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Post Brexit: Non-UK staff could cost over 3,800 euros to recruit
7.7.2016

London. When Theresa May, actual UK Home Secretary and potential replacement for David Cameron as a Prime Minister, said this week that if elected, she will not guarantee that EU nationals living in the UK will be allowed to remain after Brexit, she dropped a bomb. The hospitality sector is alarmed.

Prof. Uwe Peter Kanning about the best way of staff acquisition today
Difficulties of recruiting
15.6.2016

Osnabrueck. Casual casting event instead of classical assessment centre – Lindner, Vienna House und Derag Livinghotels have new selection strategies. The expert Uwe Peter Kanning, professor for economic psychology at the Osnabrueck University of Applied Sciences and expert for selection of personnel, disagrees with some practices these hotel groups are currently using.

How Lindner, Vienna House and Derag cast dynamic staff
Sexy with strategy
15.6.2016

Duesseldorf. "Attitude" is all that counts: an increasing number of hotel groups choose their staff members according to their personality and attitude. They attract potential candidates with casual slogans and promises of happiness. New job names whet the appetite for hotel. The receptionist is now called explorer or host – and could be completely new to the industry. The person has to be passionate, that's all that counts here. Even a precision engineer who loves cooking and has mega tattoos can become head chef. Lindner Hotels, Vienna House and Derag Livinghotels about their experiences to fill vacant positions and alternative staff interviews.

Large-scale education study: Please test us!
26.5.2016

Munich. Young adults are backing their search for an apprenticeship mainly on personal recommendations. The proximity to home of a company is the most important reason of choice. Career opportunities and the company's brand recognition are playing a clear subordinated role. A recent study shows these results among applicants and apprentices.

How Sweden tries to ease its urgent need for experienced chefs
In demand: Refugees with hospitality skills
28.1.2016

Stockholm. For many years now, the number one operational issue for hotels has been the shortage of qualified workers. Well, in Sweden, they might have found a solution, which could actually kill two birds with one stone: cure the industry and help refugees start a new life. Last October, Swedish labor market partners introduced a new project aimed at quickly integrating immigrants trained as chefs or with experience in cooking and catering into the labor market.

Analysis: What CEOs earn and how long they stay
26.8.2015

Boulder. Hotel company boardrooms were more settled places in 2014 than the previous few years with only two changes in CEO occurring among the world’s 50 largest hotel groups. This reveals a US consulting company, also analyzing the CEO pay for performance: The highest paid CEOs in the industry arise from the largest companies.

Career women about meetings, teamwork and networks (Part 3)
Too much testosterone in the air
6.8.2015

Augsburg. Women need not mutate into men while on their career paths, but rather assume a few of their qualities – or at least learn to understand them. Meetings and teamwork within hotel groups today likely resemble a chess game between the genders and the status symbols absolutely still play a role. Therefore today, this final part of our three-part series is about working within the team, the subject of harassment, networks and finally, about young women. Doris Greif, Kristin Intress, Gabriele Maessen, Daniela Schade, Elke Schade, Susanne Weiss and the HR consultant Gisela Willmes let their voices be heard once again.

Career women about boys, mentors and respectful men (Part 2)
Listening & seizing the opportunity
30.7.2015

Augsburg. Women make their careers, because they want to. And not because of enacted promotion programmes. Women in top positions, who are talking in the second part of our small series today, are looking back on their beginnings in misogynous "boys clubs" and how they were able to make their careers with the aid of respectful and helpful superiors and mentors. From their own experiences and from conversations with female colleagues they know that the family question decides the career – even today. They describe the weaknesses of their own gender in detail – as well as the soft spots of men in a team. Doris Greif, Kristin Intress, Gabriele Maessen, Daniela Schade, Elke Schade, Susanne Weiss, Marion Schumacher and the HR consultant Gisela Willmes about experiences in the hotel industry.

