February 20, 2009
New Faces at The Great Escape
New players and promotions highlight the offseason
It's been a busy off-season, as officials at The Great Escape Properties have announced the addition of many new faces, as well as the promotion of key personnel for the 2009 operating season.
The Great Escape sales team welcomes the addition of Rob Sgarlata,
Director of Sales, The Great Escape Lodge and Indoor Water Park. He will be joining forces with Steven Greene, newly promoted Director of Sales,
The Great Escape and Splashwater Kingdom. Together they will oversee all sales programs for the properties.
Robert Sgarlata has 20 years experience in hotel sales and marketing. He has acted in a sales or marketing capacity for Sheraton Corporation, Marriott Hotels, The Sagamore Resort, The Crowne Plaza Albany and The Desmond Hotel & Conference Center. Prior to entering the hotel sales field, Sgarlata developed and managed conferences and trades shows for the magazine publishing,
book publishing and catalog marketing industries. Mr. Sgarlata received a Bachelor of Science degree in magazine journalism from the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University.
Steven Greene has been an integral player on The Great Escape Sales team since 2000 and has 14 years of sales experience. Greene is responsible for managing the daily operations for the sales division, developing and overseeing all new and current accounts which include company and school programs, special events and special savings ticket programs. He previously served as Regional Sales Manager within the sales division at The Great Escape.
The Great Escape Properties Marketing Department has experienced a face lift as well. Newly positioned Director of Marketing and Entertainment, Eric Fluet will lead the marketing group. He comes to Lake George by way of Six Flags New England, Six Flags Great Adventure and most recently Six Flags Fiesta Texas. He has spent 14 years with the company between the three properties. He oversees the Marketing and Entertainment Departments for The Great Escape
and Splashwater Kingdom as well as The Six Flags Great Escape Lodge
and Indoor Water Park. Fluet holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Marketing from Westfield State College.
Frank Doninger has been named Director of Operations at The Great Escape Properties. A Six Flags employee since 1997, Doninger was previously the Operations Manager at Six Flags Kentucky Kingdom. Reporting directly to the President of The Great Escape Properties, Doninger is responsible for oversight of rides, park services, admissions, security, parking, and aquatics at the theme park and aquatics at the Lodge. Doninger holds a Bachelor of Business Administration from University of Louisville.
About Six Flags, Inc.:
Six Flags, Inc. is the world's largest regional theme park company with 20 parks across the United States, Mexico and Canada, and soon will be expanding beyond North America with destinations in Dubai and Qatar. Since 1961, hundreds of millions of families have trusted Six Flags to combine friendly-clean-fast-safe service with affordable, value-packed thrills, record-shattering roller coasters and special events like the Summer Concert Series, Fright Fest and Holiday in the Park. Six Flags' wide array of entertainment options reaches all demographics — families, teens, tweens and thrill seekers alike — featuring themed attractions based on skateboarding legend Tony Hawk, the ultimate daredevil Evel Knievel, movie franchises The Dark Knight and The Mummy; as well as world-renowned, kid-friendly brands including Looney Tunes, the Justice League of America,
The Wiggles and Thomas the Tank Engine.
Six Flags continues to develop new avenues for growth, acquiring ownership and management of Dick Clark Productions, producer of such perennial television hits as the American Music Awards, the Golden Globe Awards, the Academy of Country Music Awards, Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve and So You Think You Can Dance. Six Flags, Inc. is a publicly-traded corporation (NYSE:SIX) headquartered
in New York City.
