Katie Benson

Cayuga Hospitality Consultants, a highly experienced network of independent hospitality consultants, is excited to announce that new member, Katie Benson has joined their team. The addition of this expert will provide clients with more diverse expert guidance and services. The consulting group now offers more varied services within hotel asset management, operational restructuring, property development, eLearning technologies, hotel sales, and digital strategy consultations.

Katie Benson has in-depth knowledge of various styles of hotel operations and brings value by defining and executing growth and profit strategies. She has led acquisitions and startups through complex logistics, risk management and capital improvement projects. Benson's early career roles include Human Resources, Operations and General Management with Sheraton and then Starwood in Australia, China, Qatar, and UAE. Her career progressed into senior roles with Langham Hospitality Group, where she was Regional Vice President for Europe and the USA and Jumeirah where she was Regional Vice President for Europe. She was also CEO of Langham Hospitality Investments, a listed hotel property trust. In 2019 Benson was a Fellow of Harvard University's Advanced Leadership Initiative, and she holds an MBA from Bond University, Australia. Benson says she loves to use her varied global experience to tackle interesting and challenging projects.