Career women on their experiences - Companies react to staff shortage (Part 1)
Do women need promoting?
22.7.2015

Augsburg. The hotel industry is a male industry. At least in the upper echelons of management. But the air is also getting thinner further down the ladder. The hotel industry needs qualified staff! In response, the Carlson Rezidor Group plans to mobilise the "female reserve". CEO Wolfgang Neumann has taken the new support programme "Women in Leadership" under his personal control. In March 2015, Accor committed itself to the United National principles and just a few weeks ago discussed the issue of women in management roles at a senior management meeting in Paris. hospitalityInside.com spoke with both companies and with eight women who have made it into senior management. Who supported them, what motivated them, how are women doing in male teams, how important are networks? In this and the next edition, Doris Greif, Kristin Intress, Gisela Willmes, Gabriele Maessen, Daniela Schade, Elke Schade, Susanne Weiss and Marion Schumacher report on their experiences.

Hotel groups having good experiences with the bachelor's degree
The first career turbo
8.7.2015

Munich. The bachelor's degree has asserted itself within the hotel industry. And in particular, the dual studies with which the students are combining study phases with practical phases at the hotel and these days, are even replacing a portion of the apprenticeships. However, it is not always easy for the smaller hotel chains and individual hotels to be able to also offer suitable entry-level positions. But, the graduates, consultants and hoteliers surveyed are unanimous on the fact: A master's degree brings no advantage during professional entry. Practical knowledge of the lower management positions is still needed.

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European careers

HI+European careers

Wiesbaden. Andrea Agrusow says goodbye to the hospitality industry, Alain Bekaert is the new President at Logis Hotels. Heiko Rieder and Michael Posch now work for Hirmer Hospitality. IntercityHotel has filled four new management positions. Marc Waschal becomes Area Manager South at Bierwirth & Kluth and Christiane Kirchenbauer Deputy Director at Schlosshotel Kronberg. Deutsche Hospitality bids farewell to Claus-Dieter Jandel on his retirement.

New generations take over

HI+New generations take over

Augsburg. Veruschka and Roberto Wirth Jr. have taken over the Hotel Hassler in Rome after the death of their father Roberto. Edition Hotels hires Josh Fluhr as Global Managing Director. At Althoff Hotels, Andreas Schmitt hands over to Benedikt Jaschke, ex Adlon and ex Kempinski. Matthias Welschof takes care of the asset management of Premier Inn Germany. At Sonder, Henning Kreckel left the company after only six months. Patrizio Iaquinandi is in charge of marketing at B&B, Knuth Kiefer of the Best Western Seehotel Frankenhorst in Schwerin. Supervisory boards, advisory boards and presidiums were elected at Romantik Hotels, the IHA hotel association and HSMA Germany.

Coming and leaving

HI+Coming and leaving

Wiesbaden. Markus Lewe leaves the Berlin HR Group. Hirmer Hospitality appoints Frank Siegbert as Director Development & Asset Management. Daniela Schade leaves Deutsche Hospitality. Marcus Scharon becomes the new GM of the Travel Charme Hotel in Heringsdorf, and the TUI Group restructures its board: Sebastian Ebel becomes Chairman.

New positions and responsibilities

HI+New positions and responsibilities

Wiesbaden. Rosewood fills the new position of Senior President of Operations EMEAC with Victor Clavell. Jonas Törner moves up at Pandox. Adina has a Regional GM South for the DACH region with Nikolas von Olberg. At Flemings Hotels, Jeanette von Jouanne becomes HR Director. Mark Huber leads the Aiden by Best Western in Steyr as GM and Hermann Spatt the nhow Frankfurt. Hannes Schied is now Director of Consulting at Treugast Solutions Group.

