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New Castle Hotels Appoints Rick Norman and Michelle Boudreau
General Manager and Director of Sales, Respectively
| SHELTON, CT – June 16, 2008 – Rick Norman, a hospitality
industry veteran with 14 years experience, and Michelle Boudreau, a seasoned
sales and marketing pro, have been named general manager and director of
sales, respectively, for the Residence Inn expected to open in Moncton,
New Brunswick in June. The property is being co-developed and will
be managed by New Castle Hotels & Resorts, a Shelton, Conn.-based third-party
manager and hotel development company.
Norman holds a business administration degree from Nova Scotia Community College. In 2001, he was voted Westin Leader of the Year. A member of the Halifax branch of the Progress Club, a national charitable organization through which young professionals raise funds for charity, he is also an active volunteer at his local soup kitchen and food bank.
The new Residence Inn in Moncton, New Brunswick is expected to open in June 2008. The 133-suite extended stay facility will feature an onsite restaurant, The Keg, leased to an experienced restaurant management company. The hotel will also offer a complimentary hot breakfast buffet, indoor pool, fitness room and parking garage. Located at 600 Main Street, the hotel is convenient to Magnetic Hill, the Magnetic Hill Zoo, Tidal Bore Park, Crystal Palace Amusement Park and Magic Mountain Waterpark and just five miles from the Greater Moncton Airport. New Castle Hotels & Resorts portfolio includes 30 resorts and hotels the company manages, owns or is developing in the United States and Canada. The privately held hotel management company consistently ranks in the country’s top 100 hotel management and development companies in hospitality industry trade publications. New Castle celebrated its 25th anniversary in 2005. For more information on New Castle Hotels & Resorts, please contact Gerald P. Chase, president, chief operating officer, at (203) 925-8370, or visit the corporate website at www.newcastlehotels.com. |
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Gerald P. Chase
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| Also See: | Province of Nova Scotia Appoints New Castle Hotels to Manage Three Historic Summer Resorts / March 2002 |
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Norman,
a resident of Halifax, Nova Scotia, comes to Moncton from the Keltic Lodge
Resort and Spa, where he served as interim general manager on behalf of
New Castle Hotels & Resorts, which manages the property – one of three
Signature Resorts – for the province of Nova Scotia. Prior to his tenure
at the Keltic Lodge, Norman served as director of the rooms division for
the Westin Nova Scotian, New Castle’s award-winning Canadian flagship property.
He joined the Nova Scotian team in July 1996, formerly serving as the property’s
front office manager, and a guest services manager.
Boudreau
has worked in sales and marketing since 2001. A resident of Shediac, New
Brunswick, she joins the Residence Inn’s opening team from the Holiday
Inn Express Hotel and Suites in Moncton, where she served as corporate
sales manager and marketing manager for two years. Her prior sales experience
includes work with Transcontinental Printing and Hawk Communications, both
in Moncton. She holds a degree in business technology marketing management
from NBCC Moncton and a human resources certification from the Institute
of Professional Management of Canada. She is an active fund-raiser in annual
United Way campaigns in her community.