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MARCUS HOTELS GM RELEASE MEDIA
REPORT MARCUS HOTELS & RESORTS ANNOUNCES FOUR GENERAL MANAGER PROMOTIONS
Total Media Value: $473,271
Total Reach: 50,890,027
DIGITAL MENTIONS
Outlet/Publication Circulation: Unique Visitors Ad Value Date Headline
Milwaukee BizTalk - Milwaukee Business Journal 5227591 $48,355.22 10/14/14 14:49Pfister Hotel names new general manager, as Ohm departs for Chicago
Chain Store Guide $0.00 11/20/14 13:18Industry Updates: Restaurant & Foodservice – November 2014
Lodging Magazine 3247 $30.03 10/30/14 13:11Marcus Hotels Announces Four General Manager Promotions
Hotel Business Review 27525 $254.61 10/29/14 02:31Marcus Hotels & Resorts Promotes Four to GM
Congoo News 18655 $172.56 10/28/14 23:33Marcus Hotels & Resorts announces four General Manager promotions
Hotel Interactive 4401 $40.71 10/28/14 12:25Marcus Announces Four General Manager Promotions
BizTimes 1620 $14.99 10/28/14 11:15Marcus Corporation promotes general managers at area hotels
Spoke 160758 $1,487.01 10/28/14 10:05Marcus® Hotels & Resorts Announces Four General Manager Promotions
Enhanced Online News $0.00 10/28/14 09:25Marcus® Hotels & Resorts Announces Four General Manager Promotions
Morningstar 1662994 $15,382.69 10/28/14 09:14Marcus® Hotels & Resorts Announces Four General Manager Promotions
Yahoo! Finance 28620301 $264,737.78 10/28/14 09:08Marcus® Hotels & Resorts Announces Four General Manager Promotions
Benzinga 285132 $2,637.47 10/28/14 09:01Marcus® Hotels & Resorts Announces Four General Manager Promotions
Business Wire 398009 $3,681.58 10/28/14 09:00Marcus® Hotels & Resorts Announces Four General Manager Promotions
StreetInsider.com 150324 $1,390.50 10/28/14 09:00Marcus® Hotels & Resorts Announces Four General Manager Promotions
The Numbers - Marketplace from American Public Media 72608 $671.62 10/28/14 05:00Marcus® Hotels & Resorts Announces Four General Manager Promotions
Hotel Online 53286 $492.90 10/28/14 09:58Marcus® Hotels & Resorts Promotes Four to General Manager
ProfitQuotes.com 3857 $35.68 10/28/14 09:10Jim Waldvogel
Investing & Stock Research - Businessweek 8724196 $80,698.81 10/28/14 09:00Marcus® Hotels & Resorts Announces Four General Manager Promotions
Milwaukee Business Journal 5227591 $48,355.22 10/31/14 05:14Part curator, part manager, Smith steps in at Pfister: Tim Smith
Wisconsin Meetings N/A $0.00 http://wisconsinmeetings.com/gms-promoted-marcus-hotels/
Midwest Meetings 427 $3.95 http://www.midwestmeetings.com/staff-appointments.html
PRINT MENTIONS
GM Release Media Report December 5, 2014
Project # of Articles Print Online Soc. Media B'cast Newswires
GM Release 6 6 0 0 0 0
Project: GM Release
Type Posted Date Headline
Publication
Per
ColumnInch
BW Rate
Media
Cost
Impressions
11/14/2014 PEOPLE ON THE MOVE
MINNEAPOLIS/ ST. PAUL BUSINESS JOURNAL 203 12,765 12,891
11/11/2014 Headline not available
USAE 114 3,071 2,000
11/7/2014 PEOPLE ON THE MOVE
MILWAUKEE BUSINESS JOURNAL 218 1,306 12,052
11/7/2014 Part curator, part manager, Smith steps in at PJisler
MILWAUKEE BUSINESS JOURNAL 218 8,274 12,052
10/31/2014 NEW FACES, NEW PLACES
MILWAUKEE JOURNAL SENTINEL 1,041 26,025 196,458
10/17/2014 PFISTER HOTEL NAMES NEW GENERAL MANAGER, AS OHM DEPARTS FOR CHICAGO
MILWAUKEE BUSINESS JOURNAL 218 1,742 12,052
COVERAGE
NEWS RELEASE
MARCUS® HOTELS & RESORTS ANNOUNCES FOUR GENERAL MANAGER
PROMOTIONS
Milwaukee, Wis., October 28, 2014. . . . .Marcus® Hotels & Resorts, a division of The Marcus
Corporation (NYSE: MCS), today announced four general manager promotions. Jim Waldvogel has
been promoted to area vice president and general manager of the Hilton Milwaukee City Center; Tim
Smith, general manager of The Pfister® Hotel; Omar Naimi, general manager of the InterContinental
Milwaukee; and Skip Harless, general manager of the Hilton Madison Monona Terrace.
