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CHALANA PERERA

CHALANA PERERA Hotel Real Estate Development, Investment Professional & Hospitality Entrepreneur Chalana Perera, Ex-Citizen M and Ex-Yays came to visit us for episode 6 of season 2 and told us how his interest in real estate development for hotels was sparked at an early stage of his career. He also gave us an insight into […]

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ROBERT HERR

ROBERT HERR General Manager Bürgenstock Resort Robert Herr, widely recognized as the definition of a modern leader who has seen the world as a GM with Intercontinental Hotels with previous roles in Paris, Berlin, Prag, Beirut, Vienna to name just a few – is welcomed in this episode. He currently holds the position of General

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MICHELLE WALDER

MICHELLE WALDER General Manager NoMad Hotel New York As Patrizia ‘Pat’ Zueck gives her debut as a host on Smack, we welcome Michelle Walder, GM at the NoMad Hotel New York to the show. The two former co-workers share their personal experiences on being women in the hospitality industry and discuss how travelling and hotels

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CHI CHAN

CHI CHAN Chief Commercial Officer IRECKONU Chi Chan, Chief Commercial Officer at IRECKONU, joined us on the show as season 2 continues and talked to Florian about disruption and innovation in hospitality. With previous roles at Loews Hotels, Chi Chan told us how the pandemic has changed the perception of digital solutions, their acceptance within

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ROY HIMMELREICH

ROY HIMMELREICH Senior Executive ManagerRelationship Marketing Hotel Sixt Roy Himmelreich, Senior Executive Manager Relationship Marketing Hotel at Sixt is featuring Philip Ibrahim’s first episode as a host on SMACK. Roy and Philip exchange old stories from back in the days when they were working at Accor together, all the way to Roy’s current role at

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TIMOTHEE SEMELIN

TIMOTHEE SEMELIN Global Senior Corporate DirectorDigital Marketing & Transformation Rosewood Hotels Timothee Semelin, Global Senior Corporate Director of Digital Marketing & Transformation of Hong Kong’s based Rosewood Hotels, started of season 2 and joins Fritz Dickamp for a chat about the progress of digital marketing and what the future holds for the hospitality industry in

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WILHELM (WILKO) WEBER

Wilhelm (Wilko) Weber VP Global & Digital Strategy Kempinski Wilhelm (Wilko) Weber, Vice President Global Revenue and Digital Strategy at Kempinksi came to visit us on the show – for a second time. Find out what went wrong in the first recording and discover what Kempinski has learned from the Covid-19 pandemic in terms of

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INGRID ERAS-MAGDALENA

Ingrid Eras-Magdalena Director, Global Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Belmond Ever wondered what will be left of the people business that is called hospitality follwing the recovery and how it’s evolved over the past decades – With more experience in the hospitality industry than the entire team at Smack combined, Ingrid Eras-Magdalena is one of those

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LUKAS PETER

Lukas Peter Head of Revenue Soho House & Co. Lukas Peter, Head of Revenue Global at Soho House & Co was asked to join us on the show to hear a first-hand statement on the current state of revenue management, how hospitality can and should adapt, and what the future holds. As recovery from the

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PIERRE PERUSSET

Pierre Perusset General Manager The Ritz Carlton Hong Kong Pierre Perusset, General Manager at the Ritz Carlton Hong Kong came on the show to discuss some scenarios for hotels and GM’s of how to deal with Covid-19 during and after the lock downs around the globe. Including examples of how hoteliers had to go from

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