his career, he has gained wide expertise in agency, group, special interest and university alumni sales of both tours and cruises.

Like many industry salespeople, Jay began his travel career as a travel agent before heading to the high seas to work onboard Royal Caribbean Cruise Line.  Returning shoreside, Jay took on airline reservation and sales positions before rejoining the cruise industry, this time in sales.  Most recently Jay worked as the Key Account Sales Manager-Specialty Markets for the Globus family of brands.

As a creative thinker Jay developed the agent certification program for a major cruise line, sales and product training for multiple audiences, and produced social media content for tour operators and travel consultants.

A native of West Virginia, wanderlust was instilled at an early age as Jay and his schoolteacher mother spent summers traveling to various parts of the United States.  Now a resident of Saskatoon, Jay met his Canadian wife on a cruise!  They and their two sons have lived in several wonderful cities in the USA and Canada.

 

Expertise:

  • Researching and prospecting for new customers
  • River and ocean cruises
  • Worldwide tour operations
  • knowledgeable, unpretentious public speaking
  • Sales and product training
  • Exceeding sales targets through customer relationship building
  • Custom social media content

Kosta Tsimiklis

Quebec, QC

Kosta is a seasoned travel executive with over 24 years in the Canadian travel industry and experience across the travel spectrum, including Product Development, Tour Operations, Call Centre Management, Business Development, Event Planning, Marketing, Account Management and Travel Technology. 

Kosta has held many roles such Director of Product Development and Marketing at Alio (touroperator) and National Account Director (Travel Trade) for various DMO’s including cities such as Athens, San Francisco & New York City, states such as Arizona & North Carolina and countries such as Puerto Rico, as well as for travel groups such as Travel South USA.

He has served as IAC Chairperson representing Canada’s travel trade and travel media for US Travel (IPW), as a board member for Discover America Canada, and is a member of IGLTA.

Expertise:

  • Fully Bilingual including French/English translations
  • Account Management
  • Product Training/Presentations
  • Product Development (over 130 countries)
  • Sales/Business Development
  • Trade Shows (Booth & Presentations – B2B & B2C)
  • Conference/Event Planning, Attending & Presenting
  • Fam Tours (Planning & Escorting)
  • Leisure, Luxury, Cruise & LGBT Travel
  • Tour leader/Group hosting & planning
  • Competitive Analysis

Gary Howard

Rothesay, NB

With over 30 years of experience in the travel, insurance, and consumer loyalty industries Gary is an innovative, dynamic, collaborative, strategic, and bold leader. A marketing & communications business executive with progressive experience and expertise in corporate strategic planning and implementation, with a focus on bottom-line profitability. Gary is an engaging and supportive leader with strong skills in team leadership, and individual coaching. He is able to design and implement business-driven marketing and communications strategy and tactical execution in a collaborative enterprise-wide approach with proven results

Able to think strategically and execute operationally. Gary has extensive experience and success in developing partnerships with stakeholders, suppliers, and internal departments. Demonstrated creativity in innovative and engaging content, with skills in maintaining awareness of and capitalizing on  emerging business and consumer trends.  Bottom line – he gets things done

Expertise:

  • Strategic Development
  • Team Leadership & Project Facilitation
  • Partnership Development and Management
  • Individual Mentoring & Coaching
  • Consumer Segmentation
  • Digital Marketing
  • Direct Marketing
  • Consumer Engagement
  • Brand Thought-Leader
  • Media Relations
  • Public Relations
  • Campaign Development

Anna Teglasi

Vancouver, BC

Anna’s travel career began over 20 years ago in the luxury cruise sector. She’s been fortunate to have traveled to over 70 countries and treasures some of the most unique travel experiences; like celebrating New Years Eve Y2K twice – ask her about it.

Sales-focused, relationship-builder and customer-centric professional, adept at nurturing relationships, and recognized for expertise in field sales, event planning, educating, and presenting. She prides herself on fostering positive relationships within the travel trade and loves to connect and expose a brand to a targeted niche audience.

Anna brings a wealth of business acumen and entrepreneurship with a heightened respect for clients’ brand, budget, and purpose. Her entrepreneurial mindset led her to start and operate several businesses in different sectors which gives her an understanding and respect of branding, image, and reputation of a brand. She also has a background in logistics which makes her an expert in delivering the clients’ project efficiently, punctually and on budget.

Expertise:

  • Event planning
  • Educating/presenting
  • Account management
  • Business development
  • Trade shows (B2B/B2C)
  • Luxury leisure expertise
  • Public relations
  • Campaign management/development

Joseph ‘JD’ Dubois

Summerland, BC

JD lives in Summerland, British Columbia. His professional life has been spent working in the Travel, Tourism, and Hospitality industry since he was a teenager. He’s worked Food and Beverage in Hotels, Restaurants and Bars, and for the Airlines as a Flight Attendant and in Operations. JD has worked for Tour Operators and Travel Agencies and has many years’ experience in the Accommodation sector in Hotels and Resorts in both Operations and Sales and Marketing. He has owned and operated a Campground & RV Park and continues to operate a Tourism Consulting firm and is launching a small niche-market Tour Company for Motorcyclists with the goal of promoting Canada as a Motorcycle Tourism Destination. A consummate professional with a network that spans the globe, JD has extensive experience organizing and attending Conferences and Tradeshows, both Consumer and Trade focused. He has experience in public speaking spending many years performing duties as an MC (Master of Ceremonies) and DJ.

Expertise:

  • Tour Operations
  • Hotel Representation
  • Retail Agency
  • Public Speaking
  • Emcee
  • Training
  • Trade shows
  • Conferences

     

              Cassandra Jackson is an accomplished Team Manager with a diverse background in call center operations, retail, client relationships, and sales operations. Her career is characterized by a relentless drive to achieve client success through transparency and effective problem resolution. She possesses a deep understanding of both B2C and B2B client relationships and is recognized as a strong leader who motivates and encourages team members towards their own success.

              Cassandra completed her BA in Psychology with a minor in Neuroscience at Carleton University, where she honed her excellent time management and organizational skills. Her ability to adapt and thrive under pressure is evident from her previous experience. Cassandra has held key roles that highlight her leadership and problem-solving skills. As the Direct of Operations for Grant Synergy, and Director of Client Success at Entuitive Compliance, she has organized job roles, identified sales opportunities, and enhanced customer retention. Cassandra has excelled in answering customer queries, organizing training sessions, and leading process improvement initiatives. She also spearheads recruitment efforts and analyzes business performance versus goals.

              Cassandra’s work history reflects a dedicated and adaptable professional who has excelled in various roles, demonstrating leadership, problem-solving acumen, and a strong commitment to customer and satisfaction. Her educational background in psychology and neuroscience adds depth to her skill set and analytical thinking.

    Contact Us

    To schedule a discovery call please call us at 249-503-8484 (toll free: 1-877-724-8085), or email us at sales@reps4rent.com