portrait of chi chan as a guest on the smack hospitality podcast

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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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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