The National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA) has signed an agreement naming Milne Travel American Express (Milne Travel) as the Official Travel Partner for the NSCAA. In this partnership, Milne Travel will handle all travel arrangements for NSCAA Convention, Academy and National Office staff and NSCAA will provide promotion of Milne Travel services to NSCAA member coaches.

Milne Travel is a family owned and operated travel management company based in New England. They service a global client base through 100 employees in 10 offices. Established in 1975, Milne Travel joined the American Express network in 1990 and is one of only 12 Centurion level American Express affiliates worldwide.

“We are pleased to be the Official Travel Partner for the NSCAA,” stated Scott Milne, Milne Travel President. “We welcome the opportunity to use our experience to coordinate the individual and group travel needs of such a fine organization. Soccer is the most popular sport in the world and is played by more than 250 million people in more than 200 countries. We’re proud to do our part in promoting this wildly popular sport of nations.”

Milne Travel caters to individuals, corporations, groups, non-profits and educational institutions. The services that Milne Travel will provide to the NSCAA staff also are now available for any coaches looking to book convenient and cost-effective travel for their team, themselves or their families. Milne Travel will be the leading agent in booking travel for attendees to the NSCAA Convention and NSCAA Coaching Education Academies.

“The NSCAA is pleased to partner with such an established and well managed travel agency as Milne Travel,” said NSCAA CEO and Executive Director Joe Cummings. “This partnership not only will allow for cost savings and improved efficiencies in booking travel for our National Office, Convention and Academy staffs, but it also creates opportunities for our membership of more than 30,000 coaches to book their team and personal travel with one of the leading organizations in soccer travel in the United States.”

The NSCAA travel will be managed by Ingrid Saldibar, Director of Sports/Groups Business Development and head of Milne Travel International Sports Division. Ingrid has more than 30 years of experience with corporate/group travel and is multi-lingual, with working knowledge of five languages. She personally authored, designed, implemented and serviced the team travel model for Major League Soccer that was launched in 1996 and still is used today.

“With Ingrid Salidbar’s leadership and tireless attention to customer service on our side and Joe Cummings’ vision for the NSCAA, we look forward to a mutually beneficial relationship," Milne stated.

ABOUT MILNE TRAVEL AMERICAN EXPRESS

Founded in Barre, Vt., in 1975, Milne Travel is currently celebrating our 36th year.  Out of more than 30,000 travel agencies nationwide, Milne Travel ranks among the top 100 in annual sales. For more information on Milne Travel and the services offered for group and individual travel, please contact Ingrid Saldibar at 888-826-1557 or Ingrid.Saldibar@milnetravel.com.

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