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 […]
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
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
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
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 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
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
MARLOES KNIPPENBERG Chief Executive Officer Kerten Hospitality Marloes Knippenberg, CEO of Kerten Hospitality joined us for an in-depth talk on strategy and concepts while letting us in on her thought process of some of the corporate decisions she has taken. Beyond that Marloes shared her take on the role of women in hospitality and let
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HAAKON HERBST Owner Hotel Friends Group In episode 14 of season 2 we were fortunate enough to meet someone, who’s pretty much done it all. Former president of the HSMA, recently elected regional DEHOGA president, owner of the Hotel Friends Group and never shy of an opinion – Haakon Herbst truly has seen and done
ANNE WAHL-POZEG Senior Vice President of Communications for Northern Europe Accor Anne Wahl-Pozeg, Senior Vice President Communications Northern Europe at Accor came to join us on the show. Anne told us all about her journey to now being in charge of the press, internal and partner communications in Accor’s Northern Europe division, which includes 30
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