SMACK PODCAST
SMACK PODCAST
THE WORLD’S MOST ENTERTAINING HOSPITALITY PODCAST
Welcome to the infamous SMACK podcast! We are introducing key decision-makers and some of the most knowledgeable experts in the industry on a personal note. We are broadcasting to our community of hospitality & tourism professionals in every corner of the world.
The choice of guests, which we invite to the show, is largely based on whether they bring an exciting perspective or topic to the microphone that we haven’t heard on the show yet and whether they enjoy talking about their personal experiences in an entertaining and engaging way. This podcast isn’t scripted, there are no pre-recorded interview sessions, no pre-set questions or topics – every episode is recorded in one take and not edited.
One of our 4 hosts leads through every episode and welcomes guests from every part of the hospitality and tourism industry, including the world of hotels, airlines, restaurants, theme parks, cruise lines, DMOs, stadiums, events, and many more.
Enjoy the show!
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- Season 5
![Simon Mayle on LGBTQ travel trends on Smack](https://smack.media/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/3V1A0385-bw-1024x683.jpg)
Simon Mayle
![Chris Nader for SMACK Hospitality](https://smack.media/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Chris-Nader-bw-e1719239563841-1024x1024.jpg)
Chris Nader
![Fahad Abdulrahim Kazim for SMACK Hospitality](https://smack.media/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Mr--Fahad-Abdulrahim-Kazim-CEO-of-Millennium-Hotels-and-Resorts-MEA_BW-1024x1024.jpg)
Fahad Abdulrahim Kazim
![Caroline Tivéus for SMACK Podcast](https://smack.media/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Design-ohne-Titel-18-1024x1024.png)
Caroline Tivéus
![Alexi Khajavi Questex - Podcast guest on SMACK](https://smack.media/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/alexi-erweitert-1-1024x1024.png)
ALEXI KHAJAVI
![](https://smack.media/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Atul-Chopra-e1713860331176.jpeg)
ATUL CHOPRA
![Rocco Forte Family- Preview Podcast guest](https://smack.media/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Rocco-Forte-Final_BW-1024x1024.png)
SIR ROCCO & LYDIA FORTE
![Patrick Mendes - Preview Podcast guest](https://smack.media/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Patrick-Mendes_Copyright_Richard-Bejick_23-1-e1710197636428-1024x1024.jpg)
PATRICK MENDES
![Jillian MacLean - Preview Podcast guest](https://smack.media/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Design-ohne-Titel-52-1024x1024.png)
JILLIAN MACLEAN
![Bill Heinecke - Preview Podcast guest](https://smack.media/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Bill-Heinecke-Neu-1024x1024.png)
BILL HEINECKE
![Josiah Mackenzie - Preview Podcast guest](https://smack.media/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Design-ohne-Titel-3-1024x1024.png)
JOSIAH MACKENZIE
![Hubert Viriot - Preview Podcast guest](https://smack.media/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Hubert-Viriot_2023-sw-quadrat-1-1024x1024.jpg)
HUBERT VIRIOT
![Gabriela Schmidle - Preview Podcast guest](https://smack.media/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Gabriela_Schmidle_Foto_MonikaSaulich-sw-1024x1024.jpg)
GABRIELA SCHMIDLE
![Dr. Ellen Madeker - Preview Podcast guest](https://smack.media/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Dr-Ellen-Madeker-1-1024x1024.jpg)
DR. ELLEN MADEKER
![Portrait of Mark McCulloch - Podcast guest at SMACK](https://smack.media/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/MarMcC-1024x1024.png)
MARK MCCULLOC
![Square Portrait of Emma Banks - Podcast guest at SMACK](https://smack.media/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/EMMA-BANKS-RED-SUIT-BW-3-1024x1024.jpg)
EMMA BANKS
![Dr. Jeffrey O - Preview Podcast guest at Smack](https://smack.media/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Jeffrey-O-Smack-1024x1024.png)
DR. JEFFREY O
![Portrait of podcast guest John Langford, the COO of Anschutz Entertainment Group](https://smack.media/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/johnlangford-1024x1024.jpg)
JOHN LANGFORD
![Tao Tao from GetYourGuide podcast guest at smack season 5](https://smack.media/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Tao-Tao-COO-bw-sq-1024x1024.jpg)
TAO TAO
