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
CHALANA PERERA Hotel Real Estate Development, Investment Professional & Hospitality Entrepreneur Chalana Perera, Ex-Citizen M and Ex-Yays came to visit us for episode 6 of season 2 and told us how his interest in real estate development for hotels was sparked at an early stage of his career. He also gave us an insight into
ROBERT HERR General Manager Bürgenstock Resort Robert Herr, widely recognized as the definition of a modern leader who has seen the world as a GM with Intercontinental Hotels with previous roles in Paris, Berlin, Prag, Beirut, Vienna to name just a few – is welcomed in this episode. He currently holds the position of General
TIMOTHEE SEMELIN Global Senior Corporate DirectorDigital Marketing & Transformation Rosewood Hotels Timothee Semelin, Global Senior Corporate Director of Digital Marketing & Transformation of Hong Kong’s based Rosewood Hotels, started of season 2 and joins Fritz Dickamp for a chat about the progress of digital marketing and what the future holds for the hospitality industry in
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
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
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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Philip Ibrahim General Manager The Social Hub Berlin Philip Ibrahim, GM of The Social Hub Berlin joined us on the third episode of SMACK, which is about to open swings by the show, and talks about his move from a global operating hotel company (Accor) to a young and modern brand. Additionally, Flo & Fritz
Beat Fornaro AREA DIRECTOR PORTFOLIO DEVELOPMENT EMEA DESIGN HOTELS Beat Fornaro, welcome on our podcast! Beat is Area Director Portfolio Development EMEA at Design Hotels. In today’s episode he will talk about what it takes to be original in hospitality and what his experiences are, looking for the most original hotels around Europe, the Middle East
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Lindower Straße 18, 13347 Berlin, Germany
+49 (0) 30 767373 160
stories@smack.media
