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Accounting/Tax Services

PricewaterhouseCoopers, LLP
H. Kent Goeetjen
100 Pearl Street
Hartford, CT 06103
Ph: 860-241-7009
Fx: 860-241-7587
h.kent.goetjen@us.pwcglobal.com
Accounting, audit, tax and business advisory services to the hospitality industry.


Amenities

Greenwich Bay Trading Company
Ernie Torres
Sales Manager
972 Lafayette Drive
North Kingstown, RI 02852
Ph: 401-295-7427
Fx: 401-294-3978
Customized soaps, shampoos and accessories for every segment of the lodging industry.

The Turkish Towel Co., Inc.
Barton Brass, Owner
34 Railroad Avenue
Peabody, MA 01960
Ph: 866-631-1676
Fx: 978-977-3079
towels@turktowel.com
www.turktowel.com
We distribute luxurious, 100% Turkish cotton towels/robes to the hospitality market. Our products will add to your guests’ comfort, and will lend a touch of sophistication to your amenities.


Chemicals - Cleaning & Dishwashing

Ecolab, Inc.
Corey Plourde
District Manager
1 Edgewater Drive, Suite 210
Norwood, MA 02042
Ph: 800-352-5326
Fx: 860-741-6642
corey.plourde@ecolab.com
www.ecolab.com
Founded in 1923, Ecolab is the leading global developer and marketer of premium cleaning, sanitizing, and maintenence chemicals for the hospitality, restaurant and institutional service industries.


Commercial Lending

David Gagnon- Citizens Bank
875 Elm Street
Manchester, NH 03101
Phone: 603-634-7728
Fx: 603-634-7401
www.citizensbank.com
The Citizens Bank Hospitality Lending Group provides financing to lodging properties throughtout the Norhteast.  Our clients include many of the premiere resorts in New England, upscale country inns and nationally recognized chain properties

Ocean Capital
Rebecca Langley
Marketing Coordinator
2 Altieri Way
Warwick, RI 02886
Ph: 1-800-223-1700
Fx: 401-732-5342
Ocean Capital is a commercial mortgage lender that has been providig innovative financial solutions to the Connecticut lodging industry for more than 15 years.

 

 

Design & Construction

American Construction Group
Steven Prestash
120 Halcyon Drive
Bristol, CT 06010
Ph: 860-589-1300
Fx: 860-589-7474
sprestash@designtecinc.com
www.designtecinc.com
Commercial design/build company founded on two simple goals: to provide our clients with a single source for all their design and construction needs, and secondly to provide unparalled service in a timely and cost-effective manner.

J.P. Maguire Associates, Inc.
Wayne Provost, Executive Vice President
266 Brookside Road
Waterbury, CT 06708
203-755-2297 phone
203-573-8548 Fx
J.P Maguire Associates is a full service damage restoration company.  We offer emergency services,  board-ups, trauma scene cleanup, water, sewage and soot cleanup, mold remediation and complete reconstruction.

Drapery

Superior Drapery Co., Inc.
Paul Lieberman
385 Prospect Avenue
Hackensack, NJ 07601
Ph: 201-343-3300
paul@superiordrapery.com

Energy Management

SunSearch Inc.
Mahesh Varavooru, President
393A Soundview Road
Guilford, CT 06437
Phone: 201-637-5496
Fax: 201-603-1121
website: www.sunsearchllc.com
email: mvaravooru@sunsearchmail.com
SunSearch helps hospitality and other industries reduce their energy costs 50-75% by installing state-of-the-art solar thermal and solar electric systems with energy management systems software.

 

Financial Services

Nationwide Payment Solutions
Philip Gerardo, Territory Manager
69 Judd Street
Bristol, CT 06010
Phone: 860-584-5983
Fx: 860-589-0414
Cell: 860-306-4645
eMail: fill2top@msn.com
www.nationwidepaymentsolutions.com
Nationwide Payment Solutions is proud to be the endorsee of the Connecticut Lodging Association for all their member’s credit card processing needs.  NPS supports the MasterCard Premier Lodging and the Visa Reservation Service Programs.  NPS offers merchants the full array of connection opportunities with dial-up, high speed broad band, wireless and online credit card processing.  NPS has Local Account Representatives to actively service your account on site.   They also have their own ‘In House’ Customer Service Department to satisfy your hotel’s card payment needs 24 x 7. 

