News for the Hospitality Executive |
BUFFALO, NY (July 29, 2011) – Buffalo Lodging Associates, LLC is proud to announce that Michael Celio has been hired as regional revenue manager. Mr. Celio is responsible for organizing and implementing revenue management efforts across assigned hotels in the company’s southeast region. Michael works with the hotel managers and the company’s executive team members to formulate market segment forecasts and apply revenue management techniques. He is based out of Buffalo Lodging’s corporate office in Stoughton, Massachusetts. A hospitality professional with more than 20 years experience, Mr. Celio joined Buffalo Lodging Associates after spending the last six years as a director of revenue management for three hotels in the greater Providence, Rhode Island area. In this role, Michael developed strategies to maximize hotel revenue, sales penetration and RevPar growth. He also analyzed market trends to assist in forecasting and budgeting processes. His previous experience includes management positions in the Tulsa, Oklahoma market, as well as various front office and guest service positions. Michael is a graduate of Johnson and Wales University, where he earned both a BS in Hotel/Restaurant Institutional Management and an AS in Food and Beverage Management. He currently resides in West Warwick, Rhode Island. “We are very happy to have Michael on our revenue management team,” stated Sue Korycansky, vice president of sales and marketing for Buffalo Lodging. “He comes to us with a wealth of experience working for a variety of brands and in various markets, which will serve him well in this new role.” As a fully integrated hotel development and management organization, Buffalo Lodging Associates provides operations, sales and marketing, human resource, and accounting services for their portfolio of hotels and for third party management contracts. Buffalo Lodging Associates, in partnership with Benderson Properties, LLC, owns and operates hotels in New York, Massachusetts, Ohio, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Florida, New Jersey, Missouri, and Ontario, Canada. For more information about Buffalo Lodging Associates’ management services or group of award-winning hotels, please visit www.buffalolodging.com. |
Krista L Glenn |