Timothy A. Benolken is currently Senior Vice President of Hotel Operations in Western North America for Hilton Worldwide. In this capacity, Benolken – a 20-year veteran of Hilton Worldwide – oversees the operation of nearly 100 full service and luxury properties in the Western region of the United States. He is based in Chicago and reports to Joe Berger, Area President – Americas for Hilton Worldwide.
Most recently, Benolken served as Senior Vice President of the Central U.S., Mexico and South America region for Hilton. In this capacity, he had oversight for the operation of some 33 full-service properties in the Central region of the United States as well as nine full-service properties in Mexico and South America. Prior to that, Benolken was Area Vice President for Hilton, a position he held from 1990 to 2007.
In that capacity, he was responsible for the operations of all full-service, corporately managed Hilton and Doubletree branded hotels in the Midwest region, including: Hilton Chicago, The Palmer House Hilton, The Drake, Hilton Minneapolis, Hiltons of Branson, and Conrad Indianapolis. Earlier as Area Vice President, Benolken was responsible for corporately managed Doubletree properties in the Chicago metropolitan area, including Doubletree Guest Suites Chicago, Doubletree North Shore, and Doubletree O’Hare/Rosemont.
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