Katie Benson has been promoted Regional Vice President – Europe and North America and Managing Director of The Langham London, at Langham Hospitality Group

In her dual role, Ms Benson will lead the repositioning of The Langham in London as it evolves and take up the strategic responsibility for The Langham properties in North America. She will also be active in the future developments for LHI in the USA and Europe. Before her promotion, Ms Benson served as Managing Director of The angham, Hong Kong, where she oversaw all aspects of the operation from 2007. She also successfully relaunched and positioned The Langham, Melbourne in 2005 as one of the premier hotels in the city where she was also the only woman to be named Australian Hotelier of the Year by HM Magazine. Ms Benson has more than 20 years of experience in the hospitality industry.