SCOTT BECQUE is the new director of sales and marketing at the Marriott Syracuse Downtown. He has more than two decades of experience steering hotel sales and marketing efforts through acquisitions, renovations, and repositionings. Most recently, Becque was director of sales and marketing for the Hilton Hasbrouck Heights in New Jersey. He also has served as director of sales and marketing for the Wyndham Andover (Boston) and Hilton Woodcliff Lake in New Jersey. In 2009, Becque joined Marshall Hotels and Resorts as regional director of sales and marketing. He served in the same capacity for two other hotel management companies: Columbia Sussex Corporation and New Castle Hotels. He also led the sales teams for Glen Cove Mansion Hotel and Conference Center, Providence Marriott, the Westin Washington, D.C. City Center, the Island Resorts of Massachusetts, and the Charles Hotel in Harvard Square. Becque launched his career as director of marketing with Interstate Hotels. He is a graduate of Ithaca College.