REFERENCE 1(2,3 BELOW 1)

Below is my reference for Robert McKee

1) What is your name and title? Tiffany Nedwed- Manager of Euro Lloyd Travel 2) What is the name of the person you are providing a reference for? Robert McKee 3) How long have you known them and in what capacity? I've know Robert for about 14 years, we worked together at American Express on the Motorola and Northrop Grumman Accounts. 4) Why do you think this individual is (or will be) successful as an independent travel agency owner? Robert is an extremely productive person. Since I've know him, he has always been working on some type of project that involves networking and most importantly- making money. He has an extreme passion for his work and has a very large number of contacts in all types of industries. He has years of experience in the travel industry. 5) How do they demonstrate integrity and professionalism? I have seen Robert in action and I know his work style. He goes out of his way to help customers and offers suggestions to help make travel a pleasant experience for his client. Most importantly, he takes pride and all responsibility for all his work. He returns calls in a timely manner, never making anyone wait for too long, which is important in keeping customers happy. 6) Please describe their expertise in the areas of time management, decision making, problem solving, sales abilities, and customer service. I have seen Robert actually organize an organization. His decisions have always benefited the company and the client. He has a gift for problem solving, always staying focused on customer service. He always was winning awards at American Express for sales and offering ideas. He was a Pacesetter! 7) If their application to become an Independent Affiliate is approved, and six months from now you heard that it hadn’t worked out, what would you guess as the most likely reason it was not a success? I would think that his agency was possibly not happy with something about Avoya Travel. 8) Is there anything else you would like to add that is important for us to know or that you would have liked to have known before conducting business with this individual? He is very dedicated to his work, years of experience in the travel industry, full of energy, and makes people smile. I hope to work with Rob on this endeavor. If I needed someone to plan my trip or travels, I would definitely want Rob to handle it! 9) Of all the factors important to running a successful business, what if anything would you suggest they need to improve on? Actually nothing. 10) How would you rate their chances to successfully manage their own travel agency? 10! He has the contacts, the knowledge, and the marketing skills needed to promote business. Most importantly--passion for his work!

Thank you for your time and patience. I believe Rob will be a wonderful asset to your company and look forward in hopefully working with Robert again. Tiffany Nedwed

REFERENCE 2

1. Rodney Bulger - Self employed as a treatment writer for television and film and a novelist. 2. Robert Mckee is the person I am giving a reference for. 3. I have known Robert since 1997. He has been a long time friend and has given me advice on travel over the years. 4. I believe Robert will be highly successful as an independent travel agent because he has a very personal touch with people. He puts people's needs ahead of everything else. He possesses that rare quality of genuineness in business that makes him trustworthy and a joy to do business with. Robert is very intelligent and keeps up to date with things going on in this field. He has a good head for business. 5. Robert is the type of individual that watches out for people he is trying to help and not just make a quick dollar from them. In all my years of knowing him, he has been honest and up front with people he deals with. Robert returns calls promptly and stays in touch with people, which makes a person feel like he is the number one client. With Robert, making money is important, but creating relation- ships with people and networking are of the utmost importance. 6. Robert has always been a multi tasker, handling many things at once, but more importantantly, he has a gift of prioritizing and juggling things in a way where everything gets accomplished or falls into place as it should be. He has always been the type of person people go to for advice on things and not only come up with solutions, but ways to implement those solutions. He is not an indecisive person by any means. He has a gift of being able to talk to just about anyone and has a way of making them feel comfortable. Robert knows that the way to gain respect and repeat business is to give top-notch customer service. 7. If six months from now I heard Robert wasn't successful after being accepted by your company, my only guess would be that the bottom had fallen out of the travel market. I see no reason why Robert's business would fail.

8. I think that any business with Robert McKee attached to it will do well. He is a 150% kind of person. He devoted all his time to business, which means that his personal life is put on the back burner. That shows the level of dedication he has towards a business he believes in. In fact, if I were financially backing him, I would have no fears. His level of professionalism and integrity speaks volumes. I rarely give references for anyone unless I truly believe in them. 9. The only thing I could think of improving any kind of successful business is in marketing and really getting the company name out there. I have no doubt Robert has a huge list of ways to do that. 10. In all honesty, I would say that Robert McKee's chance of success of running a successful travel company are very high because he has all the qualities needed to make any successful business happen. He will be successful in anything he does because he cares and believes in everything he does. Sincerely, Rodney Bulger

REFERENCE 3

1) What is your name and title?Beth Scott – owner of MBS Travel Marketing 2) What is the name of the person you are providing a reference for?Robert McKee3) How long have you known them and in what capacity?I have known Robert for over five years. We have worked at two travel companies together.4) Why do you think this individual is (or will be) successful as an independent travel agency owner?Robert has a passion for travel that I have not seen before in this industry. His enthusiasm, professionalism and knowledge is unsurpassed. He has all the qualities that make for a successful entrepreneur in the travel industry. I have witnessed first hand his successes within the travel industry.5) How do they demonstrate integrity and professionalism?I have seen Robert go out of his way on scores of occasions to make the client feel like he is number one. He returns calls promptly, involves himself in networking and most of all works hard to create and maintain his professional relationships.6) Please describe their expertise in the areas of time management, decision making, problem solving, sales abilities, and customer service.Robert has always been a successful multi-tasker, handling many things at once, but more importantly, he has the gift of prioritizing in a way where everything falls into place as it should be. He has always been the sort of person that people rely on for expert advice and solutions to problems. In addition, he has a natural gift and the ability to talk to anyone, making them feel extremely comfortable. Robert knows that the way to gain repeat customers is to give top-notch customer service.

.7) If their application to become an Independent Affiliate is approved, and six months from now you heard that it hadn’t worked out, what would you guess as the most likely reason it was not a success?I would be shocked to hear this if it happened and I would only guess it was due to the fact that Robert had been hired away by a travel company with an offer he couldn’t refuse.8) Is there anything else you would like to add that is important for us to know or that you would have liked to have known before conducting business with this individual?I think that any business with Robert attached to it will succeed. He always gives 150% at all times. He is dedicated and his level of dedication shows in his professionalism and devotion to the travel industry. I truly believe in him.9) Of all the factors important to running a successful business, what if anything would you suggest they need to improve on?Getting the word out about his new company would be important for Robert to do. I have no doubt he has the marketing and advertising skills to get the word out successfully.10) How would you rate their chances to successfully manage their own travel agency?I would rate Robert at a 10 points out of 10 for success in managing his own travel agency and truly believe he will succeed in any endeavor.