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Greater Boston Convention & Visitors Bureau Board of Directors Elects
David J. Colella 2008 Chairman
BOSTON January 28, 2008 - The Greater Boston Convention & Visitors Bureau
(GBCVB) is pleased to announce it has elected David J. Colella, Vice President &
Managing Director of The Colonnade Hotel, as the 2008 Chairman of the Board of
Directors.
Colella, a native Bostonian, and a graduate of the Isenberg School of Management
at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst is Vice President & Managing
Director of The Druker Company’s three-property hotel division, which includes
The Colonnade Hotel, for which he is General Manager, The Midtown Hotel and The
Inn at Longwood Medical Center.
Prior to his appointment with The Colonnade Hotel, Colella served as general
manager of the Omni Hotel at Independence Park in Philadelphia and the
Ambassador East Hotel in Chicago. He also held senior management positions for
Omni Hotels in New York, Minneapolis, and Boston. In the early 1980s he was
president and CEO of The Levy Organization’s Chicago-based Gaper’s Caterers, the
country’s oldest and largest off-site catering company.
"I am extremely proud of this city’s success as a world-class tourism
destination, which each year continues to draw visitors and convention delegates
from all over the world. I look forward to working with the GBCVB Board, the
staff, and the Boston and Cambridge visitor industry to make Boston and the
region even more successful,” said Colella.
Colella is a past Chairman of the Massachusetts Lodging Association and sits on
the Advisory Board of the School of Hospitality & Travel Management at the
University of Massachusetts at Amherst. He is also a member of the Executive
Board of the Massachusetts Restaurant Association, and also serves as a board
member of the Copley Society of Boston, and Skal International Boston.
Colella has received numerous prestigious industry awards including: The
Massachusetts Restaurant Association's “2008 Restaurateur of the Year”;
Leaders Magazine “Top Hotelier of the Year”; Summit Hotels & Resorts “Mark
of Excellence”; Massachusetts Governor’s “Tourism Leadership Award”; American
Hotel & Lodging Association’s “Most Valuable Volunteer” and the “Distinguished
Alumnus Award” from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst.
The Greater Boston Convention & Visitors Bureau’s mission is to promote Greater
Boston as a destination for conventions, trade shows and leisure travel. The
GBCVB represents 1300 members, ranging from hotels to small service firms.
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