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When colleagues are not friends in Facebook
20.10.2010

Eschborn. Aside from close friends, users of social networks have remote acquaintances, old school friends and often work colleagues on their so-called friend lists. It is becoming increasingly difficult to distinguish, what information can be accessed by whom. A survey shows: users strictly differentiate.

Heilbronn University: Symposium premiere and new course of study
9.9.2010

Heilbronn. As from winter semester 2010/2011, the University of Heilbronn will offer a new course of study: Hotel and Restaurant Management. To introduce the course, the University will hold an industry symposium on 6 October.

Index: Job offers show strong increases
29.7.2010

Eschborn. The hotel and tourism sector has always been subject to strong seasonal cycles. Demand for staff always increases in preparation for the busy summer months in spring. An online index has now revealed the trends of recent years.

New: Distance learning – Hospitality Management
1.7.2010

Dusseldorf. For the first time as from October 2010, there will be a distance learning course for Hospitality Management. This offers a perfect opportunity to acquire a qualification whilst continuing to work.

Switch: Michel Rochat now manages the Ecole Hotelière Lausanne
Practice related management
17.6.2010

Lausanne. The new General Director of the Ecole Hotelière Lausanne brings together a healthy mix of theory and practice,in keeping with the tried and trusted recipe of the 100-year-old hotel academy.For French speaking Swiss national Rochat, who was previously responsible for the unversities of the canton of Waadt and has been a member of the EHL board since 2003, such a combination of skills is the best qualification for a hotelier, which he sees as both a manager and a flexible host. Here, the EHL beats the "pure business training" provided by Cornell University in Ithaca, USA hands down.

Today, Emanuel Berger takes his leave from Victoria-Jungfrau Collection
Passion
13.5.2010

Interlaken. 39 years ago, Emanuel Berger and his wife Rosmarie took over today's Grand Hotel Victoria-Jungfrau in Interlaken in Switzerland. At that time, the hotel was a "charming lady with torn underwear", as a guest once remarked, and the Bergers even incorporated their wedding presents in the hotel. For a long time now, the luxury hotel at the foot of the world-famous mountains of Eiger, Moench and Jungfrau has been one of the leading hotels in Switzerland and ranks among the top hotels of the world. Thanks to Emanuel and Rosmarie Berger, an innovative spirit has been living in the old building for decades: the Victoria-Jungfrau was thus the first Swiss luxury hotel to strip off its patina and become the first "young" Grand Hotel in Switzerland by reconstructing/adding a professional spa. Today, a model host couple takes its final leave. Honouring a great hotelier - from our Swiss correspondent Silvia Pfenniger, a long-year companion of the hotel and "its" hotelier.

The new VJC delegate Beat R. Sigg on his ideas
Accept the best
13.5.2010

Bern. Beat R. Sigg today follows in the footsteps of Emanuel Berger as delegate of the administrative board of the Victoria-Jungfrau Collections in Interlaken. After four semesters studying law, Sigg decided to switch to the Ecole Hôtelière SSH Lausanne. Since then, he's been loyal to the hotel industry – assuming his initial positions in the chain hotels and his last as CEO of the Dolder Hotel AG in Zurich. In August 2007, he made his move to the VJC, assuming the directorship of the Eden au Lac in Zurich. He will retain this position in addition to the new superior role which he takes on today. hospitalityInside.com asked him about his ideas on the luxury hotel industry and on the future VJC profile…

Kempinski exclusively cooperates with Bad Honnef
8.4.2010

Munich/Bad Honnef. Kempinski Hotels signed its first "Privileged Education Partnership Agreement" with the International University of Applied Sciences Bad Honnef-Bonn, making it the only European luxury hotel group having such a partnership agreement with this specialised university.

ISM in Munich now offering master’s degree in tourism
31.3.2010

Munich. Two weeks ago, the International School of Management opened its campus in Munich with a new master’s degree in tourism.

Newcomer: Tia Vassiliou, Communication Trainer
The Hotel Whisperer
31.3.2010

Wiesbaden. Five years ago, she created the catchy name "Hotel Whisperer". Her work is, however, must less mysterious: Tia Vassiliou develops communication profiles for hotels and provides training for the application of these profiles both with respect to the guest as well as to colleagues. Vassiliou, born in Greece and who also comes from the hotel industry, knows what's important in practice.

VIP News

Careers and Farewells

HI+Careers and Farewells

Augsburg. Marriott International‘s Dave Grissen to retire, Penta Hotels Worldwide appointed Rogier Braakman as new Managing Director, Andreas Erben passed on his responsibilities as Managing Director of Gorgeous Smiling Hotels and Frank Rückner took over the management of Hotel Berlin in Berlin.

Change of leadership with CEOs and in operation

HI+Change of leadership with CEOs and in operation

Augsburg. Ajit Menon is promoted to Interim CEO at Meininger Hotels, the new CFO is Andrew Scott. Oliver Elsässer joins Brera Serviced Apartments in the operational division. Center Parcs appointed Andrea Nestle as General Manager of Park Allgäu in Leutkirch, Germany and Georgios Daskalakis moved to Abaton Island Resort in Crete.