HREC Investment Advisors
Geoff Davis
230 Park Ave. 10th Fl.
New York, NY 10169
Ph: 212-551-1775
Fx: 212-551-1779
gdavis@hrec.com
www.hrec.com

Fitness Equipment - Sales & Service

New England Fitness Distributors, Inc.
Fabrice Decola
Territory Manager
270 Eastern Blvd.
Glastonbury, CT 06033
Ph: 860-659-4868
Fx: 860-659-4734
www.nefitness.com
New England Fitness Distributors sells and services fitness equipment throughout New England. We offer easy, informed solutions and carry the best names in the fitness business: Precor, Icarian, Paramount, Hoist, York and others. We make your purchasing experience simple by offering assistance with low-cost leasing and financing, design and layout of your facility and we even handle our own delivery and installations

Food - Wholesale Distributor

HPC Foodservice
Ken Annino
V.P. Sales & Marketing
205 Enterprise Drive
Bristol, CT 06010
Ph: 800-883-9800
Fx: 860-583-6570


Franchising

Best Western International
Jack Barry, CPM
Regional Development
279 East Central St.
Franklin, MA 02038
Ph: 508-520-1640
Fx: 508-520-4764
jack.barry@bestwestern.com
Best Western is the world's largest hotel association providing advertising, marketing, and reservation services to its members in 72 countries.

AmericInn International, LLC
Jon D. Kennedy
Director of Franchise Development
250 Lake Dr. East
Chanhassen, MN 055317
Ph: 952-294-5000
Fx: 952-294-5001
jkennedy@americinn.com
www.americinn.com


Furniture, Fixtures & Equipment

C.A. Rose Associates
Linda Orsini, Owner
62 Munson Road
Middlebury, CT 06762
Phone: 203-758-8146
Fax: 203-758-9266
www.caroseassociates.com
linda@caroseassociates.com
C.A. Rose Associates markets commercial interior products and furnishings. Each product line serves a different niche in the hospitality market and is supported by a seasoned sales team covering New England and parts of New York state.

Nationwide FF&E, Inc.
Susan Bucchianeri
33 Elm Street
Merrimack, NJ 03054
Phone: 603-670-0050
Fax: 603-670-0080
Email: susan@nationwideffe.com

Nationwide FF&E provides liquidation warehousing, and installation services of FF&E to the hospitality industry.


Government Affairs

Sullivan & LeShane
Jude Malone
287 Capitol Avenue
Hartford, CT 06106
Ph: 860-560-0000
Fx: 860-548-9984
info@ctlobby.com
www.ctlobby.com

Information Technology

The Network Support Company
Andrew Ciaburri, Business Development Manager
7 Kenosia Avenue, Suite 2B
Danbury, CT 06810
Phone: 203-744-2274
Fax: 203-791-0107
www.network-support.com
aciaburri@network-support.com

The Network Support Company is one of the largest companies in CT supporting the IT and communications needs of small to medium sized companies.

Insurance

Bouvier, Beckwith & Lennox, Inc.
Tina Gerard
29 North Main Street
West Hartford, CT 06107
Phone: 860-232-4491 Ext:126
Fax: 860-232-6637
Website: www.bblinsurance.com
Email: tina@bblinsurance.com

Bouvier, Beckwith, & Lennox, Inc. is the CLA endorsed provider for all of your insurance needs including: Property-Casualty, Workers Compensation, Liquor Liability, Business, Automobile, Personal Insurance, Life, Health, Group and Medical.

 

Landscaping Services

Brickman Group
Matt Faherty, Manager of Business Development
769 North Mountain Road
Newington, CT 06111
Phone: 860-833-0878
Fax: 860-953-0098
Website: www.brickmangroup.com
Email: matthew.faherty@brickmangroup.com
Enhancing the American landscape since 1939, Brickman is the leader in the commercial landscape industry. With locations in over 25 states, every Brickman client, large or small, benefits from responsive local service, backed by abundant national resources.

Perco, Inc.
David Perrotti, Vice President
157 Whalley Avenue
New Haven, CT 06511
Phone: 203-777-3421
Fx: 203-752-1633
www.perco.net
davidperrotti@perco.net
Providers of high quality landscaping services including grounds maintenance, planting of flowers, shrubs & trees. Sidewalk repair.

