John Langford COO Anschutz Entertainment Group Have you ever been to a large arena and thought to yourself, “Damn – this place is huge.”?! John Langford, the COO of Anschutz Entertainment Group for Europe, knows all about that feeling as he is responsible for the operations of some of the largest arenas in Europe, including …
DONALD LEADBETTER Tourism Program Manager U.S. National Park Service Donald Leadbetter, the Tourism Program Manager at the U.S. National Park Service (NPS) based in Washington D.C. joined us on the show and talked us through his passion for national parks, tourism and nature. Patrizia and Donald dove into the specific tasks that Donald carries out …
WYBCKE MEIER Chief Executive Officer TUI Cruises Wybcke Meier, the CEO of TUI Cruises, features this SMACK episode, so: Have you ever been on a cruise ship? No?! If you need some convincing, episode will tell you all you want to know about the cruise world. Wybcke spoke to Philip about how TUI cruises came …
PASCAL JENNY President Arosa Tourism Pascal Jenny, the president of Arosa Tourism in Switzerland came to visit us on the show and talked to us about saving bears, the Arosa 2030 vision and the uniqueness of skiing. The former professional handball player told Philip about the Arosa Bärenland Foundation, whose mission is to save bears, …
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 …
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 …
michaela reitterer President Austrian Hoteliers Association This episode takes us back to the German Hotel Convention 2021 (Deutscher Hotelkongress 2021), hosted by the dfv Mediengruppe and ahgz, where we caught up with Michaela Reitterer, President of the Austrian Hoteliers Association (ÖHV) and Hotel Director of the Boutiquehotel Stadthalle in Vienna. Michaela talked to us about …
Florian Phleps CEO Tirol Tourist Board The third episode of season three took us to Tyrol, Austria where we spoke to Florian Phleps, CEO of the Tirol Tourist Board. He talked to us about how he made it into the industry, coming from a law background, the development of Tyrol, how the crisis has changed …
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 …
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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+49 (0) 30 767373 160
stories@smack.media
