Executive Leadership

Roger Bloss

Founder, President, Chief Executive Officer

Roger BlossRoger 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. His group was confident that this approach would reinvent the hospitality industry and change the way franchises were operated, and it did. The group continued to build the company's infrastructure, resources, and programs, then launched Americas Best Value Inn as a national hotel chain in 1999, earning many industry accolades over the past decade.

Bloss' hospitality experience and vision set the foundation for the development of the Vantage Hospitality Group. His unique perspective, determination, and goal of offering hotel owners the opportunity to be in business for themselves - not by themselves, while being part of a national brand, were the driving forces behind the company's incredible success.

Bernard T. Moyle

Partner, Chief Operating Officer, Chief Financial Officer

Bernie MoyleBernard 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 900, establishing the hotel brand as The Fastest Growing Hotel Chain in America for five consecutive years and as the 9th largest limited-service hotel chain in the U.S. In 2007, Moyle also helped the company launch The Lexington Collection as the only membership brand in the upper-mid to upscale lodging segments; there are now 27 Lexington Hotels open, under contract or under construction in the United States and China.

In addition to the Vantage hotel brands, Moyle is responsible for the operating effectiveness of the hotel real estate holding and management entities, Cal-Vegas, Ltd., and its general partner, Thirty-Eight Street, Inc. Another affiliate company is Vantage Insurance Services, Inc., a full service insurance agency licensed in 48 states and primarily focusing on the needs of hoteliers.

Bernie also continues to work in economic development for the City of Coral Springs, FL, where Vantage Hospitality is headquartered. He has held several posts with City public-private entities, including Chairman of the Board for the Economic Development Foundation of Coral Springs and Enterprise Coral Springs. In these posts, he helped attract more than 50 new businesses to the area, creating thousands of jobs and millions of dollars in positive economic impact.

Currently, Bernie serves as Vice Chair of the Coral Springs Community Redevelopment Agency (having been reappointed in March 2010 for a second four year term). This organization is charged with overseeing the redevelopment of approximately 150 acres in downtown Coral Springs. Bernie's key rolls include negotiating the acquisition of land critical to the redevelopment plan, overseeing negotiations for downtown infrastructure improvements and heading up negotiation of the Broward College campus agreement.

Bernie is a member of the Broward Workshop where he is involved with three committees: Transportation, Legislation and Tourism. The Broward Workshop is a private, non-profit, non-partisan invitation-only business organization made up of chief decision makers representing over 100 of the County's major business.

Prior to joining Vantage Hospitality, Moyle practiced commercial law for 18 years and was managing partner at Benson, Moyle, Mucci LLP in Fort Lauderdale.

Moyle holds a bachelor's degree from Salisbury State University, Salisbury, Maryland and Juris Doctor from Nova Southeastern University, Davie, Florida. He has been recognized as the Distinguished Alumni of the Year for Nova Southeastern and is a former treasurer and president of the alumni association at the Law School where he currently continues to serve as a Member of the Board of Governors.

Moyle resides in Coral Springs with his wife, Cheri, and their four children.

Bill Hanley

Partner & Group President of Lexington Collection

Bill HanleyAs 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.

Through his expertise in development, franchising, sales, marketing, and operations, Hanley is concentrating on further developing the Lexington Collection throughout North America and in key international markets.

Before coming to Vantage, Hanley served as the Managing Director and COO of the International Hotel Division and Senior Vice President of Cendant Corporation. During this time, he developed and managed franchised brands in over 20 countries, including India, China, Italy, Morocco, Malta, the United Kingdom, and other parts of Europe, and directed Cendant's international operations on four continents.

Hanley has also served in executive positions for several hotel groups, including Radisson Hotels International, Trust House Forte/Forte Hotels and ITT Sheraton. As Executive Vice President for the American Hotel & Lodging Association, he was directly responsible for the organizations operations.

In just 10 years of operation, Vantage's innovative Freestyle® Brand Affiliation has been embraced by over 900 properties throughout the world. This unique model provides hoteliers with the lowest fees and the most comprehensive resources in the industry while allowing hoteliers to choose the services and amenities that best fit their market niches.

Gene Kordoban

Director of Industry Affairs, Director of Membership Development

Gene KordobanGene Kordoban is one of the founding partners of Vantage Hospitality and Americas Best Value Inn. In his position of Director of Membership Development, he has been instrumental in making Americas Best Value Inn one of the fastest-growing hotel companies for six years in a row; bringing the brand to 900 properties in just 10 years.

A hotel veteran with over 30 years of experience, Kordoban has worked his way from the ground floor up and has held senior-level positions in franchising for Forte Hotels, Rodeway International, and Red Loin. He also served as vice president of operations at the California Hotel & Lodging Association.

Kordoban, whose easy-going personality has made him a favorite presence at AAHOA meetings throughout the country, can sometimes be found wearing traditional Indian clothing at industry events. He has been an incredible supporter of AAHOA, its programs, and its members over the years, and he looks forward to bringing the Vantage philosophy to India in the near future.

Patrick Mullinix

Vice President of Membership Development

Patrick MullinixPatrick 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 vice president that he attained in 2007. Mullinix is responsible for all national sales efforts and oversees the membership development team.

During his tenure, Mullinix has increased the total number of Americas Best Value Inn locations in the state of Texas to over 100 properties, making it the fastest-growing hotel chain in the state, and contributed to the brand's record-breaking growth.

In an effort to continue the unprecedented expansion of Americas Best Value Inn, Mullinix introduced the first new construction prototype for the brand at its membership conference in December 2006. He was also instrumental in the 2007 launch of ABVI's weekly Sales Presentation Internet News webcasts.

Peter Frantz

Marketing Director

Peter Frantz 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.

Frantz's background includes bachelor's and master's degrees in marketing. He started his career with Impact Communications in New York City, working on accounts such as Pfizer Pharmaceuticals, RKO, Dixie, and Corning Optical. Originally from Cleveland, he moved back to finish his master's and worked with the Griswold Agency, a division of the Ross Roy Group. He was then recruited to operate a smaller ad agency and supervised marketing campaigns for regional Coca-Cola, Stop-n-Shop Supermarkets (now part of Giant Eagle), the Knights Inn hotel chain, and other hotel management companies throughout the country.