portrait of, podcast guest on smack, charlie macgregor

CHARLIE MACGREGOR

Charlie MacGregor CEO & Founder The Student Hotel Charlie MacGregor, CEO and founder of The Social Hub joined us in season 3 for a quick chat before the end of the year and he told us about how he got into the industry and the origins of his very unique hotel concept with TSH. As […]

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portrait of, podcast guest on smack, Jan Starcke

JAN STARCKE

Jan Starcke Travel Industry Lead Meta (formerly Facebook) Jan Starcke, Travel Industry Lead at Meta, formerly Facebook, met with us and talked to us about his story. He allowed us some interesting glimpses behind the scenes of his work and told us, what it was like to join Facebook back in 2013, being part of

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portrait of, podcast guest on smack, Michalea Reitterer

MICHAELA REITTERER

michaela reitterer President Austrian Hoteliers Association This episode takes us back to the German Hotel Convention 2021 (Deutscher Hotelkongress 2021), hosted by the dfv Mediengruppe and ahgz, where we caught up with Michaela Reitterer, President of the Austrian Hoteliers Association (ÖHV) and Hotel Director of the Boutiquehotel Stadthalle in Vienna. Michaela talked to us about

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portrait of, podcast guest on smack, Marcus Bernhardt

MARCUS BERNHARDT

Marcus Bernhardt CEO Deutsche Hospitality Marcus Bernhardt, CEO of the Steigenberger Hotels AG  was kind enough to join us on the show and share his story. He talked to us about the chances that arise from Covid, how Deutsche Hospitality has rebuilt and reorganized itself, how new brands like Porsche, Design Hotels, House of Beats

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portrait of, podcast guest on smack, Florian Phleps

FLORIAN PHLEPS

Florian Phleps CEO Tirol Tourist Board The third episode of season three took us to Tyrol, Austria where we spoke to Florian Phleps, CEO of the Tirol Tourist Board. He talked to us about how he made it into the industry, coming from a law background, the development of Tyrol, how the crisis has changed

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portrait of, podcast guest on smack, Thomas Edelkamp

THOMAS EDELKAMP

Thomas Edelkamp Chairman Romantik Hotels & Restaurants AG The second episode of season 3 took us to the German Hotel Convention (Deutscher Hotelkongress 2021), hosted by the dfv Mediengruppe and ahgz. Thomas Edelkamp, Chairman of the Board at Romantik Hotels & Restaurants AG joined us during the event and told us about his career starting

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portrait of podcast guest on smack hospitality, michael levie

MICHAEL LEVIE

Michael Levie COO & Founder citizenM Welcome to season 3 of the SMACK Hospitality Podcast! To start the season in style, our season opener took place in Amsterdam and we spoke to Michael Levie of citizenM. Michael told us about the journey and hierarchy structure of citizenM and why it is totally different to other

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Dirty Laundry

DIRTY LAUNDRY DIRTY LAUNDRY About The best and the worst stories in Hospitality Dirty Laundry is SMACK’s new video podcast. All about the stories of our daily hospitality work life, that you would usually only share with your bestie or your shrink. Tune in, laugh your ass off, and join the conversation. https://smack.media/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Smacks-Dirty-Laundry-16-9.mp4 SMACK’S DIRTY

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VEERLE DONDERS

VEERLE DONDERS Concept & Brand Director Zoku Veerle Donders from Zoku came to join us on the show and closes off season 2. She told us all about her career in becoming a Concept and Brand Director and so much more. From knowing at the age of 10 that hospitality was going to be her

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CAROLINE VON KRETSCHMANN

CAROLINE VON KRETSCHMANN Managing Director Hotel Europäischer Hof Heidelberg Caroline von Kretschmann, a true role-model in hospitality & Managing Director at Hotel Europäischer Hof Heidelberg, ranks as high as they come. With 1000 and 1 stories to tell, Caroline stood at the forefront of the German hoteliers and hospitality during the pandemic, speaking on behalf

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