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Naples (Fla.) Hotelier, Jerry Thirion, 
Elected Chairman of Florida Hotel & Motel Association
 
TALLAHASSEE--September 8, 1998 - Jerry Thirion, CHA, senior vice president and managing director of The Registry Resort, Naples, has been elected chairman of the Florida Hotel & Motel Association (FH&MA).  He will assume the organization's top leadership post on Oct. 1 and serve a year's term of office.

Also moving up FH&MA's ladder of succession are Chairman-Elect William W. (Bill) McCreary, CHA, complex general manager of the Walt Disney World Swan and Dolphin properties, Lake Buena Vista; and Treasurer Fred Hawkins, CHA, general manager of South Seas Plantation Resort & Yacht Harbour on Captiva Island.  Joining the officers' roster as Secretary for the year ahead is Walter Banks, owner of the Lago Mar Resort & Club in Ft. Lauderdale.  

The elections took place Sept. 5 during FH&MA's annual conference, held at the Renaissance Orlando Resort.
 
Thirion succeeds Ron Johnson, CHA, president/COO of Landcom Hospitality Management in Jacksonville, who will continue serving FH&MA's board as immediate past chairman.

A Certified Hotel Administrator (CHA), Thirion has more than 28 years of experience in the hospitality field.  He began his career at The Colony Beach & Tennis Resort on Longboat Key, rising to its presidency, and has held management positions with Stouffer Hotels in Atlanta, The Melrose Club Resort in South Carolina and The Don CeSar Beach Resort & Spa on St. Petersburg Beach.

FH&MA is a non-profit, professional organization that represents, protects and advances the interests of the state's lodging industry. Established in 1912 and headquartered in Tallahassee, the association currently represents more than 800 properties in Florida that account for approximately one-third of the guest rooms available in the state's hotels, motels and resorts.  Its allied membership comprises more than 380 companies that supply products and services to the lodging industry.
 

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Contact:
Jayleen Woods  
FH&MA 
Director of Publications 
800/476-3462
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Also See:
Russell (Russ) A. Kimball, CHA, has been named Florida's Hotelier of the Year / Sept 1998 

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