[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 184 (Tuesday, December 4, 2007)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E2474]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




   CONGRATULATING ROBERT UGUCCIONI UPON HIS RETIREMENT AS EXECUTIVE 
            DIRECTOR OF THE POCONO MOUNTAIN VACATION BUREAU

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                         HON. PAUL E. KANJORSKI

                            of pennsylvania

                    in the house of representatives

                       Tuesday, December 4, 2007

  Mr. KANJORSKI. Madam Speaker, I rise today to ask you and my esteemed 
colleagues in the House of Representatives to pay tribute to Mr. Robert 
Uguccioni, who is retiring after an illustrious career with the Pocono 
Mountain Vacation Bureau where he served for more than 40 years as its 
executive director.
  Mr. Uguccioni spent several years early in his life in the Lake 
Wallenpaupack region. After graduating from Hawley High School, he 
entered the United States Air Force where he served 4 years supervising 
a material control department in Japan.
  Upon returning to the Pocono Mountains, he was hired as public 
relations director for the Lake Wallenpaupack Association and then the 
Pike County Tourist Promotion Agency.
  In 1967, he became executive director of the Pocono Mountain Vacation 
Bureau which spans four counties including Monroe, Pike, Wayne, and 
Carbon and is the largest tourist promotion agency of its kind in 
Pennsylvania.
  Mr. Uguccioni represents nearly 800 members and associate members in 
promoting the Pocono region as a travel destination. He represents the 
area nationally and on the State level working toward favorable tourism 
legislation, government-sponsored advertising programs for tourism as 
well as in all facets of the tourism industry affecting the Poconos and 
the State.
  Mr. Uguccioni serves or served on a host of boards of directors of 
tourism related organizations and is a past president of the 
Pennsylvania Association of Convention and Visitors Bureaus.
  On the national level, Mr. Uguccioni is involved with the American 
Bus Association, the American Culinary Association, the American Hotel 
and Motel Association, the American Society of Association Executives, 
the National Tour Association, the Travel Industry Association of 
America, National Travel Marketing Task Force, the Federal 
Administration Tourist Advisory Council and he is a national member of 
the White House Conference on Travel and Tourism.
  Madam Speaker, please join me in congratulating Mr. Uguccioni for 
many years of service to the travel and tourism industry and in 
extending to him best wishes for a well-deserved retirement. Mr. 
Uguccioni's contributions to the travel and tourism industries have 
made a major impact on our regional, State, and national economies and 
have helped to create many job opportunities that have improved the 
quality of life in northeastern Pennsylvania as well as the entire 
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

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