Maine Restaurant and Innkeepers associations appoint new head
The Maine Restaurant Association and Maine Innkeepers Association have appointed Steve Hewins to head the organizations.
Hewins will succeed Greg Dugal, who announced he would be stepping down as the leader of the two organizations in May. Dugal will remain as Governmental Affairs Director for the nonprofits.
Hewins, a graduate of the University of Maine, founded Hewins Travel Consultants, which he headed until 2007, when he sold the firm to AAA Northern New England and for six years ran that organization’s vice president of travel and branch operations.
Most recently, Hewins served as the executive director of Portland Downtown, a non-profit organization whose mission is to build and promote downtown Portland as a vibrant business, residential and tourism destination. During his time there, Portland Downtown implemented a new strategic plan, contemporized its branding and websites and expanded city-wide events, including the Old Port Festival.
Hewins is also chairman of the University of Southern Maine Hospitality and Tourism Advisory Board and serves on the boards of the University of Maine Alumni Association, the Greater Portland Convention and Visitors Bureau and the Maine Convention Center Collaborative.
“I’m excited to be leading the restaurant and the innkeepers associations, whose members represent exceptional food and lodging establishments that produce a major slice of Maine’s economy and tax revenues, while remaining one of the state’s biggest employers,” Hewins said in a statement. “I’m looking forward to applying the experiences I’ve learned to focus on enhancing benefits for our existing members, but also to attract new members. The larger and more diverse we become, the greater value we are able to provide our members, visitors, and the general public,”
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