Patrick Fragale,Cha Email & Phone Number

BIOPat Fragale is a seasoned travel executive, with a broad scope of experience in travel management and the hospitality industry. His strengths include fostering teamwork through administrative best practices and a strong commitment to building organizational units that truly work together for the ultimate benefit of the company and its clients. Other strengths include developing companies through organic growth and the recruitment of new business opportunities as well as establishing and managing the budget process.Formerly President of New York-based Protravel International, a full-service, dynamic corporate and leisure travel agency with an award-winning reputation for its excellence in luxury travel. He oversaw over 1000 employees at 18 branch locations in the United States and Europe. With annual sales in excess of $1 billion, Protravel International is headquartered in New York City.President/COO of Direct Travel, Inc., one of the nation’s top ten travel management companies, where he held that position from 1999. During his time with Direct Travel he successfully negotiated the acquisition of several agencies as well as the buy-out and stock transfer of the company to a private equity firm in 2011.Prior to Direct Travel, he has held various positions in the hospitality industry from General Manager to VP of Operations for a collection of premium hotels and specialty restaurants including the Marriott, Sheraton, and Renaissance brands.He has also sat on various advisory boards and panels including Travelport, Continental Airlines (now United Airlines),Delta Air Lines, Taj Hotels and Travel and Leisure Magazine ; was Board Member for the Maryland Hotel/Motel Association, Morgan State University Hospitality Program, Southwest Academy of Tour, Travel and Hospitality, and the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF); and Chairman of the Baltimore Hotel Council.