Season 1

portrait of podcast guest on smack hospitality, Wilko Weber

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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portrait of podcast guest on smack hospitality, Ingrid Eras-Magdalena

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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portrait of podcast guest on smack hospitality, Lukas Peter

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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portrait of podcast guest on smack hospitality, Pierre Perusset

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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portrait of podcast guest on smack hospitality, Frank Marrenbach

FRANK MARRENBACH

Frank Marrenbach CEO Oetker Collection Frank Marrenbach, CEO of the Oetker Collection came to the show and talked to us about the current state of ultra luxury hotels, what it takes to run such properties and what the future has in store for them. A true veteran of hospitality excellence, Frank has previously served at …

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portrait of podcast guest on smack hospitality, Tobias Wann

TOBIAS WANN

Tobias Wann Global CEO OYO Vacation Homes Tobias Wann, Global CEO of OYO Vacation Homes, stopped by on the show to talk to us about the vacation homes business, its benefits and challenges and why it should really be called preferred accommodation, instead of alternative accommodation. Beyond that Tobias explained the importance of branding in …

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portrait of podcast guest on smack hospitality, Tina Brack

TINA BRACK

Tina Brack General Manager Ellington Hotel Berlin Tina Brack, GM at the Ellington Hotel Berlin used to run the C&B department in one of the largest conference hotels in Germany and now runs her the Westin Grand hotel as a GM in one of Berlin’s hippest locations. Conference & Banqueting marks an important and profitable …

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