Vantage Hospitality: Executive Biographies

Roger Bloss | Founder, President, Chief Executive Officer

Thu, 08 Apr 2010 00:00:00 EST

Roger Bloss has more than 35 years of experience in the hospitality industry, starting in the business as a teenager. After serving in executive positions with several major franchise companies, Bloss and his partners started the Vantage Hospitality Group (formally Cal-Vegas, Limited) in 1996 and acquired their first hotel. Bloss' vision was to develop a national hotel chain based on an innovative membership model.

Bernard T. Moyle | Chief Operating Officer, Chief Financial Officer

Thu, 08 Apr 2010 00:00:00 EST

Bernard Moyle serves as the Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer for Vantage Hospitality Group, and is one of the managing partners. Together with CEO and founding partner Roger Bloss, Moyle has overseen Americas Best Value Inn's growth from 150 member hotels in 2001 to its current number of over 1,000, establishing the hotel brand as The Fastest Growing Hotel Chain in America for five consecutive years and as the 10th largest hotel chain in the world. In 2007, Moyle also helped the company launch the Lexington Collection as the only membership brand in the upper-mid and upscale lodging segments.

Bill Hanley | Group President - Lexington Collection

Thu, 08 Apr 2010 00:00:00 EST

As Group President of Lexington Collection, Bill Hanley brings a wealth of hospitality industry experience and a proven track record of revenue generation, value creation, and innovative growth to Vantage Hospitality Group, Inc., the 10th largest hotel company worldwide.

Patrick Mullinix | Senior Vice President of Development

Fri, 04 Jun 2010 00:00:00 EST

Patrick Mullinix joined Vantage Hospitality in 2002 and has worked his way up the membership development ranks, from senior director to national sales and development manager to his current role of senior vice president. Mullinix is responsible for all national sales efforts and oversees the membership development team.

Peter Frantz | Marketing Director

Fri, 04 Jun 2010 00:00:00 EST

Peter Frantz is one of the founding partners of the Americas Best Value Inn hotel chain. As a result of this unique partnership, Vantage’s international ad agency, JCF Marketing, and the company’s marketing department are both under the corporate internal umbrella and located in the Cleveland, OH division. This offers more synergy and economies of scale for marketing Vantage’s brands, as compared to typical franchise companies with multiple marketing locations. Frantz is the president of JCF Marketing and currently serves as the marketing director for Americas Best Value Inn and The Lexington Collection brands.