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Operator properties: Becoming an expert in five months
6.11.2014

Oestrich-Winkel. In Germany, hotel properties have become an asset highly in demand; however, the number of experts in the field of operator properties is still limited. A new and extended university course focuses on hotel and hospitality industry properties.

Two chains with different experiences in career support
To CEO with a MBA
6.11.2014

Munich. Hotel general managers today need sound management and financial knowledge. A possibility in acquiring this is a work-accompanying MBA programme. But up to now, it is only Kempinski Hotels that has utilised continuing education measures with lasting effect. The attempts by Lindner Hotels failed. These two examples demonstrate how different approaches can influence the career-supporting projects. The increasing trend of paying for a MBA out of one's own pocket is being seen worldwide.

Industry association Dehoga defeated at wage negotiations
Minimum wage: Pressure on Eastern Germany?
24.7.2014

Berlin. The negotiations of the German Hotel and Restaurant Association with the Food, Beverages and Catering Union failed: in Eastern Germany, the standard wages were gradually to be adapted to the new statutory minimum wage. NGG wanted to introduce the minimum wage already next year. Now, the hotel association is complaining. German chain hotels are keeping a low profile concerning comments on this matter.

EU introduces the Hospitality Skills Passport and hopes for an employment push
Over 2 million jobs unstaffed
17.7.2014

Brussels. About four weeks ago, on June 24, 2014 the European Commission along with the European hotel and restaurant association HOTREC and other partners launched the very first "European Hospitality Skills Passport". This new tool, available in 24 European languages aims to simplify the recruitment process in the hospitality and tourism sector in Europe. It’s said to be innovative, interactive, easy to use and complements the traditional CV. Young people eager to join the hospitality industry might be loving it! Sarah Douag talked to Isabel Sobrino Maté, Public Affairs Manager at HOTREC about the new passport as she was closely following its development and launch.

By hitting the right "touch points" HR heads may attract new applicants
Participating via social media
12.6.2014

Wiesbaden. The struggle for the best employees has been going on for quite a while, and online commentaries relentlessly uncover how companies deal with this valuable asset. The only thing human resources heads can do is to learn how to sell their company to the outside and ensure that their promises are kept in everyday business. "Employees decide nowadays who acquires the most talented," says former Accor manager Anne Schueller, who is working solely for companies in different industries currently. This new kind of participation is done via social media. This is confirmed by Prof. Dr. Marco Gardini. They both wrote a new book on this issue – recommendable reading matter as a further training reference for heads of human resources departments.

Minimum wage: No cost hike for Swiss hotels
22.5.2014

Bern. The Swiss citizens officially rejected the minimum wage initiative last Sunday. With this, the hotel industry has also breathed a sigh of relief: The civil decision has prevented a massive cost hike. Now in Germany, however, price increases threaten after the minimum wage decision.

IFH switches owners once again
6.2.2014

Amsterdam/Frankfurt. Half a year after IHS GmbH, the parent company of the IFH Training Institute from Frankfurt, had changed owners, the IFH subsidiary has now been resold. Does this now also threaten the other family members, Worldhotels and Trust?

Italy: National contract under discussion
23.1.2014

Rome. The Italian tourist national contract has been renewed. But not all parties involved have signed it yet.

Resident Manager Angelo Martinelli: 50 years of service at Badrutt's Palace
Learning not to have
19.12.2013

St. Moritz. It was December 18, 1963 when Angelo Martinelli crossed the threshold of Badrutt's Palace in St. Moritz for the first time as the Corviglia Club Chesa Veglia's Commis De Rang. Fifty years have passed since then, but the figure of this true master of ceremonies is still there. Now a Resident Manager, he welcomes the guests in his own personal manner, reserved, but friendly at the same time: a human icon representing global hospitality called Badrutt's. "In my first few months in St. Moritz", admits Hans Wiedemann candidly, Angelo's current boss and the hotel's Managing Director, "I thought our regular guests would never take notice of me. They all turned to Angelo without hesitation. I then understood I had to earn their esteem". Massimiliano Sarti, our Italian correspondent talked to his fellow countryman Angelo Martinelli about fifty years in luxury service.

