Dan Dolan brings 30+ years experience to full-service lakeside resort
FONTANA, WI (February 1, 2024) — The Abbey Resort & Avani Spa is pleased to announce the appointment of Dan Dolan to General Manager of Lake Geneva’s only lakeside full service resort. Dan brings a wealth of executive leadership along with a diverse background in hospitality sales and marketing. Prior to taking on this operations role, Dolan was the Interim General Manager and the Area Director of Sales and Marketing for Benchmark Global Hospitality, The Abbey Resort’s management company.
Dolan will guide the direction of the resort and quality standards to provide “a truly memorable lakeside experience.” He leads business planning and maintaining the resort’s financial performance as well.
“I am thrilled to honor the rich history of bringing generations of families together at The Abbey, to be host to seminal events and be a part of creating timeless experiences while focusing on the bright, new future of our modern lake house styled resort. With recent and future investments, we see our guests returning and finding our refreshed resort feeling new all over again, from our lobby and guest rooms to our updated Avani Spa. We are proud to have extraordinary indoor and outdoor dining options that draw from our rich Wisconsin farms and purveyors, and as host to many corporate and association meetings and events, we often hear the ability to immediately leave the meeting room and get on this picture perfect lake is incomparable. Our friendly associates throughout the resort stand out as guides for guests to fully enjoy the amenities we offer and find their Lake Geneva experience. I look forward to seeing our guests discover and rediscover our gem of a resort on the West shore of this famous lake,” said Dolan.
Leaning on his industry experience of over 30 years, Dolan will oversee a team of approximately 120 team members. Dolan has worked in hospitality positions at several major hotels and resorts nationwide such as the Ritz-Carlton, Fairmont and KSL Resorts in various direct sales and sales & marketing leadership roles. He also brings expertise in the meeting industry, having worked with major industry players including with the Japan Travel Bureau, Experient and Creative Group.