![polaroid picture showing the four hosts of the smack hospitality podcast posing for the recap episode](https://smack.media/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/recap-episode-of-smack-hospitality-1024x1024.png)
SMACK RECAP
![portrait of ronisha goodwin, podcast guest at smack hospitality](https://smack.media/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/ronisha-goodwin-1024x1024.png)
RONISHA GOODWIN
![portrait of jeremy mccarthy, podcast guest at smack hospitality](https://smack.media/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/jeremy-mccarthy.jpg)
JEREMY MCCARTHY
![portrait of donald leadbetter, podcast guest at smack hospitality](https://smack.media/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/donald-leadbetter-1024x1024.jpg)
DONALD LEADBETTER
![portrait of dimitris manikis, podcast guest at smack hospitality](https://smack.media/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/dimitris-manikis-1024x1024.jpg)
DIMITRIS MANIKIS
![portrait of wybcke meier, podcast guest at smack hospitality](https://smack.media/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/wybcke-meier-1024x1024.png)
WYBCKE MEIER
![portrait of deborah rothe, podcast guest at smack hospitality](https://smack.media/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/deborah-rothe-1024x1024.jpg)
DEBORAH ROTHE
![portrait of alex schneider, podcast guest at smack hospitality](https://smack.media/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/alex-schneider-1024x1024.jpeg)
ALEX SCHNEIDER
![portrait of christoph hoffmann, podcast guest at smack hospitality](https://smack.media/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/christoph-hoffmann.jpg)
CHRISTOPH HOFFMANN
![portrait of Torgeir Silseth, podcast guest at smack hospitality](https://smack.media/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/torgeir-silseth-1024x1024.png)
TORGEIR SILSETH
![portrait of Shannon Knapp, podcast guest at smack hospitality](https://smack.media/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/shannon-knapp-1024x1024.jpeg)
SHANNON KNAPP
![portrait of pascal jenny, podcast guest at smack hospitality media](https://smack.media/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/pascal-jenny-1024x1024.jpg)
PASCAL JENNY
![portrait of mieke veldhuis, podcast guest at smack hospitality](https://smack.media/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/mieke-veldhuis-1024x1024.jpg)
MIEKE VELDHUIS
![portrait of josef vollmayr, podcast guest at smack hospitality](https://smack.media/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/dr-josef-vollmayr-1024x1024.jpg)
DR. JOSEF VOLLMAYR
![portrait of podcast guest Sebastien Bazin on smack hospitality cast](https://smack.media/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/SB-Square-e1684844377102-1024x1024.jpg)
SÉBASTIEN BAZIN
![portrait of edith gerhardt, podcast guest on smack hospitality cast](https://smack.media/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/editgerhardtbw.png)
EDITH GERHARDT
![portrait of podcast guest on smack Julian Trautwein](https://smack.media/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Julian_Trautwein_high_black-and-white-scaled-e1684844595985-1024x1024.jpg)
JULIAN TRAUTWEIN
![portrait of, podcast guest on smack, Satya Anand](https://smack.media/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/black-and-white-scaled-e1684844615315-1024x1024.jpg)
SATYA ANAND
![](https://smack.media/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/square-black-and-white.jpg)
KAYLEIGH WILTSHIRE
![portrait of, podcast guest on smack, Naomi Mackenzie](https://smack.media/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/IMG_4265-scaled-e1684844828150-1024x1024.jpg)
NAOMI MACKENZIE
![portrait of, podcast guest on smack, Jan Valentin](https://smack.media/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/jpg_Jan.jpg)
JAN VALENTIN
![portrait of, podcast guest on smack, Ariel Schiff](https://smack.media/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/square-scaled-e1684844848156-1024x1024.jpg)
ARIEL SCHIFF
![portrait of, podcast guest on smack, Olivier Bracard](https://smack.media/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Olivier-Bracard-2-square.jpeg)
OLIVIER BRACARD
![portrait of, podcast guest on smack, gilda perez-alvarado](https://smack.media/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/My-project-black-and-whit-1024x1024.png)
GILDA PEREZ-ALVARADO
![portrait of, podcast guest on smack, cyrus heydarian](https://smack.media/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/ch-square-scaled-e1684844969628-1024x1024.jpg)
