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Sarah Diener

From: cfhla@memberclicks-mail.net on behalf of Central Florida Hotel and Lodging Association

Sent: Friday, October 27, 2017 5:21 PMTo: communications@cfhla.orgSubject: CFHLA - Back of the House - October 27, 2017

Volume 4 - Edition 42 10/27/2017

In This Issue...

HALLOWEEN JOB FAIR MINI HOB NOB SILVER CONDE NAST I-4 UPDATE PARTNERS-IN-ACTION ANNOUNCEMENT ADOPT-A-STATION

HOSPITALITY OPPORTUNITIES

This Newsletter is proudly sponsored by:

HALLOWEEN

Today, the

2017 Halloween Golf Open was a

Membership Experience!

This "Members Doing Business with Members"

event was held at the

ChampionsGate Golf Club (Thank you Robert Stanfield, General Manager of the

Omni Orlando Resort at ChampionsGate) with 144 golfers, 19 Hole Sponsors,

Prizes and the Pumpkin Raffle.

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Honorees

October Allied Member of the Month

Vicki Petersen

Waste Management, Inc. of Florida

October Lodging Member of the Month

Cedric Pas

Orlando Marriott Lake Mary

2017 CFHLA Executive Committee

Chairperson Dave Bartek Loews Hotels

1st Vice Chairperson Fred Sawyers Walt Disney World Swan and Dolphin Resort

2nd Vice Chairperson

CFHLA THANKS the

2017 Halloween Golf Open Partners and Sponsors:

Presenting Sponsor:

Hole Sponsors:

ASI, Landscape Management

ATMFLA, Inc.

Blown Away LLC

Boyer Building Corporation

Crown Linen LLC

EMCOR - Mechanical Services of Central Florida

F.P.I.S., Inc. Brochure Distribution & Travel Marketing

J.R. United Industries

Mid Florida Golf Cars

Orlando Mattress Company

PCD Building Corp

Premium Healthy Vending

Quick Response Fire Protection LLC

Sherwin Williams

Summit Broadband, Inc.

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Brian Comes Hyatt Regency Orlando

Secretary Keith Wolling

Treasurer Jesse Martinez The Alfond Inn at Rollins

Assistant Treasurer Sonja Giselbrecht Sheraton Suites Orlando Airport

Historian Peter Kacheris Hilton Orlando Bonnet Creek / Waldorf Astoria Orlando

Immediate Past Chair Gerald Urquiola Caribe Royale Orlando

Partners of the Month:

Breakfast Club Global Sourcing Int'l, LLC

East Orlando Hob Nob Mechanical Services of Central Florida, Inc (MSI) Executive Committee

Meeting

Orlando Prestige Painting &

Reconstruction

HR Seminar #3 Corporate Sponsor Jackson Lewis LLP Corporate Partners Allen Norton & Blue EduMatics University of Phoenix Food and Beverage Sponsor HospitalityStaff Halloween Golf Open

System Tech Services, Inc.

VS Media Group, Inc.

Wealth Management Strategies of Central Florida

Yellowstone Landscape

Driving Range Sponsor:

Baxter Restoration

Putting Contest Sponsor:

Sunbrite Outdoor Furniture, Inc.

Roving Cart Sponsor:

PSAV Presentation Services

2017 Halloween Golf Open Corporate Sponsor Premium Healthy Vending, Inc.

2017 Halloween Golf Open Hole Sponsor Awardees:

Best Decorated:

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Corporate Sponsor Premium Healthy Vending, Inc. Hole Sponsors ASI, Landscape Management ATMFLA, Inc. Blown Away LLC Boyer Building Corporation Crown Linen LLC EMCOR - Mechanical Services of Central Florida F.P.I.S., Inc. Brochure Distribution & Travel Marketing J.R. United Industries Mid Florida Golf Cars Orlando Mattress Company PCD Building Corp Premium Healthy Vending, Inc. Quick Response Fire Protection LLC Sherwin Williams Summit Broadband, Inc. System Tech Services, Inc. VS Media Group, Inc. Wealth Management Strategies of Central Florida Yellowstone Landscape Pumpkin Raffle Sponsor Advanced Disposal Driving Range Sponsor Baxter Restoration Putting Contest Sponsor Sunbrite Outdoor Furniture, Inc. Roving Cart Sponsor PSAV Presentation Services Osceola County General Managers Luncheon Greenery Productions, Inc.

