portrait of edith gerhardt, podcast guest on smack hospitality cast

EDITH GERHARDT

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

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portrait of podcast guest on smack Julian Trautwein

JULIAN TRAUTWEIN

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

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portrait of, podcast guest on smack, Satya Anand

SATYA ANAND

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

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KAYLEIGH WILTSHIRE

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

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portrait of, podcast guest on smack, Naomi Mackenzie

NAOMI MACKENZIE

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

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portrait of, podcast guest on smack, Jan Valentin

JAN VALENTIN

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

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portrait of, podcast guest on smack, Ariel Schiff

ARIEL SCHIFF

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

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