 

Laundry - Equipment Distributor & Services

Adventure Laundry Systems
Brandie Couch, Director of Marketing & Business Development
479 Silver Lane
East Hartford, CT 06118
Ph: 860-895-8533
Fx: 860-2909116
Brandie@adventurelaundry.com
www.adventurelaundry.com
Adventure Laundry manufactures the ADVANTAGE Commercial clothing dryer.  Located in East Hartford, Connecticut,  Adventrue Laundry uses innovative technology that focuses on decreasing energy usage and producing durable, safe equipment.

Daniels Equipment Company, Inc.
Bruce Matthias
45 Priscilla Lane
Auburn, NH 03032
Ph: 800-258-3570
Fx: 603-644-0498
bmattclean@aol.com
www.decequip.com
Commercial, industrial, and coin laundry equipment. Water reclaimation systems, material handling, ozone wash systems and finishing systems


Legal Services

Law Offices of James Stedronsky
James Stedronsky
82 Meadow St., Suite B
Litchifeld, CT 06759
Ph: 860-567-9111
Fx: 860-567-1666
hjs@stedlaw.com
www.connecticutrealestatelaw.com

Siegel, O'Connor, O'Donnell & Beck, PC
Edward "Bud" O'Donnell
Managing Partner
150 Trumbull Street
Hartford, CT 06103
Ph: 860-727-8900
Fx: 860-527-5131
eodonnell@siegeloconnor.com
www.siegeloconnor.com
CLA-endorsed labor relations counsel representing management. Each CLA member is entitled to one free consultation per quarter.

 

Marketing/Advertising/Public Relations

Carl Candels & Associates
Carl Candels, The PR Man
PO Box 957
Avon, CT 06001
Ph: 860-677-2717
Fx: 860-677-7827
Public relations counsel and hospitality consultant. Plan and execute promotions and publicity for special events, open houses and name changes for hotels, inns and resorts.

Roomsaver / Traveler Discount Guide
Tim McCaffrey
Regional Marketing Manager
47 Ketewamoke Street
Babylon, NY 011702
Ph: 516-510-3075
tim.mccaffrey@travelerdiscountguide.com
www.travelerdiscountguide.com
One campaign provides combination of Internet and Print to help you capture more transient leisure business. Impacting nightly revenues for many satisfied CT hotels. We're likely generating business for your competitors. Call us so we can do the same for you.


Parking - Management Systems

Propark, Inc.
John Schmid
President
1 Union Place
Hartford, CT 06103
Ph: 860-527-2378


Pavement Maintenance

Supreme Sealers
Gregg Radziunas, Vice President
142 Summer Lane
North Haven, CT 06473
Phone: 203-234-9553
www.supremesealers.com
supremesealers@comcast.net
Got Pavement? Supreme Sealers is the ultimate in pavement maintenance. We make it look better or its free!


Payroll Services/Processors

Abacus Payroll Systems, Inc.
Sharad Saksena
President & CEO
2 Bridgewater Rd.
Farmington, CT 06032
Ph: 860-677-4190
Fx: 860-677-4390
ssaksena@abacuspayroll.com
www.abacuspayroll.com
Founded in 1997, Abacus Payroll maintains a 98% retention Rate! As a CLA member, we are committed to providing a competitive hotel/motel payroll, offering discounts to CLA members.


Pest Control

Abair Lavery
Bethany Scata, Account Manager
32 Brixton Road
West Hartford, CT 06110
Ph: 860-982-1105
Fax: 860-953-8622
eMail: bscata@abairlavery.com
Pest elimination, termite control, bird control

Pool Service

Blue Wave Pool Service & Supplies Inc.
Brian Diglio, President
11 Overlook Drive
Hamden, CT 06514
Phone: 203-248-0429
Fax: 203-288-7070
Website: www.bluewavepoolspa.com
Email: bdiglio@bluewavepoolspa.com
Providing services to keep pools and spas healthy, safe and fun. Full pool service and products including water quality management, onsite training, inspections, renovations, repairs and quality chemicals.

