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Dennis Szefel
Title: Chairman, Delaware North Companies International
 Dennis Szefel is chairman of Delaware North Companies International, the company’s global business unit representing its businesses in Australia, New Zealand and Europe. Delaware North, a global leader in hospitality and food service, has more than $2 billion in annual revenue and 50,000 employees and is one of the largest privately held companies in the world.
He was named to the newly created position in July 2010 and given responsibility for developing a business, operational and global growth strategy. He likewise is responsible for leveraging Delaware North’s expertise across the entire enterprise as it increases its market presence in new and existing international markets.
Szefel is a 40-plus-year member of Delaware North who has made significant contributions to the company’s standing as a global hospitality company. Most recently, he was chief administrative officer, overseeing the company’s vast support services areas. In addition, he was instrumental in establishing Delaware North’s Gaming Hospitality Group, a cross-divisional enterprise that lends expertise in areas such as culinary, retail, lodging, recreation and guest service to the North American gaming industry.
Szefel also held the position of group president of Delaware North, overseeing the operations of Sportservice, Parks & Resorts and Travel Hospitality Services. Szefel was the founding president of the company’s Parks & Resorts division from the time of its inception in 1993 and his leadership, including the formation of the company’s award-winning, environmental program called GreenPath®, has established the company as one of the leading hotel and resort management companies in the world.
Szefel is active in many leadership organizations in the travel, tourism and hospitality industries and also spends time supporting local civic and community organizations. He is a member of several local and national boards. He received a bachelor’s degree in liberal arts from Canisius College in Buffalo, N.Y., and is a graduate of Harvard Business School’s Program in Management Development.
Szefel was awarded the company’s highest honor, the Chairman’s Award of Excellence, in 2005.
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