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		Hotel owners, just like you, developed the Vantage Hospitality Group. Our unique partnership's foundation is based on experience and stability. The six managing partners are still in place as the directors of their respective divisions since we launched the company in 1996. This level of stability is rare, if non-existent, in other hotel companies. It all comes down to attitude and a genuine trust among the partners and our members. That's the Vantage difference!
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Steve Belmonte, President & CEO, Partner The Lexington Collection		Steve Belmonte Coming on board as an equity partner and as President & CEO of The Lexington Collection in September 2006, Steve Belmonte brings a wealth of hospitality industry experience and a proven track record of revenue generation, value creation, and innovative growth. In 2002, Belmonte launched Hospitality Solutions, LLC, a full-service, nationwide consultation firm specializing in lodging industry issues at the hotel and corporate level. Drawing on over 35 years of experience and key contacts both in and outside of the industry, Hospitality Solutions was specifically designed to offer fundamental services in an era of corporate mergers and right-sizing. Services include: Motivational Speaking, Franchise Agreement Negotiations as well as Terminated Liquidated Damage Claim Negotiations, Mediation, Expert Witness, Litigation Support, and Feasibility Studies. Belmonte remains CEO of Hospitality Solutions. Prior to Hospitality Solutions, for nearly 11 years Belmonte was President and CEO of the Ramada hotel chain, growing the brand from 450 properties to over 1,000 hotels and nearly 135,000 hotel rooms throughout the United States. He also served as the Executive Vice President of Cendant's Hotel Division. Before his position at Ramada, Belmonte was the President and CEO of Equity Hotel Corporation, a hotel management firm that he co-founded in 1984 and nurtured to become one of the top ten management companies in the industry. Belmonte currently serves on the Board of Industry Relationships for the Asian American Hotel Owner's Association (AAHOA), is an Adjunct Faculty Member of the Round Table Group and is a member of the Franchise Panel for the CPR Institute for Dispute Resolution. He is the former Chairman of the American Hotel Foundation and Educational Institute. At Arlington Hospitality, Belmonte was a member of the Board of Directors, served as Chairman of the Compensation Committee, and was a Member of Arlington's Audit Committee Ad Hock/Strategic Development.
Roger Bloss, Founder and CEO, Vantage Hospitality Group		Roger Bloss has more than 30 years of experience in the hospitality industry. 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. They launched the Best Value Inn brand nationally in 1999. The brand recently evolved into Americas Best Value Inn and has been honored with five National Chain Leadership awards, and was recognized as the Fastest Growing Chain in the country in 2003, 2004, 2005 and 2006 and the third fastest in 2007. Americas Best Value Inn is comprised of more than 750 properties throughout North America and China. Bloss's vision set the foundation for the development of the Vantage Hospitality Group as the parent corporation that includes ownership, management, brand affiliation, and real estate. In 2005, GenaRes central reservation system was added to the company's umbrella of technology resources. Bloss resides in Newbury Park, CA with his wife Ellen and their two children.
Bernie Moyle, COO and CFO, Vantage Hospitality Group		Bernie Moyle is one of six founders of the Vantage Hospitality Group, Inc., which is the parent company of hotel brands Americas Best Value Inn and The Lexington Collection, and a strategic partner with GenaRes Worldwide Reservation Services, Inc. and Magic Inc., a captive insurance company. A graduate of Nova Southeastern University School of Law, Moyle practiced commercial law for 18 years in Fort Lauderdale, FL before joining the Vantage team full-time in 2002 as its Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer. Assisting the CEO, Roger Bloss, in these capacities, Moyle has overseen Americas Best Value Inns' growth from 150 member hotels in 2001 to in excess of 750 in 2007, establishing the hotel brand as The Fastest Growing Hotel Chain in America for four consecutive years and as the 12th largest hotel chain in the world. In addition to the Vantage business groups, Moyle is responsible for the operating effectiveness of the hotel real estate holding entities, Cal-Vegas, Ltd., and its general partner, Thirty-Eight Street, Inc. For the past nine years, Moyle has worked with the City of Coral Springs on economic development matters in various positions and was recently appointed by the City Commission to the Community Redevelopment Agency.

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