Wealth Management Strategies of Central Florida

Best Food & Beverage:

ATMFLA, Inc.

Best Costume:

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Vacation Ownership Council Meeting Minuteman Press Walt Disney World Update Membership Luncheon Corporate Sponsors Bags Parking & Guest Services Experience Kissimmee A/V Partner PSAV Presentation Services Electrical Partner GES In-Kind Partners XPONET Xpodigital

Mid Florida Golf Cars

(left to right) Kalee Taylor of DBK, Inc., CFHLA Board Member Anthony Lazzara, General Manager of the Crowne Plaza Orlando Universal, CFHLA Board Member Craig Leicester, General Manager

of the Aloft Orlando Downtown, and Britton Sharpe of Waste Connections of Florida

"Top Spots" at the Halloween Golf Open:

First Place Golf Team:

SONIFI Solutions, Inc. Tommy Pun Joe Corsetti

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Ron Jackowski Tim Fielding

Second Place Golf Team:

Orlando Health Reggie Riley John Davis

Emily Montero Leticia Adams

Third Place Golf Team:

DoubleTree by Hilton Orlando at SeaWorld Antonio Jones

Tim Foley David Robinson

"Dead Last" Golf Team:

DBK, Inc. / Waste Connections of Florida Kalee Taylor

Anthony Lazzara Britton Sharpe Craig Leicester

CFHLA Board Member Lana Burke, General Manager of the Homewood Suites Orlando

International Drive / Convention Center with the thyssenkrupp Elevator team.

Closest to the Pin Ladies: Suzanne Galarneau thyssenkrupp Elevator

Closest to the Pin Men:

Matt Grier Greenery Productions, Inc

Longest Drive Ladies:

Emily Montero Orlando Health

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Longest Drive Men: Colin Hines

thyssenkrupp Elevator

Putting Contest Winner: Arthur Foister

Renaissance Orlando at SeaWorld

The Shot of the Day Goes to: Robert Sheuerle

of OUC - The Reliable One For His "Hole-In-One"!

Pumpkin Raffle Winners: CJ Sloan

thyssenkrupp Elevator

Teresa Simpkins Caribe Royale Orlando

Keith Luka

Holiday Inn Resort Orlando Suites - Waterpark

Nancy Asche Conference Direct

Don Rausch

Orange Lake Resort

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CFHLA Board Members Frank Quallen, General Manager of the Renaissance Orlando Airport Hotel and Ralph Scatena, General Manager of the Orlando World Center Marriott

The Embassy Suites Orlando Lake Buena Vista South foursome.

"It's a blessing working for Dennis Hale."

CFHLA Board Treasurer Jesse Martinez, General Manager of The Alfond Inn at Rollins

and CFHLA VIP Member Mark Moravec of Bags Parking & Guest Services

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Halloween Golf Open Hole Sponsor Quick Response Fire Protection LLC

with the SeaWorld Parks and Resorts team.

Former CFHLA Member Doug Ridge, General Manager of the Gaylord National Resort & Convention

Center with CFHLA VIP Member Cindy Andrews of Sunbrite Outdoor Furniture

For more pictures of this Spooktacular Membership Experience, please CLICK HERE.

JOB FAIR

CFHLA will be conducting a

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Hospitality Job Fair to support those affected by the recent Hurricanes on

Monday, November 6 from

11:00am – 2:00pm at the

Orange County Convention Center North Concourse, Room N220.

