Owners and investors deserve an advisor who has done the work.

Fifteen years in hotel real estate across private equity, brands, and advisory. More than $2 billion in acquisitions and restructurings. From single-asset deals to full platform buildouts.

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Track Record

$2bn+ acquisitions & restructurings

Experience

15 Years hospitality real estate

Prior Firms

Noble, Blackstone (BRE), SH, Hilton

Basis

Independent & unconflicted. No preferred operators, no conflicting mandates

Katie Minnock

Founder & Managing Director

About Castle Hill

On the owner's side of the table.

Over a fifteen-year career spanning private equity, brand strategy, and market advisory, Katie Minnock has been involved in more than $2 billion in hotel acquisitions and restructurings.

Prior to launching Castle Hill, Katie was Senior Director of Investments at Noble Investment Group, where she underwrote more than $10 billion and closed more than $1 billion in hotel acquisitions. She previously held roles at Starwood Capital affiliate SH Hotels & Resorts, Blackstone's BRE Hotels & Resorts, Hilton, and HVS.

In 2026, Katie was named one of Hotel Management's Influential Women in Hospitality. In 2025, she was recognized by the International Hospitality Institute as a Top 25 Hospitality Executive to Watch.

Katie earned a BS from Cornell University's School of Hotel Administration and remains an active alumna. She is a member of the Cornell Hotel Society and Austin's Hotel & Lodging Association, and is a participant and supporter of the Flatwater Foundation.

Katie grew up in DC and now lives in Austin with her dog, Murphy.

Who We Serve

Senior judgment, with no one else's interests in the room.

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Family Offices & Private Investors entering hospitality for the first time or evaluating a specific opportunity. They want a specialist who can tell them what they're actually buying before capital is committed.

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Emerging Platforms & Funds building a hotel investment platform. They need the deal infrastructure, operator relationships, and market knowledge in place before the first asset closes.

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Existing Owners & Investors navigating an acquisition, a performance challenge, an operator relationship, or a repositioning. They need a senior advisor who has been on the ownership side of these decisions before.

Services

Where we come in.

Each engagement is scoped independently: a single phase of a transaction, or full support across the deal lifecycle.

Acquisitions & Due Diligence

Acquisition advisory at every stage: first look, underwriting, operator alignment, and close. We know which issues are negotiable, which ones kill deals, and when to walk away.

Brand & Operator Selection

Brand selection shapes the deal economics, the lender conversation, and the exit. Flag selection, PIP scope, and management agreement terms. We know where the room to negotiate is and what most groups don't push on until it's too late.

Performance Intervention

A defined project for hotels that are underperforming. We diagnose what's driving the gap, whether it's operations, distribution, brand, or management, and fix it. Drawn from years spent as an owner, not an outside advisor. Not ongoing asset management. A scoped engagement with a clear finish line.

Recent Work

A few recent engagements.

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Operations evaluation, brand negotiation, and management company assessment for a hotel owner.

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Acquisition reviews covering deals in North Carolina, the Midwest, and Hawaii.

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Deal review and strategy for an emerging sponsor pursuing hotel acquisitions across the US.

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Review of fundraising materials and investment memo for a wellness hospitality sponsor.

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Independent hotel turnaround: OTA revenue moved from 20% below to 60% above prior year in 90 days.

What Sets Us Apart

Institutional depth, principal-side experience.

Principal Investor Experience

Underwrote and closed hotel investments with real capital at risk, across both performing and distressed assets. That experience changes what gets spotted, and when.

Institutional Depth

Built the underwriting methodology and deal review process still in use across a platform that has grown to nearly 100 assets.

Hospitality-Only

Focused exclusively on hospitality across full service, select service, and independent assets. Strong operator relationships and a clear sense of how hotels actually trade.

Independent & Unconflicted

No brand or operator affiliations, no mandates of any kind. Every recommendation is built around one thing: what is right for the owner.

Getting Started

Three ways to begin.

The same expertise as above, scoped to how you want to start. Most relationships start with a single deal review. Every engagement is defined up front, in writing, before work begins.

Deal Evaluation

The fastest way to engage Castle Hill. A focused, unconflicted read on a specific opportunity before you commit. We stress test the assumptions, the business plan, and what's still unresolved. Fixed scope, fast turnaround.

Strategy & Criteria

Market focus, asset type, brand strategy, and return targets, defined into a clear buy box, with a proactive and reactive sourcing plan to go find it.

Retained Advisory

For platforms and ownership groups who want a hospitality perspective embedded in their process, across deal evaluation, execution, and asset strategy.

Start A Conversation

Tell me about the deal.

Acquisition, repositioning, or asset strategy. If there's a hotel real estate decision on the table, this is the fastest way to reach me directly.

kminnock@castlehillhospitality.com
301.706.6751

AUSTIN, TX | ACTIVE ACROSS US MARKETS | ENGAGEMENTS SCOPED TO YOUR SITUATION

All conversations are held in strict confidence.