For Immediate Release – April 6, 2011
Contact: Marti Mayne, 207-846-6331, info@maynelymarketing.com
Haddon Heights, NJ – Jay Karen,
president and chief executive officer of the Professional Association of Innkeepers
International (PAII), was elected by peers in the travel industry to serve
a two-year term as an at-large member of the U.S.
Travel Association board of directors. This will be the first time a
representative from the bed and breakfast industry will serve the organization
in this capacity.
"U.S. Travel is pleased to
welcome Jay to our board,” said Roger Dow, president and CEO of the U.S. Travel
Association. "Jay is a champion for the travel sector, and our board will
benefit by having a voice for the bed and breakfast industry,” finished Dow.
Jay has fifteen years of
experience in organizational and association management and leadership,
fourteen of which has been in the hospitality and leisure market. Since 2007, Jay has served the bed and breakfast industry as president and CEO of
PAII. For ten years prior to that, he served in senior staff positions
with the National Golf Course Owners
Association, representing and promoting the business interests of golf
course operators worldwide.
"I have long admired the work
of the U.S. Travel Association, especially over the past few years, during
which they have made incredible public policy strides,” said Karen. "I am
honored to contribute to the strategic discussions and mission of the
organization. Inns and B&Bs are among the smallest businesses in the
travel industry, and yet contribute to tourism and historic preservation in
meaningful ways in every corner of the nation. I look forward to amplifying
their voices.”
About PAII: The Professional Association of Innkeepers International,
founded in 1988, is the innkeeping industry's largest trade association. PAII
provides education, communications, public relations, advocacy, networking, and
research services to its membership and the greater industry. In addition, PAII
has created and is spearheading "Better Way To Stay”, a groundbreaking,
industry-wide campaign to help travelers discover today’s inns and B&B
experience. For more information, visit www.innkeeping.org.
About U.S. Travel:
The U.S. Travel Association is the national, non-profit organization
representing all components of the $704 billion travel industry. U.S. Travel's
mission is to increase travel to and within the United States. For more
information, visit www.ustravel.org.
CONGRATS, Jay! Well-deserved and wonderfully exciting for all of us in the B&B Industry! You will be sensational as our representative. Keep up the great work you are doing!
THANK YOU - THANK YOU!
Todd Allen, BBAK President
Owner/Innkeeper, Maple Hill Manor, Springfield, Kentucky
What an honor for Jay, and a boost for BWTS and our industry, but I wonder it the US Travel Association knows how lucky they are to have Jay now. Way to go Mr. Karen!!!!
Jay, this is fabulous! What great news for our industry. We couldn’t have a better person representing us and this representation in the U.S. Travel Association is an important step for B&Bs and getting the word out about a Better Way to Stay (and not just the campaign, but the experience and the importance of bed & breakfasts as a travel option).
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