Old and new faces at the top

HI+Old and new faces at the top

Augsburg. Steigenberger appoints André Witschi, an old acquaintance, as Chairman of the Supervisory Board. Dion Maes becomes General Manager of the 25hours in Paris and Travel Charme Hotels & Resorts fills two new management positions. Patrizia AG welcomes a new Co-CEO in Thomas Wels and says farewell to COO Klaus Schmitt, while Anna Heuer takes over the management of HSMA Germany.

Changes at the turn of the quarter

HI+Changes at the turn of the quarter

Augsburg. The coronavirus has displaced almost all other topics in the last week. For the change to the 2nd quarter of 2020 there were now news again, including a death notice due to corona. There were changes at B&B Hotels Italy, at QR Quality Reservations, Dorint Hotels, 25hours Bikini Berlin and Intercity Hotels. Furthermore, two well-known developers changed the company.

Coming and Going

HI+Coming and Going

Augsburg. IHG lets Martin Bowen and Caspar Kraushaar go and appoints Miguel Martins as Head of Development, Northern Europe. Deutsche Hospitality has to say goodbye to Gabriele Maessen and announces three new Area Managers and General Managers respectively. Andreas Kartschoke is the new director of the Hotel Bachmair am See and Janet Schroeder takes over the lead of Schlossgut Gross Schwansee.

Surprising switches and regional responsibilities

HI+Surprising switches and regional responsibilities

Augsburg. Frank Marrenbach switches from Oetker Collection to Althoff Hotels. Kempinski appoints Wafik Youssef as new Vice President Operations, Middle East & Africa, while at Millenium Hotels and Resorts Hamid Sidine takes over the role of Managing Director for Saudi Arabia and COO for Turkey and Africa. Rolf E-Brönnimann swaps the Budersand Hotel for the Savoy Hotel Baur au Ville and Martin Dell becomes General Manager of the Four Seasons Hotel Prague. There are new responsibilities for the German-speaking countries with Annette Hopfensperger at Accor Academy and Eric Tapper as Key Account at B&B Hotels.

New GMs and Directors

HI+New GMs and Directors

Augsburg. John Brady is the new Corporate Director E-Commerce at Vienna House. Kempinski, Wyndham and Pentahotels appoint new general managers: Richard Appelbaum, Helge Lütters and Carsten Schieck. And Savills strengthens its hotel investment team with Ann-Katrin Kaiser.

New responsibilities on corporate level

HI+New responsibilities on corporate level

Augsburg. Premier Inn appoints Ling Dross as Distribution Manager. At Novum Hospitality there is a coming and going: CFO Torsten Scholl leaves the company and will be replaced by Dr Stefan Gneuss. And B&B has a new Head of eBusiness in Klaas-Jan Meijer.

The momentum of new executives

HI+The momentum of new executives

Augsburg. Orascom mourns the loss of its CEO Khaled Bichara. – Six Senses hired a new CCO and LVMH a specialist in the hotel and restaurant business. Rosewoood extended the power of their VP Global Sales & Marketing, Radisson expanded the geographical responsibility for its Area Senior Vice President, and Kempinski created a new position for Global Sales and The Americas. Marriott expanded his EMEA marketing team. Kerten Hospitality hired its first Global Commercial Head, the German Althoff Group two new heads for the Ameron and Urban Loft brands. TUI Group has hired a new Director for Sustainability and in Berlin there is a new Director for the Hotel Bristol. The new, almost completed Loftststyle Hotel Hanover has found its director, Colliers International another senior consultant. There were also new elections at HEDNA.

New stuctures, new positions

HI+New stuctures, new positions

Augsburg. Unexpected GM change at Adlon Berlin: Matthias Al-Amiry is transferred to Singapore, Michael Sorgenfrey takes over. Palladium Hotels has a new President and a new CEO. Mark Sands is promoted to Vice President of Wellness at Six Senses. Robert van der Graaf will take up his position as Director Development for the DACH region at IHG Althoff Hotels appoints Martin Steiner as Director of Finance Ameron Switzerland and RIMC appoints two new hotel directors in Switzerland. Stefan Schwind replaces Andreas Johannes Kartschoke as Director at Elephant Weimar, who is retiring. The law firm Hogan Lovells is gaining a new partner in Sandra Handke. And Commerz Real is strengthening its commitment to sustainability with two new executives, Tobias Huzarski and Viola Joncic.

New jobs from Australia to Valencia

HI+New jobs from Australia to Valencia

Wiesbaden. RIMC has upgraded in HR and Controlling with Jana Thielsen and Johannes Louris, The Welcome Hotel in Wesel has a new Director, Relais & Châteaux Italia has a new President and La Vie Hotels has a new Regional Director for the Middle East, North Africa and Europe. Terme die Saturnia has strengthened its management team and Fairmas has a new location in Valencia with an experienced manager.

