The Woodlands (Houston), Texas, May 2015 … Benchmark Hospitality International®, a leading U.S.-based hospitality management company, has named Bill Antone director of food & beverage for The Chattanoogan. Tom Cupo, Benchmark’s general manager for the property, which is a Benchmark Hotel located in the heart of Chattanooga, Tennessee, made the announcement.

“I am very pleased to welcome Bill to The Chattanoogan and to Benchmark Hospitality,” said Mr. Cupo. “We look forward to his creative leadership as we continue to strengthen and innovate our culinary program.”

Bill Antone was previously director of food & beverage for Choctaw Casino Durant, a four diamond property located in Durant, Oklahoma. Prior to this appointment he served as director of hospitality for Meskwaki Bingo Casino Hotel in Tama, Iowa. Earlier in his career he invested six years in positions of increasing responsibility with Omni Hotels & Resorts.

Mr. Antone is a graduate of Florida State University where he earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Hospitality Administration. He and his family are relocating to Chattanooga.