Booth Fee: $200

Each registration includes complimentary parking, a 6 ft table and two chairs, two boxed lunches and wi-fi internet access.

To Sign-up to be an Exhibitor for this Job Fair:

Lodging Members Click Here

For more information, please contact Erin Walsh - 407-313-5012 - membership@cfhla.org.

MINI HOB NOB

On Monday, October 23, CFHLA produced the very first

Mini Hob Nob at the

DoubleTree by Hilton Orlando East - UCF Area (Thank you Wayne Stelling, General Manager).

CFHLA East Orlando "Mini" Hob Nob Lodging Participants

This reverse tradeshow provided the opportunity for

CFHLA Allied Members

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to meet and greet with

East Orlando Lodging Professionals.

Once again, CFHLA thanks all Members who participated and supported this successful business relationship building event.

Additionally, CFHLA would like to recognize

the sponsor of the Mini Hob Nob:

Please see below for photos from this event:

Hans Stahl with Enseo, CFHLA Silver Partner Jill Cooper with Blown Away LLC,

and Richard Incandela with Regal Paint Company

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Brenda Sanabria, Director of Sales and Jacqueline Padilla, General Manager

of the Hampton Inn & Suites / East Orlando UCF Area

Yazmin Cabrera, Director of Sales and Jorge Salazar, Assistant General Manager

of the Hilton Garden Inn UCF

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The Best Western Orlando East Inn & Suites team meets with Allied Members.

Loudy Ocean, Operations Manager and Janisse Ramirez, General Manager of the Residence Inn

Orlando East / UCF with Sarah Ehmke, Director of Sales representing Courtyard by Marriott - UCF, Residence Inn Orlando East / UCF, and Towneplace Suites Orlando East / UCF Area

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Jamie Ross, General Manager of the Residence Inn by Marriott Orlando / Lake Mary with

CFHLA Silver Partner Paul Dougherty of PCD Building Corp

Tom Michaelis with Premium Healthy Vending, Inc., CFHLA Silver Partner Mike Bozeman with

Mechanical Services of Central Florida (MSI), Kalee Taylor with DBK, Inc., CFHLA Silver Partner Shannon Rathmann with Southern Appeal Carpet and Upholstery Cleaners, Inc., and

CFHLA Silver Partner Jimmy Olivero with Clean Tec Services

SILVER

CFHLA would like to recognize the following companies for serving as

2017 Silver Partner Members:

Allegra Print

Anthony's Coal Fired Pizza

Armstrong Lock & Security Products, Inc.

Ashberry Water Conditioning

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Balloons by Renee

Blown Away LLC

Booking.com

Buckalew Hospitality, LLC

Carter Electric, Inc.

Clean Tec Services

Comprehensive Energy Services, Inc.

CoolThings Sales & Services

Driveway Maintenance, Inc

EDC Services Group

Edlen Electrical Exhibition Services of Orlando

Foliage Design Systems

F.P.I.S., Inc. Brochure Distribution & Travel Marketing

Harbour Digital

Helpro Cleaning Services

Hobart Corp.

Hoshizaki Southeastern D.C., Inc

KBCO Design

KONE Elevator and Escalator

LANCO Paints & Coatings

Landform of Central Florida

Liberty Staffing, LLC

LMG Construction Services

Mid Florida Golf Cars

Mechanical Services of Central Florida, Inc (MSI)

Orlando Prestige Painting & Reconstruction

PCD Building Corp

PHOTOSOUND of Orlando, Inc.

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Prestige Construction of FL

PWI Construction, Inc.

Remediation Specialists

Rimco Marketing Products

Southeastern Laundry Equipment

Southern Appeal Carpet and Upholstery Cleaners, Inc.

SONIFI Solutions, Inc.

Sunshine Recycling Inc.

Switch Electric, LLC

Symbiont Service Corp

T&G Constructors

Thermal Tech, Inc.

