Chesapeake Hospitality Promotes Clifford Ferrara and Chris Green to Executive Management

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. April 03, 2013

Greenbelt, MD - April 3, 2013 - based Chesapeake Hospitality, one of the country's fastest growing third-party hotel management companies ranked in the top 50 largest independent U.S. operators, announced today the promotion of Clifford Ferrara to Senior Vice President of Sales, Marketing and Revenue Management and Chris Green to Senior Vice President of Operations. Kim Sims, President of Chesapeake Hospitality, made the announcement.

Ferrara's career in the hospitality industry spans more than 30 years of working with many major hotel brands in both a sales and operational management capacity. His strong track record of industry accomplishments includes building highly focused sales and operation teams and leading them to success through hotel launch, ramp up, rebranding and repositioning of reflagged hotels. He has more than 10 years of excellent performance onsite with Chesapeake Hospitality hotels. Prior to joining the corporate team he successfully opened and managed the Crowne Plaza Hollywood Beach hotel, shaping its path to strong profitability and success. In his past four years as VP Sales & Marketing he has instilled this winning culture of success throughout the growing Chesapeake sales teams. He earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in English from Hampden-Sydney College.

Green has more than 23 years of successful hotel operations and food and beverage management experience—adding to the depth of expertise on Chesapeake's corporate team. In addition to more than 10 years onsite at Chesapeake managed properties, Green has worked closely with national brands and more than 40 restaurants. Among his career successes, Green led the team at the Crowne Plaza Houston Downtown to the Quality Excellence Award for outstanding performance from Intercontinental Hotels Group in 2008. He is a certified hotel administrator and has served as president and board member for various tourism development and hotel and motel associations in key markets nationally.

“It is with great pleasure that I announce the well-deserved promotions of these exceptional professionals—who bring a high level of expertise and insight to our corporate team, all while having a passion for delivering outstanding customer service to our clients and guests,” said Sims. “In their elevated roles, both Clifford and Chris will continue to play an integral role in our company's current strong growth trajectory.”

Chesapeake's growth story can be largely attributed to superior property performance, with a same hotel year over year room sales increase of 8.3 percent for their portfolio last year, compared to a total U.S. industry increase of 6.8 percent (reference: Smith Travel Research). During the past two years, Chesapeake has doubled in size by expanding its hotels under management from 11 properties in 2011 to 21 properties today.

About Chesapeake Hospitality
Headquartered in Greenbelt, Md., just outside of Washington, D.C., Chesapeake Hospitality is a mid-sized, third-party hotel management company with a proven track record in both full- and select-service hotels. Ranked in the top 50 largest independent operators, the company manages properties under the Hilton, Starwood and InterContinental Hotel Group brand families. For additional information, visit the company's website: www.chesapeakehospitality.com.