Kadel appointed general manager at the Westin Cape Coral Resort

The Westin Cape Coral Resort at Marina Village this week announced the appointment of Barry Kadel as the resort’s general manager. A long-time member of the Marriott International family, Kadel brings more than 24 years of industry experience and leadership to this role. He will oversee day-to-day operations across all facets of the revitalized resort, including guest rooms and food and beverage outlets, as well as support of its associates and the development of new internal and external programs and activities.

Most recently, Kadel served as general manager of the Charleston Marriott Town Center in Charleston, West Virginia. Under his guidance, the hotel was recognized for significant improvements in its balanced scorecard metrics in sales generation, profit margins, guest satisfaction and associate engagement.

Kadel began his tenure with Marriott two decades ago, when he served as an assistant food production manager at the Research Triangle Park Marriott in Durham, North Carolina. As his career evolved, Kadel spent time in positions within the operations and events divisions before moving into executive committee roles at the Philadelphia Airport Marriott, Westchester Marriott, JW Marriott Houston and Princeton Marriott at Forrestal.

The Westin Cape Coral Resort at Marina Village boasts a prime waterfront location within the Tarpon Point community overlooking the Gulf of Mexico, the Caloosahatchee River and San Carlos Bay. The updated resort features 308 oversized rooms and suites and much more. With 50,000 square feet of flexible indoor-outdoor meeting and function space, the waterfront resort can accommodate groups and events of varying sizes. Visit www.westincapecoral.com for more information.

Southwest Florida boat dealer scores hat trick

For the third year in a row, Southwest Florida-based Fish Tale Boats was named the top dealer for Robalo boats, beating more than 200 dealers worldwide.

The Fricke family has owned and operated Fish Tale Boats in Southwest Florida for more than 20 years. The company sells and services boats on site and from its locations at 15581 S. Tamiami Trail in Fort Myers, 2540 Davis Blvd. in Naples and Bonita Bay Marina in Bonita Springs.

Founded in 1969, Robalo is a premium-quality line of outboard-powered bay boats, center console, dual console and walkaround cabin-style sport fishing boats. Robalo boats, part of publicly traded Marine Products Corp., are among the most popular boats of their class internationally. Robalo is the second-largest manufacturer of outboard boats in the U.S. with lengths ranging from 18 to 36 feet.

Fish Tale reported its sales of Robalo boats rose nearly 50% for the year ending in the first quarter.

For more information about Fish Tale Boats, visit www.fishtale.com or call 239-309-2653.

Atilus launches redesigned KOVA Companies website

Atilus, a full-service digital marketing agency in Fort Myers, has announced the launch of the newly redesigned KOVA Companies website.

KOVA Companies is one of the most well-known commercial real estate investment companies in South Florida. KOVA Companies has helped clients acquire, develop, manage, lease and evaluate real estate opportunities for more than three decades.

KOVA Companies commissioned Atilus to redesign its website just before the COVID-19 pandemic began. After switching to completely virtual meetings, KOVA Companies and Atilus successfully completed the website redesign and launched in quarter 2 of 2021.

To view the new KOVA Companies website, visit www.kovacompanies.com.

Atilus is a full-service digital agency that offers website development and digital marketing services. These include web design, SEO, paid ads, content writing, email marketing and more. For more information, visit www.atilus.com.

CONRIC pr + marketing adds Noegel to its team

CONRIC pr + marketing has announced the addition of Guy Noegel to its creative design team as senior graphic designer. Noegel brings more than 15 years of creative experience and a fresh perspective to imagery and visual design projects for CONRIC’s regional and national clients.

Noegel works collaboratively with CONRIC’s creative team and clients to develop custom graphics.

CONRIC pr + marketing is a creative digital marketing, branding, public relations, advertising and web development agencies in Southwest Florida. Connie Ramos-Williams launched the award-winning, full-service agency in 2007. The firm serves a diverse portfolio of clients in industry sectors including financial, legal, education, medical, government, non-profit, hospitality, senior living, manufacturing, construction, real estate, association, and salon and spa. CONRIC pr + marketing has offices located at 5237 Summerlin Commons Blvd., Suite 307, in Fort Myers and 1415 Panther Lane in Naples. For more information, call 239-690-9840 or visit conricpr.com.

Junior Achievement of Southwest Florida receives foundation’s Workforce Development grant

Junior Achievement of Southwest Florida has received a $30,000 Workforce Development grant from the Richard M. Schulze Family Foundation to help further its work and career readiness programs for middle and high school students throughout Collier, Lee, and Charlotte counties.

Junior Achievement of Southwest Florida partners with schools, local businesses and volunteers to provide beneficial and interactive programs that address community issues, such as workforce readiness, skill gaps, college readiness, and more. During the 2020-2021 school year, the organization provided nearly 126,000 hours of instruction to nearly 13,900 students in 576 classes throughout Collier, Lee and Charlotte counties.

To learn more about Junior Achievement of Southwest Florida and its programs, visit www.JASWFL.org, call 239-225-2590, or email info@jaswfl.org.

McColgan joins Pavese Law Firm

Pavese Law Firm has announced that Attorney Dillon McColgan has joined the firm as an Associate and will be practicing in the areas of real estate development, community association and planned development law, construction law, title insurance and civil litigation.

McColgan brings ample experience from years of practicing law at one of Southwest Florida’s largest law firms.

He holds a B.A. in political science from the University of Central Florida and a J.D., cum laude, from the University of Miami School of Law, where he earned a prestigious merit scholarship.

McColgan is a Cape Coral native, graduating from Mariner High School in 2009. He can be reached at 239-334-2195 or via email at dillonmccoglan@paveselaw.com.

Pavese Law Firm is a full-service law firm with offices in Fort Myers, Cape Coral and West Palm Beach. The firm provides a broad range of legal services for individuals, families, small businesses and large corporations. Established in 1949 as a one-person general practice firm, Pavese Law Firm has grown into one of the largest legal practices in Southwest Florida. For more information, visit paveselaw.com.