T-Mobile

thyssenkrupp Elevator

Waste Management Inc of FL

Wealth Management Strategies of Central Florida

Xpodigital

XPONET

THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT!

CONDE NAST

Recently, the Conde Nast Traveler 2017 Readers' Choice Awards announced the Top Hotels in Florida.

For the Third Consecutive Year,

The Alfond Inn at Rollins (Congratulations CFHLA Board Treasurer

Jesse Martinez, General Manager) was chosen as the 2017

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#1 Best Hotel in Florida.

CFHLA Congratulates The Alfond Inn at Rollins for this outstanding award!

I-4 UPDATE

For your information, a traffic shift that moves the westbound I-4 exit to southbound Kirkman Road from a left exit to a right exit will occur. The new

exit on the right will be open by 5:00AM this Monday, October 30.

The new exit ramp is nearly half of a mile sooner. All westbound

motorists wishing to exit onto either direction on Kirkman Road will use the same exit (exit 75).

Click here to view the illustration of the new westbound I-4 exit ramp.

PARTNERS-IN-ACTION

Recently, the

Orlando Vineland Premium Outlets helped celebrate national Simon Youth Day by visiting

their Adopt-A-School Partner, the

Simon Youth Academy, at their school with lunch.

Together, the students and staff represented the

"Power of Orange".

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CFHLA THANKS ORLANDO VINELAND PREMIUM OUTLETS FOR THEIR

CONTINUED SUPPORT OF CENTRAL FLORIDA STUDENTS!

ANNOUNCEMENT

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CFHLA Congratulates Cindy Campbell-Taylor

for being named the Vice President of Sales and Marketing

for

I-Drive 360.

Cindy will be responsible for all global sales and marketing efforts, focusing on growing strategic customer accounts and partner

relationships that will help drive visitation to the Coca-Cola Eye and I-Drive 360 complex.

CONGRATULATIONS CINDY!

ADOPT-A-STATION

SERVPRO of Osceola County recently delivered food to their Adopt-A-Station partner

St. Cloud Fire Station 31 which is currently promoting Breast Cancer Awareness Month.

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THANK YOU SERVPRO OF OSCEOLA COUNTY FOR

SUPPORTING CENTRAL FLORIDA FIRST RESPONDERS!

HOSPITALITY OPPORTUNITIES

Below please find current employment opportunities in the Central Florida Hospitality Industry:

Reservations Agent (Flexible Shift) Caribe Royale Orlando

CLICK HERE to view position.

Finance Director Central Florida Hotel and Lodging Association

CLICK HERE to view position.

Sales Coordinator Crowne Plaza Orlando Downtown CLICK HERE to submit resume.

Banquet Captain, Front Desk Agent, Housekeeping Manager and MORE!

Crowne Plaza Orlando Universal CLICK HERE to view open positions.

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Convention Services Manager, Expeditor Supervisor,

Assistant Food and Beverage Manager and MORE! DoubleTree Resort by Hilton Hotel

Entrance to Universal Orlando CLICK HERE to view open positions.

Food and Beverage Supervisor

Embassy Suites by Hilton Orlando Lake Buena Vista CLICK HERE to view position.

Assistant Culinary Food and Beverage Manager

Hilton Grand Vacations CLICK HERE to view position.

Assistant Director of Engineering, Server, Spa Concierge and MORE!

Hyatt Hotels of Orlando CLICK HERE to view open positions.

Event Concierge, Operations Supervisor,

Recreation Attendant and MORE! Marriott International

CLICK HERE to view open positions.

Bellman Driver and Housekeeping Dispatcher. Melia Orlando Suite Hotel

CLICK HERE to view open positions.

Director of Housekeeping, Sales Manager Assistant Guest Services Manager and MORE!

Paramount Hospitality Management CLICK HERE to view open positions.

This Newsletter is Proudly Sponsored By:

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