| Fluent in English, French and Italian, Franco brings a wide range of corporate hotel and resort experience to the team. Particularly skilled in the organisation, financing, management and marketing of quality full service hotel chains, he provides experienced counsel to major clients entering the business, looking for sound judgement on corporate reorganisation, expansion, branding and positioning. Education - Hotel School-Bellagio, Italy
- Marketing Certificate-University of Manitoba, Winnipeg
- General Management Program-Bishops' University, Lennoxville (condensed MBA equivalency modeled on Harvard Business School MBA with teaching faculty mostly from that school)
- Advanced Management Program-Cornell University, Ithaca, New York
Career Summary | | 1991-present | Coast Hotels & Resorts, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Canada: 22 Hotels, 2,867 Rooms-Canada Select Rating: 3½ to 4½ Stars
USA: 16 Hotels, 2,616 Rooms-AAA Rating: 3 to 4 Diamonds
Coast Welcome Lodges, 1 Hotel, 80 rooms (opening early 2005)
4 Casino Resorts, 2808 rooms (This is a strategic marketing alliance with Coast Casino Resorts of Las Vegas, NV) | | | 1992-present: President, CEO and Director | | | 1991-1992: Executive Vice President and COO | | | 1986-1991: Vice President Operations | | 1970-1986 | Canadian Pacific Hotels dba Fairmont Hotels | | 1983-1986 | General Manager, Fairmont Hotel, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada (5 Stars, 565 rooms) | | 1978-1983 | General Manager, Fairmont Chateau Laurier, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada (4 Stars, 465 rooms) | | 1972-1978 | General Manager, Delta Hotel Beausejour, Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada (4 Stars, 311 rooms) (opened 1973) | | 1970-1972 | Executive Assistant Manager, Hotel Fort Garry, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada (4 Stars, 240 rooms) | | 1969-1970 | Senior Assistant Manager, Skyline Ottawa Hotel, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada (4 Stars, 410 rooms) | | Previous | Various positions in Bermuda, Western Europe, North Africa and the Middle East |
COMMUNITY AND PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS - Governor, Coast Mental Health Foundation, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
- Advisor, Policy Board, School of Hospitality and Tourism Management, University of Guelph, Ontario, Canada
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