Bio
Mara Mornaghi is a hospitality marketing and public relations executive with 20 years of experience developing revenue-generating opportunities, strengthening brand identity, and creating authentic storytelling for luxury and lifestyle hospitality brands. Her work centers on aligning marketing strategy with business performance, helping hotels increase revenue while building meaningful guest experiences and long-term brand value.
Throughout her career, Mara has led hotel openings in both urban and resort destinations, gaining valuable operational insight while developing press-worthy experiences and programs that elevate brand awareness. She approaches every marketing initiative with a strong focus on the bottom line. During a recent 2.5-year leadership role, she contributed to 25% company-wide revenue growth. For a recent hotel opening, she helped drive 12% revenue growth in 2025 by creating experience-driven programs, wellness activations, and influencer events that increased awareness.
Mara has experience leading teams and executing on building new websites, hotel rebranding, food and beverage strategy, partnership development, programming, public relations, and digital strategy. She has successfully helped hotels expand their reach while driving bookings, and her experience across both luxury and lifestyle hospitality enables her to connect with a broad range of guests.
In 2026, Mara founded her hospitality consulting practice, helping hotels analyze efficiencies, develop strategic initiatives, and meet revenue goals. Prior to launching her consulting business, she held leadership roles with globally recognized brands including The Luxury Collection, St. Regis, W Hotels, Morgans Hotel Group, InterContinental, and Tommy Hilfiger. She lives in Brooklyn, New York, with her husband and three children.
Expertise in solving these types of problems:
- Brand strategy and storytelling
- Hotel openings and repositioning
- Public relations and media strategy
- Digital marketing strategy
- Hotel rebranding
- Food and beverage strategy
- Partnership development
- Experiential programming and wellness activations
- Influencer marketing
