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Director of Sales for North America |
| MONTVALE, NEW JERSEY (June 5, 2000). � Andrew
MacLellan, President and Chief Operating Officer of Dolce International,
has named William Gilchrist Dolce International Corporate Director of Sales
for North America. Gilchrist has been an associate of Dolce International
since 1990 where he began as Director of Sales and Marketing for Hamilton
Park, widely recognized as one of the finest conference hotels in the world.
Since, Gilchrist has excelled in a variety of corporate and property-level
sales positions for the Company. He spearheaded the Dolce International
Eastern Regional Sales Office in 1995 and, most recently, was Director
of Marketing of Oak Brook Hills, a Dolce conference resort in the western
suburbs of Chicago.
Said MacLellan, �For ten years Bill has played an integral role in building the Dolce International sales organization. At Hamilton Park, he created a team that helped lead the property to international prominence and has made similar contributions to Dolce-managed properties in both Dallas and Chicago. At a corporate level, Bill shaped the team in our first Eastern Regional Sales Office. We are delighted to have Bill back at the Dolce International Corporate Headquarters and wish him well in his new position.� As Dolce International Corporate Director of Sales, Gilchrist will continue to have an important role in leading transitions at new properties as well as growing group, transient and leisure business throughout North America. Adds MacLellan, �He will also be responsible for both sales training and recruiting efforts to ensure our Company maintains the finest sales force in the industry.� A graduate of East Stroudsburg University, Gilchrist spent five years in property and regional sales with Hershey Hotels & Resorts prior to joining Dolce International. Last year he was elected to Meeting Professionals International Board of Directors, a 17,000-member organization rooted in the pursuit of quality education for meeting management professionals and was Chair of the organization�s International Leadership Committee in 1998-1999. Gilchrist has been a member of MPI since 1985. Dolce International, the global leader in learning through meetings and leisure, represents a growing portfolio of conference hotels, conference resorts and private/corporate centers in the United States, Canada and Europe. |
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Jennifer H. McDonough Director, Public Relations Phone: (201) 505-5909 [email protected] |