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Nassau, The Bahamas - September 24, 2008 - The Wyndham Nassau Resort & Crystal Palace Casino has appointed 28-year hotel industry veteran Doug McLain to the position of director of sales for the resort located in Nassau, The Bahamas. Based out of Plantation, Fla., McLain will work to maximize the Wyndham Nassau Resort's revenue, as well as manage the sales team.
McLain joins the Wyndham Nassau Resort from Core Hospitality, LLC, where he was the corporate director of sales and marketing responsible for leading and restructuring the sales, catering and revenue management departments for the Renaissance Boca Raton and Marriott Fort Lauderdale North hotels. Prior to that, he held various positions at Wyndham International, including regional director of business development for more then 20 hotels and resorts in Florida and the Caribbean; director of sales and marketing for the Wyndham Bonaventure Resort & Spa; director of group sales at the Wyndham Palace Resort and Spa; national sales representative for the Midwest region, Wyndham El Conquistador Resort & Country Club & Las Casitas Village; and director of sales and marketing at the Wyndham El San Juan Hotel and Casino.
McLain also served in various sales positions at Interstate Hotels, Pittsburgh, Penn.; Sheraton Biscayne Bay, Miami, Fla.; Carnival Hotels and Casinos, Coconut Grove, Fla.; Crowne Plaza Miami, Fla.; Marriott at Sawgrass Resort, Ponte Vedra, Fla.; and the Hyatt Regency, Greenville, SC.
McLain began his career in the hotel industry as a houseman and front desk supervisor at the Holiday Inn Hotel in Toms River, NJ, and underwent corporate management training at the Grand Hyatt New York in New York City. McLain earned his bachelor of science degree in business administration, hotel, restaurant and tourism management at Fairleigh Dickinson University in Rutherford, NJ.
The Wyndham Nassau Resort's 559 guestrooms are each equipped with new flat-screen televisions and in-room refrigerators. Resort amenities include nine restaurants and lounges, pool with a spiral waterslide, whirlpool, private ocean swimming lagoon, snorkeling, parasailing and kayaking, among other water sports.
The resort's 30,000-square-foot Vegas-style Crystal Palace Casino features more than 400 state-of-the-art coinless slot machines ranging from one cent to $100 with popular titles including Wheel of Fortune and Monte Carlo. The casino’s nearly 40 table games include blackjack, craps, roulette, midi baccarat, Let it Ride Bonus, three-card poker and WSOP Texas Hold 'Em Bonus Poker. Crystal Palace Casino is also home to the area's only sports book and offers a new high-limit slot and table area.
The Wyndham Nassau Resort & Crystal Palace Casino is 15 minutes from Nassau's Lynden Pindling International Airport, which is serviced by a number of domestic and international carriers. For more information, call (800) WYNDHAM or visit www.WyndhamNassauResort.com.
Wyndham Hotels and Resorts, a subsidiary of Wyndham Worldwide Corporation (NYSE: WYN), offers upscale hotel and resort accommodations throughout the United States, Europe, Canada, Mexico and the Caribbean. All hotels are either franchised or managed by Wyndham Hotels and Resorts or an affiliate. For more information, visit www.wyndham.com.
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