Jim Waldvogel will be responsible for the day-to-day operations of the Hilton Milwaukee City Center
and will have operational oversight of the company’s two other Milwaukee properties, The Pfister
Hotel and InterContinental Milwaukee. He will also continue to oversee the company’s two
Minneapolis properties, the Hilton Minneapolis/Bloomington and the Crowne Plaza-Northstar.
Promoted to area vice president in April 2014, Waldvogel joined the company in 1997 as general
manager of the Crowne Plaza-Northstar hotel and was promoted to general manager of the Hilton
Minneapolis/Bloomington in 2007. Waldvogel graduated with a bachelor’s degree in finance from
Marquette University in Milwaukee, Wis.
Tim Smith, a nearly 30-year veteran of The Marcus Corporation, will oversee operations of the
company’s flagship property, The Pfister Hotel in Milwaukee, Wis. Smith joined the company in 1987
as an account executive at the Marc Plaza (now Hilton Milwaukee) and held various sales positions
within the company. In 2005 he was named corporate director of sales and in 2007 he was promoted
to his most recent position as general manager of InterContinental Milwaukee. Smith graduated with a
bachelor’s degree in accounting from the University of Wisconsin - Eau Claire.
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For additional information, contact:
Jessica Vollrath
(414) 221-0218
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Omar Naimi is the new general manager of the InterContinental Milwaukee. Naimi joined the
company in 2011 as director of hotel operations and interim general manager of The Pfister Hotel.
Prior to joining Marcus Hotels & Resorts, Naimi served as general manager of the Tanjung Rhu Resort
and Spa in Langkawi, Malaysia. Prior to this role, Naimi spent 12 years with Marriott Hotels &
Resorts working in operations and food and beverage positions at some of Marriott’s most luxurious
properties. He graduated with a bachelor’s degree in hotel administration from Southern New
Hampshire University in Manchester, N.H. and a bachelor’s degree in economics from the Stockholm
School of Economics in Stockholm, Sweden. He also holds a hotel diploma from the Hotel Institute
Montreux in Montreux, Switzerland.
Skip Harless has been named general manager of the Hilton Madison Monona Terrace. With more
than 24 years of experience with Hyatt Hotels & Resorts, Harless joined the company in May 2014 as
resident manager of the Grand Geneva Resort & Spa. Prior to joining Marcus Hotels & Resorts,
Harless served as the senior executive assistant manager for the Hyatt Regency Denver in Denver,
Colo. He graduated with a bachelor of fine arts degree from Texas Tech University in Lubbock,
Texas.
“Jim, Tim, Omar and Skip have demonstrated great professionalism and leadership within our
company and I have great faith that all four of these individuals will continue to make significant
contributions to the continued success of Marcus Hotels & Resorts,” said Thomas F. Kissinger, interim
president of Marcus Hotels & Resorts and senior executive vice president of The Marcus Corporation.
For more information and headshots of the general manager promotions, please visit:
http://media.marcushotels.com.
Marcus Hotels & Resorts
Marcus Hotels & Resorts is a division of The Marcus Corporation (NYSE: MCS). When it assumes
management of The Hotel Zamora in St. Pete Beach, Fla. on November 1, the company will own
and/or manage 20 hotels, resorts and other properties in 11 states. A force in the hospitality
industry, Marcus Hotels & Resorts provides expertise in management, development and
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historic renovations. The company’s portfolio includes a wide variety of properties including city-
center meeting hotels, upscale resorts and branded first-class hotels. For more information on the
latest news and updates, please visit: http://media.marcushotels.com and follow the company on
Facebook and Twitter (@MarcusHotels).
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