Honestis/Dorint: More capital and new people for more power

Cologne/Berlin. Whether they'll become the dream team of Dorint Hotels & Resorts? Whatever the case, they are certainly the new face of the hotel group: Karl-Heinz Pawlizki has been CEO of the German hotel group since last October and since January has been supported by his former IHG colleague Joerg Boeckeler as COO. The latter returned to his native Germany after seven years at the helm of the InterContinental Sydney. He arrives at a good time: After over 15 painful years, the hotel group is again back on its feet, it's expanding again and the management team, unburdened by the turbulent past, is pushing on forward and sharpening the company's profile. For the first time in a long while, there's a master plan again. Maria Puetz-Willems met the two managers last week for breakfast at the InterContinental Berlin.

Cologne. In the course of the business unbundling, Neue Dorint GmbH, operator company of Dorint Hotels & Resorts, was sold to the newly founded Honestis AG by its former owner E&P. Honestis AG consists of new and old shareholders.