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Rich Cimilluca of North Maple Inn Appointed Chair
of Marketing Committee for International
Association of Conference Centers
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BASKING RIDGE, NEW JERSEY, July 2003 � Richard Cimilluca, director of sales & marketing for the North Maple Inn at Basking Ridge, a Benchmark Hospitality property, has been appointed Chairman of the Marketing Committee for the prestigious International Association of Conference Centers (IACC).  This is the first time a non-board member will hold the position as Chairman.   IACC, which is located in St. Louis, Missouri, is the premier professional conference center organization globally.

"We feel very fortunate to have someone of Rich Cimilluca's talent and ability to head up IACC's marketing committee," stated Tom Bolman, CAE, executive vice president of the International Association of Conference Centers.

Rich Cimilluca has been active in conference center marketing for over a decade and is a 20-year veteran of the hospitality industry.  He has been employed at North Maple Inn as director of sales & marketing since 1999, when the property was known as the AT&T Learning Center. 

Mr. Cimilluca was previously the director of sales & marketing at the Doral Forrestal Hotel, located in Princeton, New Jersey.  Before this he was director of sales & marketing for The Scanticon, also of Princeton, and National Sales Manager for Scanticon International, based at the national sales office in New York City. 

Rich Cimilluca is a member of Meeting Professionals International, New Jersey chapter, and the Hospitality Sales & Marketing Association International.  He earned his Bachelor's degree from Southern New Hampshire University, located in Manchester, New Hampshire.   

North Maple Inn at Basking Ridge (www.northmapleinn.com) offers 171 well-appointed guestrooms with 16 spacious suites; 20,000 square feet of dedicated meeting space with 25 conference rooms, including an 84-seat tiered amphitheater; and comprehensive meeting support services.  The hotel also offers Coaster's, a casual lounge; Cuisine, a restaurant serving internationally inspired fare in an open-hearth kitchen; and an elegant ballroom.   North Maple Inn provides complete fitness and recreation facilities for hotel and conference guests.  The property, which was built in 1995 and comprehensively renovated in 2000, is one of the finest hotels in New Jersey.

North Maple Inn is managed by Benchmark Hospitality, an international hospitality management company based in The Woodlands, Texas.  Benchmark operates luxury resorts, hotels, spas, golf clubs and conference centers throughout the United States, in Canada, and  Japan. 
 

Contact:


BENCHMARK HOSPITALITY
The Woodlands, Texas
www.benchmarkhospitality.com

NORTH MAPLE INN
Basking Ridge, New Jersey
www.northmapleinn.com


Also See: Ellen Ruane-Johnson Named Director of Operations for the North Maple Inn in Basking Ridge, New Jersey / April 2003

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