From varied experience  with airlines, travel companies, tour operators, travel product representation, travel corporation ownerships, creative director/artist/travel speaker and teacher/travel writer, one would have to admit we come with professional backgrounds.

What does that mean?  It means that you get our combined professional expertise and recommendations each time we plan your group or vacation. 

Who we are:

President,  Tour Director     
William J. Kenney
 

Bill is often called "Mr. Wonderful" as he constructs, negotiates and pulls together the various group trips that TravelBuilders International offers to you and our mailing list of old and new clients.  Formerly with TWA Airlines and owner and President of a large travel corporation based in Connecticut and Florida, in the past several years, Bill has concentrated his efforts on group travel. He is the brains behind this successful company.

Vice President , Tour Director 
Joani Olsen       
                                          

Joani's travel career spans the industry from travel counselor to National Director of a Travel Consortium.  She developed, managed and was Regional Manager for a successful wholesale travel office; conducted numerous seminars at sea; presentations on land; and opened her own Multi-line travel business teaching product and gaining sales to/from the travel professionals throughout New England.  Her experience lends itself well to the needs of our company both in group and retail sales as clients and friends of clients began coming to us with their travel requests (all of our business comes from word of mouth, you won’t find us in the telephone book).    When Joani is not busy in travel she hand-paints walking canes and creates original paintings.  See her artwork on www.joaniolsen.com

Tour Director and
Group Tour Leader  
Iris Van Rynbach

Iris has been leading successful tours with an art and culinary flair for us for several years. Her particular favorite destinations are France and Italy. She is great fun and full of knowledge in her special subjects and her groups continue to grow in number!

Iris studied at the Pratt Institute and Parsons School of Design in New York City and the Ecole des Beaux Arts in Paris.  She is the award winning author and illustrator of over a dozen books for children and a regular contributor to the Hartford Courant Newspaper and Sunday magazine supplement as well as The New Yorker Magazine.  Read more about Iris and see her work on www.IrisVanRynbach.com .

Tour Director and
Group Tour Leader                              
P V O’Donnell

P V is one of the US’s favorite Irish fiddlers! In fact, this charming Irishman is known as the “Donegal Fiddler” to most of us!  PV goes to Ireland numerous times each year and we have recently convinced him to take a few of us with him to the Irish pubs that so love to have him come to play!  Watch for information on his next “come along” pub-crawl and tour to his homeland or elsewhere! PV is thinking about Alaska for 2010! Going there with an Irish Fiddle Player will be an experience!  See his website at www.pvodonnell.com 

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 Together we have "ages" of experience!

We're the professionals for you!