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Featured Tournament ConsultantThe GTAA is proud to introduce this month's featured Consultant, Joe Gill of South Florida! In 2001, with an eighteen-year career in tourism and hospitality sales and marketing, Joe began a new endeavor, opening the Miami office of The Golf Consultancy. Joe is the Managing Partner for this business.
Joe began his travel and hospitality career in Boston. Beginning with the global travel company Woodside Travel Management, he moved to several roles with ITT Sheraton. These included Director of Corporate Travel Sales Worldwide from Sheratons World Headquarters and then, transferring to New York City as Director of Sales for a 3-hotel complex offering a 2,450 room total inventory, The Sheraton Hotels of New York.
He was then recruited by Hutchison Whampoa, a Hong Kong based conglomerate and was named as the Miami based Pre-Opening Director of Sales and Marketing for the $500 million, 1,350 room Our Lucaya Beach and Golf Resort, on Grand Bahama Island. As the projects first U.S. employee, Joe initiated all required business activities including incorporation of the company, selection and contracting for the resorts Advertising and Public Relations agencies, leasing of office space, full hiring and staff development as well as the creation of the full sales and marketing plan. He actively worked with the Bahamas Ministry of Tourism serving on the Grand Bahama Island Tourism Board Executive Committee, as head of its Airlift Committee and on its Marketing Committee. Throughout his career, Joe has served on a variety of industry Boards and Councils, has been a featured speaker at numerous trade conferences and established himself as a leader and innovator in product and program development. He is currently a member of the USGA (United States Golf Association), the NGF (National Golf Foundation) and is the South Florida Chapter President of the GTAA (Golf Tournament Association of America). A current Ambassador Member of The Old Head Golf Links in Kinsale, Ireland, a USGA golf course rater through the Golf Association of Florida and a former two term Board of Governors Member of the members Club at the Doral Golf Resort & Spa. A native of Boston he attended Northeastern University there. Through his career he has traveled to over forty four countries around the world, is married, with no children and resides in Miami, Florida.  Joe Gill, CGTCThe Golf Consultancy GTAA Consultant, South Florida 305.592.8264 jgill@thegolfconsultancy.com http://www.thegolfconsultancy.com/
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