The Woodlands (Houston), Texas, April 2017 … BENCHMARK®, a global hospitality company, has named Dyal Sandhu director of operations for Stonewall Resort, a Benchmark Resorts & Hotels property located in Roanoke, West Virginia. The appointment represents a return to BENCHMARK for Mr. Sandhu. Todd Felsen, senior vice president operations, made the announcement.

“It is a pleasure to welcome Dyal back to Benchmark,” said Mr. Felsen. “He returns to us with vast experience in the resort market, as well as important knowledge and understanding of our company’s ‘Be The Difference’ service culture.”

Dyal Sandhu was previously opening director of food & beverage for the Zemi Beach House Resort & Spa on Anguilla in the British West Indies. He served in the same capacity with Viceroy Hotels & Resorts and earlier for Anantara Hotels & Resorts, Republic of Maldives. Mr. Sandhu’s previous position with Benchmark was as director of food & beverage for Bedford Springs Resort, an historic Pennsylvania property which Benchmark restored and operated at the time.

Mr. Sandhu is a graduate of the International College of Hospitality Administration located in Brig, Switzerland. He has relocated West Virginia.