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CYRUS HEYDARIAN

Cyrus Heydarian Operator & Managing Director Breidenbacher Hof Cyrus Heydarian, Operator & Managing Director of the Breidenbacher Hof in Düsseldorf, kicked of the year in style and brought interesting talks to our SMACK Podcast. Having been in the business facing two crisis, he elaborated how the employee is the most valuable resource and how important […]

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portrait of, podcast guest on smack, Mathieu Jaton

MATHIEU JATON

mathieu jaton CEO Montreux Jazz Festival Mathieu Jaton, CEO of Montreux Jazz Festival in Switzerland stopped by, just before Christmas. Having graduated from the Ecole hôtelière de Lausanne (EHL), Mathieu gives us an insight on what hospitality has taught him and how his background affects his day to day job. He told us about how

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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, 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 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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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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NEIL JACOBS

NEIL JACOBS Chief Executive Officer SixSenses Neil Jacobs, CEO of Six Senses Hotels & Resorts lead us to a truly inspirational episode on the SMACK hospitality podcast. Neil told us the amazing story behind the Six Senses brand, how it evolved from a local South-East Asian Resort Brand to a global hotel company with properties

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ISABELL FUSS

ISABELL FUSS Group Vice President Development Ruby Hotels Isabell Fuss, Group Vice President Development at Ruby Hotels joined us for a special episode to talk about something very different than her actual role at Ruby. Talking about New Work, a topic very dear to Isabell’s heart as a senior manager in the company, she shared

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