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 […]
Deutscher Hotel Kongress 2020 – 2 SMACK Media on Tour Round two from the German Hotel Kongress 2020 (DHK 2020) speaking to some industry veterans and boy oh boy did we have fun in this one. In our longest ever Smack episode we got Ullrich Kastner, CEO of myhotelshop & Constantin Rehberg, CDO of prizeotel
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Deutscher Hotel Kongress 2020 – 1 SMACK Media on Tour We were invited to the German Hotel Kongress 2020 (DHK 2020) to speak to some industry veterans and we’re not one to miss a party! Where there are veterans, the next generation usually isn’t far and so we got some experts together on the whole
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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
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
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
Patrizia Zueck & Jo-Ann Li Young Hoteliers Summit (YHS) 2020 Our very first ON TOUR-episode of Season 1 leads us to the preparations of the Young Hoteliers Summit (YHS) 2020 edition, a 3-day event organized solely by current students of the Ecole hoteliere de Lausanne, during which students and staff of over 30 international hospitality
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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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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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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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+49 (0) 30 767373 160
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