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on Friday and Saturday. The Grand<br />
Opening is scheduled to take place<br />
May 13, 2010.<br />
Holiday Inn’s Director of Sales, Joe<br />
Mazzo, who has built his career in the<br />
hotel industry, explains, “We see a lot of<br />
groups from Canada and Nova Scotia. It’s<br />
an ideal venue for people visiting New<br />
York City who want to spend their<br />
vacation dollars on things other than<br />
hotels.” The busiest months for the hotel<br />
are from February to mid-October.<br />
Typically, January is a “shoulder” month,<br />
which offers savings on meetings and<br />
post-holiday parties.”<br />
The commercial location is perfect for<br />
motor coach tours, corporate meetings<br />
and group travel. Mazzo explains that<br />
during the week 70 percent of his<br />
occupancy is business related – meetings,<br />
product launches and conferences.<br />
On weekends, 80 percent is social and<br />
tourism. During wedding season, the<br />
hotel often welcomes guests of brides<br />
and grooms who hold receptions at area<br />
catering facilities. Mazzo attributes the<br />
venue’s weekend popularity to its<br />
convenient location and the fact that at<br />
Ruby’s Lounge guests can party until<br />
3:00am and safely take the elevator<br />
“home to bed.”<br />
The Gateway Region<br />
Ruby Lounge<br />
Like ever other Holiday Inn, the Totowa<br />
site has a swimming pool (and health<br />
club on the fourth floor). Mazzo, who has<br />
a specific marketing plan says, “There<br />
are no palm trees on Rt. 46. Therefore,<br />
we have to build on a concept of being<br />
an alternative destination with<br />
competitive pricing. We offer access to<br />
the surrounding attractions: sports and<br />
the proximity to Broadway shows, New<br />
York City and shopping.” The Totowa<br />
Holiday Inn is located in New Jersey’s<br />
“Gateway Region,” which includes<br />
Bergen, Hudson, Passaic, Essex and<br />
Union counties.<br />
The hotel, which is close to major<br />
highways, including Rt. 80, the Garden<br />
State Parkway, Rt. 46, the Turnpike and<br />
Rt. 23, provides shuttle service to public<br />
transportation and points of departure.<br />
Teterboro, the busiest private airport in<br />
the country, is just 12 miles west of the<br />
Holiday Inn and travelers who fly in and<br />
out of Newark Airport have just an<br />
18-mile trip to the hotel.<br />
Mazzo makes sure visitors understand<br />
the hotel’s ideal location because it is<br />
close to major malls and discount retail<br />
centers – Willowbrook, Jersey Gardens,<br />
Secaucus and Woodbury Commons.<br />
Guests are also well within reach of<br />
Manhattan, the Liberty Science Center<br />
and the Golf Museum. The hotel is also<br />
just minutes from Ellis Island and the<br />
Statue of Liberty at Liberty State Park.<br />
The Totowa Holiday Inn is centrally<br />
located to an array of sports venues for<br />
every season. The close proximity to the<br />
Meadowlands is one of the many reasons<br />
sports enthusiasts don’t have to travel far<br />
to enjoy baseball, basketball, football,<br />
golf, hockey and horseracing.<br />
Stability and Service<br />
Joe Mazzo has been at the Totowa<br />
Holiday Inn for 13 years and explains,<br />
“My continued presence and dedication<br />
to this unique property and my<br />
understanding of the tri-state market is<br />
a great advantage. Additionally, we have<br />
event and corporate planners with thirty<br />
years of experience!”<br />
The stability and consistency Mazzo<br />
brings to the property means that travel<br />
agencies and corporate planners who<br />
book rooms with him know that he will<br />
take care of them. As Director of Sales,<br />
he is responsible for corporate sales,<br />
group sales, marketing and he makes<br />
sure that the hotel staff maintains high<br />
standards of service. Mazzo’s motto is<br />
“The ‘s’ in hospitality stands for Service.”<br />
Indoor-Outdoor Restaurant • Catering<br />
Weddings • Graduations • Family<br />
Picnics • Communions • Confirmations<br />
754 Totowa Road • Totowa • (973) 942-8229<br />
www.barnyardandcarriagehouse.com<br />
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