The Woodlands (Houston), Texas, June 2018 … 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.
