Skal Orlando announces 2023 officers

2023 officers are highly accomplished industry leaders who represent Skal locally, nationally and internationally

Skal International Orlando, the only international organization bringing together sectors of the travel and tourism industry while networking, conducting business and helping communities locally, nationally and internationally, has officially installed its slate of officers for 2023 as follows:

• President, Frank Fry, General Manager, Embassy Suites Downtown Orlando

• Vice President, Jesse Martinez, General Manager, The Alfond Inn at Rollins College

• Secretary, Jeff Swirsky, General Manager, Delta Marriott Hotel Orlando Celebration

• Treasurer, Suzi Brady, General Manager, Courtyard Lake Buena Vista at Vista Centre

• Executive Secretary-Treasurer, Tom White, former Skal Orlando and Skal USA President.

“We are extremely fortunate to have such talented and visionary officers for 2023. They are highly accomplished industry leaders who represent Skal locally, nationally and internationally,” said Skal Orlando President Frank Fry.

Skål is the only international organization that brings together all branches of the travel and tourism industry. Representing the industry’s managers and executives, Skål leagues meet at local, national and international levels in an environment of friendship to discuss subjects of common interest.

The first Club was founded in Paris in 1932 by travel trade managers who had been on an educational tour of Scandinavia and the idea of international friendship gained such popularity that in 1934, Skål achieved international status with the formation of the Association Internationale des Skål Clubs (A.I.S.C.), on the initiative of the first President of the Paris Skål Club and the man considered the “Father of Skål”, Florimond Volckaert.

From that modest beginning, Skål now has more than 25,000 members in over 500 Clubs, spread throughout 80 countries. As in other associations of professionals (such as Rotary, Oddfellows and Lions), most Skål activities take place within the Clubs, but the movement also features National and Area Committees coming under the umbrella of the A.I.S.C. (Skål International), which has its own Secretariat in Torremolinos, Spain.

Skål is managed by an Executive Committee of nine members, elected by Club delegates to the General Assembly, which is held in conjunction with the World Congress. This five-day Congress is hosted by a different country each year, thus offering members and their companions the opportunity of observing, first and, the travel and tourism industry potential of other countries.