CYRUS HEYDARIAN
![portrait of, podcast guest on smack, Mathieu Jaton](https://smack.media/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Mathieu-Jaton-square-scaled-e1684844994357-1024x1024.jpg)
MATHIEU JATON
![portrait of, podcast guest on smack, charlie macgregor](https://smack.media/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/black-and-white-square-scaled-e1684845069278-1024x1024.jpg)
CHARLIE MACGREGOR
![portrait of, podcast guest on smack, Jan Starcke](https://smack.media/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/JS-BlackWhite-square-scaled-e1684845092564-1024x1024.jpg)
JAN STARCKE
![portrait of, podcast guest on smack, Michalea Reitterer](https://smack.media/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/MR-BlackWhite-square-scaled-e1684845118351-1024x1024.jpg)
MICHAELA REITTERER
![portrait of, podcast guest on smack, Marcus Bernhardt](https://smack.media/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/black-white-square-scaled-e1684845154188-1024x1024.jpg)
MARCUS BERNHARDT
![portrait of, podcast guest on smack, Florian Phleps](https://smack.media/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/FP-shcwarz-weis-scaled-e1684845229677-1024x1024.jpg)
FLORIAN PHLEPS
![portrait of, podcast guest on smack, Thomas Edelkamp](https://smack.media/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Romantik-Hotel-TE-blackandwhite-square-e1684845257445-1024x1024.jpg)
THOMAS EDELKAMP
![portrait of podcast guest on smack hospitality, michael levie](https://smack.media/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Bild-SW-Quadrat-1-scaled-e1684845363810-1024x1024.jpg)
MICHAEL LEVIE
![portrait of veerle donders as podcast guest on smack hospitality](https://smack.media/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/veerle-donders-featuredimage.jpeg)
VEERLE DONDERS
![portrait of caroline von kretschmann as podcast guest on smack hospitality](https://smack.media/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/caroline-kretschmann-featuredimage-1024x1024.jpeg)
CAROLINE VON KRETSCHMANN
![portrait of richard castle as podcast guest on smack hospitality](https://smack.media/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/michael-ros-featuredimage.jpeg)
MICHAEL ROS
![portrait of richard castle as podcast guest on smack hospitality](https://smack.media/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/richard-castle-featuredimage.jpeg)
RICHARD CASTLE
![portrait of neil jacobs as podcast guest on smack hospitality](https://smack.media/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/neil-jacobs-featuredimage-1024x1024.jpeg)
NEIL JACOBS
![portrait of isabell fuss as a podcast guest on smack hospitality](https://smack.media/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/isabell-fuss-featuredimage-1024x1024.jpeg)
ISABELL FUSS
![portrait of marloes knippenberg as a podcast guest on smack hospitality](https://smack.media/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/marloes-knippenberg-featuredimage-1024x1024.jpeg)
MARLOES KNIPPENBERG
![portrait of haakon herbst as a podcast guest on smack hospitality](https://smack.media/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/haakon-herbst-featuredimage.jpeg)
HAAKON HERBST
![portrait of christopher hartley as a podcast guest on smack hospitality](https://smack.media/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/christopher-hartley-featuredimage-1024x1024.jpeg)
CHRISTOPHER HARTLEY
![portrait of boris radke as a guest on the smack hospitality podcast](https://smack.media/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/boris-radke-featuredimage-1024x1024.jpeg)
BORIS RADKE
![portrait of anne wahl-pozeg as a guest on the smack hospitality podcast](https://smack.media/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/anne-wahl-pozeg-featuredimage.jpeg)
ANNE WAHL-POZEG
![portrait of joshua gan as a guest on the smack hospitality podcast](https://smack.media/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/joshua-gan-featuredimage-1024x1024.jpeg)
JOSHUA GAN
![portrait of dr. ueli schneider as a guest on the smack hospitality podcast](https://smack.media/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/ueli-schneider-featuredimage-1024x1024.jpeg)
DR. UELI SCHNEIDER
![portrait of katharina kienemann as a guest on the smack hospitality podcast](https://smack.media/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/katharina-kienemann-featuredimage-1024x1024.jpeg)