Business psychologist Hueffer about the "wrong" hospitality CEOs
Finance experts don't understand hotel business
4.12.2013

Munich. When investment managers take over the management from hotel groups, they are quickly lost in the tragedy of failure, Leopold Hueffer states. Hence, the expert in assessment of top executives warns against placing the hotelier on the second string as a service provider – unless, the company is up to its neck in debt. The financial and service cultures? The doctorate economic psychologist holds that these two worlds clash with each other there. And in his opinion, there are not CEOs who are capable of both. hospitalityInside author Baerbel Schwertfeger, also a psychologist, has posed concrete questions to the expert for top executive assessments in Zurich and Frankfurt.

VIP News

Springboards

HI+Springboards

Augsburg. Langham Hospitality's new CEO is a former CEO: Brett Butcher. Shangri-La Paris welcomes a new Sales and Marketing chief with German roots. Holger Behrens is no more Managing Director of GSH Hotels. At the luxury gourmet resort Söl'ring Hof on Sylt, chef Jan-Philipp Berner advances to Managing Director and Partner. At Victor's Residenz-Hotel Berlin-Tegel, someone is also climbing the career ladder.

Internationally experienced professionals at work

HI+Internationally experienced professionals at work

Augsburg. After the separation from Choice, Georg Schlegel now supports Louvre Hotels in its European development. Leonardo Hotels hires the internationally experienced finance professional Herbert Wiesinger and Henning Reichel manages the boutique hotel Erika in Kitzbühel.

A lot of experience for the new job

HI+A lot of experience for the new job

Augsburg. Elli Jafari has been appointed Managing Director of The Standard in London, Hartmut Ott is in charge of the future JW Marriott in Berlin, Andrea Stuff is now General Director of the Castanea Resort in Lüneburger Heide and Andreas Schumann is the Director at Victor's Residenz Hotel in Gera.

Notable changes

HI+Notable changes

Augsburg. Andrea Agrusow has left AccorInvest, as well as Stefan Leser Langham Hotels and Vladimir Saal IBB Hotel Collection. In return, Pascal Rüegg joined AccorInvest Switzerland/Germany. The new Managing Director of Raffles London comes from Mandarin Oriental, the new Director of Seetelhotel Nautic on Usedom from Vela Hotels. MHP has hired a manager and chef for the new Luc Gendarmenmarkt Berlin. And three hospitality experts - Prof. Christin Buer, Brigitte Gruber and Heinz Wehrle - are joining forces as Horwath HTL DACH.

Increase in know-how

HI+Increase in know-how

Augsburg. Rosewood expands its marketing team with a dedicated VP, Belmond welcomes new directors at Cipriani Venice and Sicily, Elisabeth Gürtler a new landlord for her Astoria Resort in Seefeld. Moritz Dietl and Michael Lidl have taken over all shares in Treugast.

Surprising and planned changes

HI+Surprising and planned changes

Augsburg. Andreas von Reitzenstein moves from H-Hotels to Novum Hospitality after 16 years. Daniel Bowen starts at IHG in Frankfurt as the third developer for DACH. Stefano Lodi heads the Brunelleschi Hotel in Florence, predecessor Claudio Catani has been promoted at the Icon Collection. The Kempinski in Bodrum welcomed Adnan Yucel as GM, the Achat Offenbach Plaza Hans-Hermann Duderstadt, Sven Näser opens the next Dorint Hotel in the Rhine-Main area, the Resort Mark Brandenburg Martin Wenzel. And finally, after the election, there are new and old names in the Dehoga Bundesverband, Berlin.

New Europe-Team, new GMs

HI+New Europe-Team, new GMs

Augsburg. Choice Hotels is setting up a complete new European team. A GM has been appointed for the new Mondrian Shoreditch London, arcona Hotels is filling the top positions in two German beach hotels, and Christan J. Schöpf is taking over the first Aiden by Best Western.

Anders Nissen passed away

HI+Anders Nissen passed away

Augsburg. With Pandox CEO Anders Nissen, a respected personality in the industry died five days ago. The Relais & Châteaux Gut Steinbach Hotel and Chalets in Chiemgau hired a new director and hotelier Johann Kerkhofs is now concentrating on hotel refurbishments with a partner.

Wind of change for the restart

HI+Wind of change for the restart

Augsburg. Kai Jansen started as hotel manager at the Mandarin Oriental Munich, Bart Beerkens changes to halbersbacher, Ulrike Schmitz-Delgado manages the Lindner Hotel & Spa Binshof and David Koellner-Holzapfel will push the Achat Hotel Reilingen Walldorf. Five GMs have changed at Steigenberger Hotels & Resorts in Egypt.

