Gayle brings over 30 years of experience in the industry to his new position.  He has served in a variety of management capacities throughout the industry and is a Certified Hotel Administrator, an honor earned from the Educational Institute of the American Hotel/Motel Association in 1994.

Frank Cilona will be the new Director of Sales & Marketing at the Canton Hilton, 320 Market Avenue, Canton, Ohio.

He is the former Assistant Director of Sales at the hotel.  Cilona, a life-long resident of the Canton area, holds a Bachelor of  Science degree in Business Administration from Ohio State University.  He had  more than 12 years of sales, marketing and customer service experience in  major corporations before pursuing a career in the hospitality industry.

Hostmark Hospitality  Group is the largest privately held third-party hospitality management and development firm in the country, operating more than 41 hotels and resorts worldwide. Founded in 1965, Hostmark is a full service management firm providing sales and marketing, human resources, food and beverage operations, accounting, finance, information systems, construction, design, development support and consulting services to full-service and limited-service hotels, resorts and conference centers in the United States, Canada and the Middle East.