Disney Hotels Consortium Appoints Marketing Committee Chairman
LAKE BUENA VISTA, FL, Februry 22, 2007. The Hotel Plaza Association, the governing body for the Downtown Disney Resort Area Hotels, a consortium of seven hotels in Lake Buena Vista, Fla., recently appointed Bill Green as the 2007 chairman of its marketing committee.
Green, the director of sales and marketing at the Royal Plaza in the Walt Disney World(R) Resort, will serve a one-year term as head of the marketing committee. The marketing committee includes representatives from all seven hotels and focuses on marketing decisions that affect the properties as a whole.
"I am honored to sit as the new chairman of the hotels' marketing committee," Green said. "As each of our unique properties have exciting changes happening in the next year, the marketing committee will be busy identifying the best strategies for showcasing the Downtown Disney Resort Area Hotels as a premier hotel destination for Central Florida family vacations."
Green brings more than 19 years of hospitality experience to the marketing committee, including a stint as the director of multi-unit sales and marketing at the Westin Fort Lauderdale and Sheraton Suites Cypress Creek. In his current role at the Royal Plaza, he is responsible for the hotel's group/convention, catering and transient sales.
The Downtown Disney Resort Area Hotels consist of the Best Western Lake Buena Vista, Holiday Inn, Doubletree Guest Suites, Grosvenor Resort, The Hilton Resort, Royal Plaza and the Buena Vista Palace Hotel & Spa. With a total of 27 restaurants, more than 3,600 rooms and scores of amenities, the resorts offer a rate, space and menu to please every guest.
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