BENCHMARK® Names Eileen S. Cole Director of Sales & Marketing For Eaglewood Resort & Spa, Chicago
BENCHMARK®, a global hospitality company, has named Eileen S. Cole director of sales & marketing for Eaglewood Resort & Spa, a Benchmark Resorts & Hotels property located in Itasca (Chicago), Illinois. Eric Bates, Benchmark's general manager at the resort,made the announcement.
"It is a great pleasure to welcome Eileen to Benchmark and to
Eaglewood Resort & Spa,” said Mr. Bates. “She brings significant
sales leadership experience to our resort. She also has important
business contacts and market awareness which will be vital to
Eaglewood's success. We look forward to her active participation as part
of our resort's leadership team.”
Eileen Cole comes to her new position with Eaglewood Resort & Spa
with three decades of success in hospitality sales and marketing, much
of it invested within the Chicagoland market. She was most recently vice
president of sales & marketing for The Bricton Group of Mt.
Prospect, Illinois, where she and her team successfully drove hotel and
resort revenues for the company and supported its hospitality portfolio
growth nationally. Previous to this, she held the position of director
of sales and marketing for the Chicago Marriott Southwest at Burr Ridge.
Ms. Cole has held several sales positions of increasing
responsibility throughout her hotel sales career. She has also
participated in destination sales, while working with the Northern
Kentucky Convention & Visitors Bureau.
Eileen Cole is a graduate of Eastern Michigan University where she received her Bachelor of Business Administration degree. She resides in Mt. Prospect, Illinois.
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