The Woodlands (Houston), Texas, January 2016 … Benchmark Hospitality International®, a leading U.S.-based hospitality management company, has named Nicole Beykirch global sales director. This represents a promotion for Ms. Beykirch. Ted Davis, Benchmark’s chief sales & marketing officer, made the announcement.

“It is with tremendous pleasure that I announce Nicole’s promotion within Benchmark Hospitality’s expanding global sales organization,” said Mr. Davis. “She has an extraordinary ability to develop and grow strategic business relationships, partnering with the professional meeting community to source and service world-class meeting experiences. It’s a rare combination of commitment, communication, action and consistent follow up and that drives her remarkable success.”

Nicole Beykirch was most recently Benchmark’s regional accounts director focusing on the Midwest market, a position in which she was highly successful. Ms. Beykirch has previously held senior sales positions for Chicagoland’s DuPage Convention & Visitor Bureau, The Herrington Inn & Spa in Geneva, Illinois, and with Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts.

Ms. Beykirch is a graduate of Missouri State University. She is active in the Chicago chapter of Meeting Professionals International, the Professional Convention Management Association and Association Forum-Chicagoland. Nicole Beykirch resides with her family in Aurora, Illinois.