Wyndham Names Joel Goldman VP Development

News from Wyndham Hotel Group, Joel Goldman was appointed Vice President of Development for the group for the UK and Western Europe. Goldman, who has spent the past couple of years with Luxury Hotel Partners in the US, has also previously been Director of Cushman & Wakefield Hospitality, will now report to Michael Poynter, Senior Vice President and Managing Director EMEA.

Goldman, whose 20 plus years of experience began with Holiday Inn, is a graduate of Oxford Polytechnic Hotel School, Goldman began his career as a hotel broker for Christie & Co. He is a Fellow of HOSPA and the Institute of Hospitality and teaches on the online MBA in International Hospitality, Glion Institute of Higher Education, Switzerland.

Wyndham Hotel Group has some 320 hotels within the sphere of the new VP’s responsibility, hotels ranging from the upscale accommodations to resorts and mid-scale offerings like Ramada and Ramada Encore. In other news from Wyndham, their Perfect Hotel Getaway with Microtel Inn & Suites offers guest looking for the perfect Summer getaway a unique opportunity the Design Your Perfect Getaway Sweepstakes. Participants compete to win a three-night, four-day trip for two to the U.S. or Canadian destination of their choice complete with hotel accommodations, roundtrip airfare, midsize car rental and $500 in spending money. Other fantastic awards are up for grabs too.

For further information on Wyndham’s people or resort moves, you may contact:

Rob Myers
Public Relations Manager
Wyndham Hotel Group
22 Sylvan Way
Parsippany, NJ  07054
(973) 753-6590
rob.myers@wyn.com