Laura Benner has joined HVS Asset Management-Newport as Senior Vice President of HVS Asset Management

Laura Benner
Kirby Payne, CHA, President of HVS’s asset management division in Newport, Rhode Island, has announced the appointment of Laura Benner as Senior Vice President of HVS Asset Management – Newport. Laura Benner, who is based in Manhattan, is a hotel real estate executive with more than 20 years of experience in hotel asset management, value creation, contract negotiations, strategic and branding analysis, acquisitions, dispositions and highest and best use assessments. Ms. Benner has worked within the hospitality divisions of such well-established and highly regarded firms as Host Hotels & Resorts, Starwood Hotels & Resorts, PricewaterhouseCoopers, RFR Holding and HVS’s Consulting & Valuation office in New York. She is a graduate of Cornell University’s School of Hotel Administration, and she has an MBA from the University of Southern California where she received a Dean’s Account Fellowship.
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HVS is the world's leading consulting and services organization focused on the hotel, restaurant, shared ownership, gaming, and leisure industries. Established in 1980, the company performs more than 2,000 assignments per year for virtually every major industry participant. HVS principals are regarded as the leading professionals in their respective regions of the globe.