Season 1

portrait of podcast guests on smack hospitality, Nicole & Ian with fritz and florian

NICOLE ROSENKRANZ & IAN MILLAR

NICOLE ROSENKRANZ & IAN MILLAR Ecole hoteliere de Lausanne (EHL) Episode 7 of season 1 saw us taking on your favourite Christmas angel and Santa: Nicole Rosenkranz & Ian Millar, professors at the Ecole hoteliere de Lausanne (EHL). We got a quick update of EHL’s expansion plans, heard about why it’s not a great idea […]

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portrait of podcast guest on smack hospitality, Gregor Andreewitch

GREGOR ANDREEWITCH

Gregor Andreewitch General Manager Waldorf Astoria Berlin Episode 6 of season 1 with Gregor Andreewitch, a seasoned veteran of Hilton and currently the GM of the Waldorf Astoria Berlin. Gregor talked to us about the struggle of getting respectable rates in a traditionally cheap city like Berlin, the importance of loyal programs and his experiences

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portrait of podcast guest on smack hospitality, Mark Somen

MARK SOMEN

Mark Somen Chief Executive Officer The Conduit Mark Somen of The Conduit and the guest of episode 5 of season 1, talked to us about some topics that genuinely matter. Having sat down with Mark in London, we discussed social change, our planet, and how to save it from a hospitality perspective. We also had

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portrait of podcast guest on smack hospitality, Adam Rowledge

ADAM ROWLEDGE

Adam Rowledge Managing Director Rowledge Associates Ltd. We’re back with Episode 4 of season 1 and this time multi-award winning UK-hotelier Adam Rowledge, Ex-GM at The Georgian House in London and now running his own show at Rowledge Associates, joins us in London to talk about all things HR-related. Keeping talents in the industry, keeping

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portrait of podcast guest on smack hospitality, Philip Ibrahim

PHILIP IBRAHIM

Philip Ibrahim General Manager The Social Hub Berlin Philip Ibrahim, GM of The Social Hub Berlin joined us on the third episode of SMACK, which is about to open swings by the show, and talks about his move from a global operating hotel company (Accor) to a young and modern brand. Additionally, Flo & Fritz

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portrait of podcast guest on smack hospitality, Beat Fornaro

BEAT FORNARO

Beat Fornaro AREA DIRECTOR PORTFOLIO DEVELOPMENT EMEA DESIGN HOTELS Beat Fornaro, welcome on our podcast! Beat is Area Director Portfolio Development EMEA at Design Hotels. In today’s episode he will talk about what it takes to be original in hospitality and what his experiences are, looking for the most original hotels around Europe, the Middle East

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portrait of podcast guest on smack hospitality, Fritz Dickamp Florian Montag

FLORIAN MONTAG & FRITZ DICKAMP

Florian Montag & Fritz Dickamp Hotelhero & L.I.K.E. Hospitality Consulting In our first ever episode our two hosts Fritz Dickamp (Studio 49 – formerly L.I.K.E. Hospitality Consulting) & Florian Montag (apaleo – formerly HotelHero) will talk about the idea behind SMACK and what it means to start a business in hospitality as a young person.

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