Onera

Onera offers a secluded, luxe, eco-escape with its variety of upscale, eco-focused, landscape hotel accommodations. Blending luxury hospitality with the beauty, peace and serenity of the natural landscape, Onera is a nature-inspired getaway full of wonder. 

-Developed and manage treehouse & landscape resort in Fredericksburg, TX with $400+ RevPAR (11-key hotel with 15-key expansion in 2023-2024) - stayonera.com
-Developing 28-key treehouse & landscape resort in Wimberley, TX (opening Summer 2024)
-Publicly traded REIT exit

Co-Founder

Oasi

Oasi develops, manages and grows unique stays, landscape resorts, and boutique hotels to create 1-of-1, viral destinations.

Invest, consult, and manage with Oasi.  We are innovating hospitality for the modern traveler.

Onera Capital

Onera Capital is an alternative lodging real estate fund focused on multiple asset types and strategies within hospitality - boutique hotels, landscape hotels, glamping resorts and vacation rentals.

Operational Assets:
-11 key treehouse & landscape resort in Fredericksburg, TX (ground-up development) - stayonera.com 
-23 key boutique hotel in Palm Springs, CA (full-scale renovation / revitalization) - spiritofsofia.com 

Under Development:
-15 key treehouse & landscape resort expansion in Fredericksburg, TX (ground-up)
-28 key treehouse & landscape resort in Wimberley, TX (ground-up)

Managing Partner

Blink Hospitality

Blink Hospitality is a short term rental and hotel management company with hundreds of managed properties across North America. 

-Grew from 10 managed properties in two markets to 200 managed properties in twelve markets
-Grew annual gross room revenue from $800K to $4M
-Grew team from 3 to 25 FTEs

Co-founder & CEO

Quid

Quid is a SaaS product using artificial intelligence to analyze and visualize textual data.

-Build and maintain relationships with clients by ensuring their success with our software
-Develop new leads, pitch to potential clients, train and support existing clients

Director

SenStay

Hospitality and property management company specializing in vacation rentals and boutique hotels

-Developed new business, increased deal flow, managed operations, expanded distribution channels
-Grew from five to twenty seven employees in less than one year
-Facilitated expansion to Brazil representing a 30-50+ property / $1-3M per year opportunity
-Oversaw launch and daily operations of Payne Mansion Hotel in San Francisco
-Produced targeted business development events for high-end clients, hoteliers and event planners
-Developed and implemented alternative distribution strategies such as long term and corporate rentals

Business Development

McKinsey & Company

Pharmaceuticals – R&D strategy and cost reduction
-Identified ~$40M in cost savings for one clinical trial at a $6B global pharmaceutical company
-Developed trial protocol cost review process and created corresponding handbook for clients
-Conducted staff calendar analysis identifying an increase of 20-25% in employee capacity by eliminating redundant activities

Financial Institutions – Location strategy
-Recommended location and ownership model for new 4,000 FTE offshoring location to executives in the global technology and operations group of a retail bank with $25 trillion in assets under custody and administration
-Built location attractiveness model identifying $20-40M per year in cost differences between cities

Business Analyst

Deloitte Consulting

-Developed customer acquisition playbook for new business unit within digital media distribution 		    
-Received unanimous approval for the playbook by the division President and VPs

BA Summer Scholar (Strategy & Operations)

Camp Northwood

-Counselor for cognitively and physically disabled children
-Best Counselor Award 2009

Counselor

314 Events

-Increased value of event promotion & planning company by 50% in one year of operations 		
-Expanded promotion business by targeting new markets/schools and starting a new event planning division

Co-Owner

Ben is co-founder and developer of Onera, a luxury treehouse resort in Texas Hill Country. His experiential hospitality firm Oasi develops and manages a portfolio of landscape resorts, boutique hotels, and luxury retreats. 

Onera’s first location sold to Summit Hotel REIT in 2022, representing the first public REIT exit of a glamping resort. Ben is leading Onera’s $35M expansion across 50 keys and two locations in the Texas Hill Country to be completed by Q2 2025.
 
Prior to Onera, Ben grew Blink Hospitality a short-term rental management company from 8 to 200 units under management in less than two years. 

McKinsey & NYU Stern alum.

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