Change on the Board and at the Front

HI+Change on the Board and at the Front

Augsburg. Travelodge promoted its interim CEO to CEO. Well-known and new hotels in Tuscany, Vienna and Munich welcome new GMs, Colliers Austria hired a new Head of Hotels and TUI a new Head of HR with a large area of responsibility.

New appointments to top positions in luxury groups

HI+New appointments to top positions in luxury groups

Augsburg. Top corporate positions newly filled: First, there is a new CEO for the Raffles & Orient Express brands at Accor, a new CCO at Four Seasons and a new CCO at Mandarin Oriental.

Big decisions

HI+Big decisions

Augsburg. The Italian Hotelturist Group has found a new CEO in Giuliano Gaiba. Martina Maly-Gärtner moves from Arabella to UBM in Vienna. Markus Lewe moves to HR Group in Berlin after 27 years at Marriott. Carsten Wilmsen gets more influence at Deutsche Seereederei. At Commerz Real AG Gabriele Volz throws in the towel after four months.

Surprising decisions

HI+Surprising decisions

Augsburg. Scandal at the Spanish association CEHAT, Österreich Werbung hires a German managing director, Marriott a new chief developer EMEA, Accor a sustainability specialist. Matthias Hautli has left Engel & Völkers, and at Steigenberger the personnel merry-go-round is turning with the new brand division. Wolfgang Hampel ends his life's work Ospidea.

New managers and structures

HI+New managers and structures

Wiesbaden. In future, Stayery will seek digital advice from Constantin Rehberg. Dorint is setting up a commercial team in Switzerland. The Ameron Munich Motorwelt is starting with Jan Zitzmann as GM and Mickael Billy has been appointed Senior Sales Manager Europe, Russia & CIS by the Oetker Collection. La Française announced a new Managing Director for Germany.

Change of chief

HI+Change of chief

Wiesbaden. At Motel One, founder Dieter Müller moves to the supervisory board and hands over the helm to Stefan Lenze and Daniel Müller. The SO/Berlin Das Stue has a new GM in Dario Pithard, and Premier Inn appoints a Head of Commercial Germany. Heiko Kain is now GM of the Scandic Munich Macherei, Konstanze Junkermann of the Scandic Frankfurt Museumsufer. At Orascom Development, Tarek Kamel takes up a new position.

Extending management teams

HI+Extending management teams

Wiesbaden. Marriott is filling further global management positions and appoints David Marriott as a member of the board. Michael Zager is now with HMA Dubai, Patrick Eggebrecht moved to Living Hotels in Munich. Treugast strengthens the hotel management division. Axel Kleinefenn is back at Union Investment and HRS strengthens the management of Destination Solution.

Driving the company forward

HI+Driving the company forward

Augsburg. Rosewood Hotel Group is filling four new VP positions to drive its expansion. B&B brings Frank Seedorff on board as Digital Expert and Rob Hornman moves from the OTA platform HRS to the management of the medium-sized Flemings Hotels in Germany.

Expanding new competences

HI+Expanding new competences

Augsburg. Marriott made its previous interim team Tony Capuano and Stephanie Linnartz the chain's management duo this week. Belmond appoints a new VP Global Development. Georg Schlegel leaves Choice Hotels. Sébastien Mariette is responsible for two Kempinski hotels in Egypt. Colliers hires a technology expert. Christie & Co expands its German team and Stefan Bezold joins Sabre after many years at Infor.

Breaking News: Marriott announces new CEO and President

HI+Breaking News: Marriott announces new CEO and President

Bethesda. Marriott International's Board of Directors announced today that Anthony "Tony" Capuano has been appointed Chief Executive Officer and has joined the company’s Board of Directors, effective immediately. He was previously Group President, Global Development, Design and Operations Services. Stephanie Linnartz, previously Group President, Consumer Operations, Technology and Emerging Businesses, has been appointed President, effective immediately.

Mourning and the next generation

HI+Mourning and the next generation

Augsburg. Around the world, colleagues and business friends mourned the death of Marriott CEO Arne M. Sorenson this week. Kai Winkler takes over his first job in Russia with the Fairmont Moscow. Three hotel managers still have their careers ahead of them at Premier Inn in Heidelberg, Saarbrücken and Freiburg, as do Intercity Hotels three new GMs for the hotels in Darmstadt, Nuremberg and Hanover. Fleming's continues to expand its leisure team. And HEDNA elected its Board of Directours 2021.

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