LAKE GENEVA, Wis.
Dan Dolan was named director of sales & marketing for The Abbey Resort and Avani Spa. The Benchmark Resorts & Hotels property is located in Lake Geneva, Wis.
“It is with great pleasure that I welcome Dan to our resort and back to Benchmark,” said Michael Lucero, general manager. “He comes to us with important understanding of our product and exceptional insights into our regional market. We look forward to his strategic leadership of our sales and marketing team.”
Dolan was previously account executive for the Creative Group, Inc., a full service corporate group meeting and incentive business, where he worked with senior sales, marketing, human resources and C-Suite executives. Prior to this, he served as president of Adjoin Meetings, a meeting planning organization.
Dolan has held the position of director of sales & marketing for the Fairmont Chicago, Millennium Park. He served in the same position earlier for the Hotel Sax of Chicago. His first position as director of sales & marketing was for the Resort at Squaw Creek in Lake Tahoe, which Benchmark operated at the time.
Dolan received his Certified Hotel Business Acumen designation from the Hospitality Sales and Marketing Association International.
As the only full-service resort located directly on the shores of Geneva Lake, The Abbey Resort and Avani is located just 75 miles from downtown Chicago and 45 miles from Milwaukee. The resort boasts 334 guest rooms and more than 40,000 square feet of meeting and event space.
