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Visitor & Convention Bureau Announces Northeast Sales Director
Feb 25, 2005 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACTS: Nancy Hamilton, Lee Rose, Jessica Doyle (239) 338-3500 Lee County Visitor & Convention Bureau Announces Northeast Sales Director LEE COUNTY, FL (February 2005) With plans to more aggressively promote the Fort Myers & Sanibel Island area in southwest Florida, to the meetings and conventions market, the Lee County Visitor & Convention Bureau (VCB) welcomes a new staff member: Elizabeth Dane as northeast sales director. Dane will be based in the new Lee County VCB office in Washington, D.C. to further the destination's presence in the northeast market. In particular she will solicit national, association and corporate groups. Dane's responsibilities will include prospecting, participating in sales promotions and trade shows and conducting site inspections to achieve individual and team sales goals. In addition to sales, Dane will be a public relations liaison in the northeast to generate media coverage for The Beaches of Fort Myers & Sanibel. Dane brings more than 25 years of hotel and tourism industry experience and has held a variety of sales and convention services positions. Dane previously worked as senior national sales manager for Turtle Bay Resort with a concentration on the Washington, D.C. and northeast areas. She has also worked for Marriott, Hilton, Omni and Adams Mark Hotels, as well as the Washington, D.C. Convention & Visitors Bureau. Dane is an active member of professional hospitality organizations including American Society of Association Executives, Hospitality Sales & Marketing Association International, and is the current president of PROST Executive Women in Travel, Washington, D.C. Chapter. She graduated from Beloit College with a degree in performing arts. "We are very excited to be aggressively pursuing the meetings and conventions market with this new position," says D.T. Minich, executive director of the Lee County Visitor & Convention Bureau. "Our initiative for opening the office in Washington, D.C. is to establish The Beaches of Fort Myers & Sanibel as a meetings destination." For additional information contact Elizabeth Dane at (202) 223-4001 or fax (202) 223-4003. Mailing address 2025 M Street NW, Suite 500, Washington, D.C. 20036-3309. -30- EDITOR'S NOTE: The Beaches of Fort Myers & Sanibel in southwest Florida includes: Sanibel & Captiva islands, Fort Myers Beach, Fort Myers, Bonita Springs & Estero, Cape Coral, Pine Island, Boca Grande & Outer islands, North Fort Myers, Lehigh Acres. |