Edith Gerhardt CEO Hirmer Hospitality Edith Gerhardt, CEO of Hirmer Hospitality, joined us on the 18th episode of Season 3. We discussed her personal career path from The Ritz Carlton to Marriott International, which ultimately lead her to Travel Charme and Hirmer Hospitality. Edith told us about employee motivation and success factors for a hospitality …
Julian Trautwein Co-Founder & MD Raus Innovation never stops! Welcome to a brand new podcast episode featuring Julian Trautwein, Co-founder and Managing Director at Raus. Before Julian started his career in hospitality he was spinning records, so it’s no surprise he met his first boss in a bar. From there he went on to work …
Satya Anand President of Europe, Middle East and Africa Marriott International Satya Anand, President of Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) for Marriott, features our brand new episode of our SMACK Podcast. Satya talked to us through his career path into hospitality, starting as a night auditor and making it all the way to the …
KAYLEIGH WILTSHIRE Global Learning and Development Manager @Dorchester Collection Dorchester Collection, Learning & Development with Kayleigh Wiltshire Global Learning and Development Manager @Dorchester Collection Kayleigh Wiltshire, Global Learning and Development Manager at the Dorchester Collection came by on the show and discussed the importance of learning and development in hospitality, as the whole …
Naomi Mackenzie Founder & General Partner KITRO Naomi MacKenzie, Co-founder of KITRO joined us on the show and told us how she and Anastasia had the idea to start KITRO, when they were still at the Ecole hôtelière de Lausanne, seeing how much food was wasted in every day’s operations. Naomi also told us how …
jan valentin Founder & General Partner ennea capital partners Jan Valentin, Founder and General Partner at ennea capital partners, joined us for another SMACK story. Starting off as a travel journalist, he led us through the stages of his career, including travel24.com and KAYAK Europe, to the venture capital and M&A space. Giving us a …
Ariel SchiFf CEO & Founder AMANO Group Ariel Schiff, the mastermind behind the Amano Hotel Group joined us on SMACK for episode 12 of the podcast and told us all about his roots, his passion for F&B and how his family members supply the names for his hotels and their outlets. Ariel rarely does interviews …
olivier bracard CEO & Co-Founder Hosco Olivier Bracard, CEO & Co-founder of Hosco, a true entrepreneur joined us for this podcast episode. Olivier gave us an insight on his career path into hospitality from his early starts, over EHL, his first internship, his time at JLL Hotels & Hospitality and finally, how he became an …
Gilda Perez-Alvarado Global CEO JLL Hotels & Hospitality For the second episode of 2022 we were lucky to catch Gilda Perez-Alvarado for a chat. She talked to us about her time at Cornell University, her love for travel and cultures and how she found her passion for real estate finance in combination with hospitality. Leading …
Cyrus Heydarian Operator & Managing Director Breidenbacher Hof Cyrus Heydarian, Operator & Managing Director of the Breidenbacher Hof in Düsseldorf, kicked of the year in style and brought interesting talks to our SMACK Podcast. Having been in the business facing two crisis, he elaborated how the employee is the most valuable resource and how important …
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+49 (0) 30 767373 160
stories@smack.media