KATHARINA KIENEMANN
![portrait of lorenzo stoll as a guest on the smack hospitality podcast](https://smack.media/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/lorenzo-stoll-featuredimage-1024x1024.jpeg)
LORENZO STOLL
![portrait of chalana perera as a guest on the smack hospitality podcast](https://smack.media/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/chalana-perera-featuredimage.jpeg)
CHALANA PERERA
![portrait of robert herr as a guest on the smack hospitality podcast](https://smack.media/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/robert-herr-featuredimage-1024x1024.jpeg)
ROBERT HERR
![portrait of michelle walder as a guest on the smack hospitality podcast](https://smack.media/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/michelle-walder-featuredimage.jpeg)
MICHELLE WALDER
![portrait of chi chan as a guest on the smack hospitality podcast](https://smack.media/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/chi-chan-featuredimage.jpeg)
CHI CHAN
![portrait of roy himmelreich as a guest on the smack hospitality podcast](https://smack.media/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/roy-himmelreich-featuredimage.jpeg)
ROY HIMMELREICH
![portrait of timothee semelin as a guest on the smack hospitality podcast](https://smack.media/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/timothee-semelin-featuredimage.jpeg)
TIMOTHEE SEMELIN
![portrait of podcast guest on smack hospitality, Wilko Weber](https://smack.media/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/image00003-scaled-e1684845680787-1024x1024.jpeg)
WILHELM (WILKO) WEBER
![portrait of podcast guest on smack hospitality, Ingrid Eras-Magdalena](https://smack.media/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/image00010.jpeg)
INGRID ERAS-MAGDALENA
![portrait of podcast guest on smack hospitality, Lukas Peter](https://smack.media/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/image00009-e1684845783707-1024x1024.jpeg)
LUKAS PETER
![portrait of podcast guest on smack hospitality, Pierre Perusset](https://smack.media/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/image00005.jpeg)
PIERRE PERUSSET
![Smack on Tour logo 1](https://smack.media/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/SMACK-on-tour-logo-blog0.jpg)
DEUTSCHER HOTEL KONGRESS 2020 – 2
![Smack on Tour logo 1](https://smack.media/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/SMACK-on-tour-logo-blog0.jpg)
DEUTSCHER HOTEL KONGRESS 2020 – 1
![portrait of podcast guest on smack hospitality, Frank Marrenbach](https://smack.media/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/image00007-e1684845931573-1024x1024.jpeg)
FRANK MARRENBACH
![portrait of podcast guest on smack hospitality, Tobias Wann](https://smack.media/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/black-and-white-3-e1684845960226-1024x1024.jpg)
TOBIAS WANN
![portrait of podcast guest on smack hospitality, Tina Brack](https://smack.media/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/TB.jpg)
TINA BRACK
![portrait of podcast guest on smack hospitality, Patrizia Zueck and Jo-Ann Li](https://smack.media/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/YHS.jpg)
PATRIZIA ZUECK & JO-ANN LI
![portrait of podcast guests on smack hospitality, Nicole & Ian with fritz and florian](https://smack.media/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/IM.jpg)
NICOLE ROSENKRANZ & IAN MILLAR
![portrait of podcast guest on smack hospitality, Gregor Andreewitch](https://smack.media/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Capture-1.jpg)
GREGOR ANDREEWITCH
![portrait of podcast guest on smack hospitality, Mark Somen](https://smack.media/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Capture.jpg)
MARK SOMEN
![portrait of podcast guest on smack hospitality, Adam Rowledge](https://smack.media/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Adam_Guest11.jpg)
ADAM ROWLEDGE
![portrait of podcast guest on smack hospitality, Philip Ibrahim](https://smack.media/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Website1-scaled-e1684846302670-1024x1024.jpg)
PHILIP IBRAHIM
![portrait of podcast guest on smack hospitality, Beat Fornaro](https://smack.media/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/BEAT1.jpg)
BEAT FORNARO
![portrait of podcast guest on smack hospitality, Fritz Dickamp Florian Montag](https://smack.media/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/1.jpg)