Career leaps at the turn of the year

HI+Career leaps at the turn of the year

Augsburg. Rotana has now officially appointed Guy Hutchinson as the new President and CEO. At NH Rogier M. Hurkmans takes the position of Regional Operations Director for 21 hotels in Germany and Austria. Roomers Munich has a new hotel manager in Fabian Ahrendt, and Benjamin Ploppa changed from BNP Paribas to Christie & Co Germany.

Grief and anticipation

HI+Grief and anticipation

Augsburg. On New Year's Day the founder of the German Lindner Hotels, Otto Linder, passed away. The revenue management specialist IDeaS also mourns the passing of its top manager Fabian Specht. – B&B Germany Managing Director Max Luscher becomes regional CEO for Central and Northern Europe. Kempinski now announces new names at management level almost weekly: this week a new VP HR and a new VP Global Sustainability. At Seetel, Walter Neumann as CED now has the operation under his belt. At JLL Hotels, Heidi Schmidtke has taken over the management, Stefan Giesemann has left. TUI Suisse is looking for a successor for its CEO Martin Wittwer. Leonardo is strengthening Convention Sales, and the Dutch Duco E. de Vries is now taking over Bahrain as GM.

Goodbye and hello

HI+Goodbye and hello

Augsburg. Andrea Jörger advances to Chief Developer at RIMC. Peter Habelitz is the new CFO at the Dutch operator Cycas Hospitality. Fritz Joussen remains TUI CEO until 2025,. Now Sasha Brin also leaves the Kempinski development team in Geneva. Kempinski-GM Martin Cramer will remain at the Emirates Palace Abu Dhabi under the new operator Mandarin Oriental. The new GM of Rocco Forte Villa Kennedy Frankfurt comes from Munich and the Director of Europäischer Hof Hamburg comes from Cologne.

Internal promotions

HI+Internal promotions

Augsburg. Selina has a new Managing Director for Germany and Austria: Graham Major-Ex. Sonnenhotels complements its management board with Mathias Laux. Tobias Hannemann takes over the position of Corporate Director of Operations at NOVUM Hospitality. Carsten Werblow moves to the Gambino Hotel Werksviertel as Director and hands over his previous position.

The personnel carousel is spinning fast

HI+The personnel carousel is spinning fast

Augsburg. Christophe Piffaretti is the new Chief Development Officer of Kempinski Hotels, Melissa Salibi becomes Chief Human Resources Officer and Marcel Kleffner VP Finance Europe. The first two are now also members of the Management Board. Hartmut Schröder makes way for Fleming's family offspring. Planteno Germany has a new Head of Finance. The Tschuggen Hotel Group has a new double head. In addition, there will be many GM changes and no CEO at Expedia any more.

Surprising changes

HI+Surprising changes

Augsburg. Svein Arild Stehen-Mevold takes over as Chief Portfolio Officer at Scandic at the turn of the year. Max Gross takes over Rober van der Graaf's duties at Radisson. The 12.18. group of companies brings Johann Kerkhofs on board. While Martin Brehm becomes the new GM of Maxx by Steigenberger Bad Honnef, Lina Wolf takes over the management of me and all Hotel Kiel. Stefan D. Ringgenberg became GM of Schloss Fuschls.

New week, new faces

HI+New week, new faces

Augsburg. Christian Renz is now CCO of the Corinthia Hotels. At the turn of the year Melanie Weiler becomes Head of Business Development at Geisel Privathotels. While Bastian Becker becomes GM Frankfurt Area, Andreas Gräber-Stuch takes over as GM at Melia Vienna. Maximilian Müller-Huck takes over the newly created position of Director Operations at Halberbacher Hospitality. As part of the transformation process, MRP Hotels Wien expands its management team.

New appointments

HI+New appointments

Augsburg.Mike Hämmerli, Senior VP Development and Member of the Management Board, has left Kempinski Hotels. Huazhu changes its Senior Leadership to drive international expansion. Sabre appoints Frank Trampert as Managing Director & Chief Commercial Officer, EMEA and APAC, Sabre Hospitality Solutions. With Lukas Willhöft, 25hours has a new Development Director Europe. Achat Hotels has appointed a new Director of Leisure Sales and two new Cluster General Managers. Marc Wachal has been responsible for the Munich Airport Marriott Hotel in Freising since July. And the Cornell Hotel Society's German Chapter has elected a new board and President.

New ascents on the career ladder

HI+New ascents on the career ladder

Augsburg. Kristin Intress isCEO at Worldhotels with immediate effect. Choice Hotels appoints Raul Ramirez Senior Vice President of International Strategic Planning. New CCO at Corinthia is Christian Renz. Three new General Managers for IntercityHotel. Jörg Arnold takes over from Regula and Jan E. Brucker as General Manager at Widder Hotels. Anna Hoffmann is the new General Manager at 25hours. New management at Trivago.

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