Walldorf. Following the departure of Reto Schumacher as director of the luxury hotel Buehlerhoehe in Baden Baden, the Hopp family, owners of the hotel, has now made an official statement of her position as regards the Schumacher affair. The statement contains massive reproach of the Spanish hotel group NH Hoteles. Meanwhile the Deutsche Bank took over five more percent of the share capital of the NH Hoteles.
Heidelberg. "Hotels are not my dream investment," says Dietmar Hopp, founder of the software giant SAP and today, a sought-after billionaire and investor in various fields of business. That sounds somewhat dispassionate, but it is not at all. Dietmar Hopp, a calm person as a rule, is very explicit when talking about the current quarrel with the Spanish NH Hoteles concerning the Buehlerhoehe. The grand hotel near Baden-Baden is the most exclusive hotel property owned by the Hopp family. Once again, Dietmar Hopp is demanding the operator NH "to leave the Buehlerhoehe and make an indemnity payment". An interview about Hopp's hotel trouble and hotel plans.
Terre Blanche. "Four Seasons University" is the name of an event giving the group's top clients and selected media a personal overview of the thinking and planning of the Canadian luxury hotel group. Last week, this circle met for the first time in the Four Seasons at Terre Blanche in Provence, France. Among them Jim FitzGibbon, President of Worldwide Hotel Operations since January. He and his colleagues discussed business principles and current expansion plans.