 

Printing

L.A.M. Enterprises, Inc.
Alan Napoli
VP of Sales & Marketing
19 Trescott Street
Dix Hills, NY 011746
Ph: 631-254-6600
Fx: 631-254-4014
anapoli@lam-solutions.com
www.lam-solutions.com
Printed products including key card holders, folios, registration cards, express checkout forms & systems, room pads, rack brochures, preservation folders, plastic keys, promotional printed products, labels and advertising specialty products.

 


Property Management

Konover Hotel Corporation
Peter Mason
Vice President
342 North Main St.
West Hartford, CT 06117
Ph: 860-570-2000
Fx: 860-586-7497
pmason@konoverproperties.com
www.konoverproperties.com
Providing complete hotel management services including centralized accounting, financial reporting, strategic marketing, H.R., and day-to-day operations management systems. Proven in property repositioning through refurbishments and franchise conversions

Waterford Hotel Group
Robert Winchester
914 Hartford Turnpike
Waterford, CT 06385
Ph: 860-442-4559
Fx: 860-437-7752
rwinchester@waterfordhotelgroup.com
www.whghotels.com

Yellowstone Hotel Systems, LLC
Paul Sidoriak, Account Manager
PO Box 1025
West Yellowstone, Montana 59758
Ph: 203-650-0860
paul.sidoriak@yellowstonehs.com
www.yellowstonehs.com
YHS offers an extensive, intuitive PMS which communicates with our real-time online reservation system. We couple this with marketing strategies, website development and web presence optimization to increase profitability.



Purchasing & Distribution Services

Buyers Edge LLC
Steven Daren, Partner
567 Vauxhall St. Ext. #207
Waterford, CT 06385
Phone: 860-701-0538
Fax: 860-701-0576
sdaren@buyersedge.cc
www.buyersedgepurchasing.com
Provide comprehensive purchasing programs providing a full spectrum of services. We evaluate current programs, negotiate, or assist in negotiating, manage and audit complete purchasing and distribution programs.

Real Estate - Broker

Optimum Hotel Brokerage, LLC
Joseph McCann
President
733 Rowland Rd.
Fairfield, CT 06824
Ph: 203-254-3904
Fx: 203-319-9910
joe@optimumbrokerage.com
www.optimumbrokerage.com
Optimum Hotel Brokerage is a full-service hotel real estate brokerage firm, providing Connecticut hoteliers with a vast array of real estate and capital advisory services. We are a licensed Connecticut Real Eastate Broker.

 

Research

Smith Travel Research
Duane Vinson, Vice President
735 East Main Street
Hendersonville, TN 37075
Phone: 615-824-8664
Fx: 615-824-3848
Website: www.smithtravelresearch.com
Email: duane@smithtravelresearch.com
Smith Travel Research (STR) is the recognized leader in providing accurate, actionable information and analysis to the lodging industry.


Telecommunications

PaeTec Communications.Inc.
Jason Grover
Senior Account Executive
100 Wells St. Suite 2D
Hartford, CT 06103
Ph: 800-946-1233
Fx: 860-728-4995
jason.grover@paetec.com
www.paetec.com
CLA's Endorsed Provider of high-speed, local, long distance and operator services. Currently serving more than 1,200 hotels nationwide.


Travel Services

AAA National Offices
Tony Perrone
Regional Manager
1100 AAA Drive
Heathrow, FL 032746
Ph: 800-669-9090
tperrone@national.AAA.com
www.AAA.com
Providing ratings of hotels, restaurants & attractions to our 41 million members.

Escapemaker.com
Caylin Sanders
180 Fifth Ave.
Brooklyn, NY 011217
Ph: 718-398-5766
Fx: 718-398-5769
caylin@escapemaker.com
www.escapemaker.com
Guide to local weekend getaways and day trips from New York City.


Web Development


ImageWorks, LLC
Jeffrey Cohen
Vice President
P.O. Box 3189
Vernon, CT 06066
Ph: 860-870-7555
Fx: 860-871-0258
jeff@imagesites.com
www.imagesites.com
A Connecticut web design firm, ImageWorks, LLC creates immediate positive results for your company - no matter the size - by focusing on function & content in a design that is unique to your business and is sure to grab your customer's attention.









 
 

Connecticut (CT) Lodging Association CONNECTICUT LODGING ASSOCIATION
100 Roscommon Dr., Suite 320
Middletown, CT 06457
Phone: (860) 635-5600
Fax: (860) 635-6400