New jobs and honours in tourism

HI+New jobs and honours in tourism

Wiesbaden. Paul-Reinhard Kreusch is the new GM of The Rilano Hotel in Oberursel. Mrp Hotels has entrusted Katharina Preiss with the management of a branch in Munich. At Meininger, Vivian Schneider is now Vice President Finance. Caroline von Kretschmann is the name of the German Hotelier of the Year 2022, the Special Award was given to Bierwirth & Kluth. Mecklenburg-Vorpommern appoints Tobias Woitendorf as Tourism Commissioner.

Career jumps from Bangkok to Munich

HI+Career jumps from Bangkok to Munich

Wiesbaden. Adrian Rudin is the new GM at the Sindhorn Kempinski Bangkok. The Sustainability Hospitality Alliance has a new CEO in Glenn Mandziuk. And gsh appointed Tom Goldscheider as Head of Development and expanded the field of responsibility of Andreas Giannopoulos. And Friederike Grupp is now responsible for the Hotelplan Group's sustainability activities.

Change of leadership on many levels

HI+Change of leadership on many levels

Wiesbaden. German Schörghuber group of companies, Munich, parent company of Arabella Hospitality, expands its board of directors. Peter Fulton's successor at Hyatt in the EAME region is Javier Aguila. With COO Josef Dolp Deutsche Hospitality brings in further reinforcement with Asia experience Bruno Leroy joins B&B Hotels. Board member Marcus Wöhrl leaves Domero. Manuel Slapnig now manages the Falkenstein Grand and Villa Rothschild in Königstein im Taunus. The Amano Group appoints Nadja Dahlmann as Marketing Director. The Prinz von Hessen group of companies continues to expand its hospitality team.

Colourful careers

HI+Colourful careers

Wiesbaden. Gisbert Kern is now Area General Manager at Arcotels in Berlin and Anantara has filled two GM positions. Lorenz Maurer is GM of The Cambrian in Adelboden and Svenja Büsching is Vice President of Commercial at Flemings Hotels. The Treugast Solutions Group is now strengthened by Alexander Pesch, who was appointed Director Finance.

April showers bring May flowers

HI+April showers bring May flowers

Augsburg. Dan Merchant has been promoted from Generator to head of HR. Clive Patrick Scheibe replaces Mortesa Etmenan as COO at Novum Hospitality, and Folkert Krause is now general manager of Roomers in Frankfurt.

Reinforcement in a double pack

HI+Reinforcement in a double pack

Augsburg. Choice Hotels welcomes two new Franchise Development Directors to its Developing Markets team. a&o expands its DACH sales team with two new Sales Managers Key Accounts. Danny Vorwerk takes over the management of MAXX by Steigenberger Vienna. 25hours appoints Martin Schrödl and Frank Beiler as new General Managers in Vienna and in Munich, Florian Steinmaier takes over this position at The Charles Hotel Munich. The Parkhotel Egerner Höfe is now under the management of Anton Halbmayr and the Best Western Hotel Kaiserslautern will be managed by Mile Zovko in the future. At Horwath HTL Switzerland, Andrea Jörger becomes the new Managing Partner; mrp hotels expands its German management team with Katharina Preiss as Senior Vice President Germany. And Christie & Co is also pleased about two new additions.

In the wake of a career

HI+In the wake of a career

Augsburg. After 40 years at Steigenberger/Deutsche Hospitality, Claus-Dieter Jandel is retiring. His successor will be a lady without development experience. At Gorgeous Smiling Hotels, Sebastian Müller is now responsible for finance, and at arcona, Miriam Harwardt has been in charge of HR since March. The new GM at the Ameron Zurich Bellerive au Lac is Murat Baki, and André Vedovelli will become the new Director of the Hotel Atlantic Hamburg. Patrick Andersen takes over the position of President and CEO at CWT. PKF hospitality group has five new partners.

Shuffling of chairs in front of and behind the scenes

HI+Shuffling of chairs in front of and behind the scenes

Augsburg. Ommi Hotels fills the CEO chair with a man from its own ranks. There are also changes on the Board of Directors of the Grand Resort Bad Ragaz. In Arosa, the Schlösser couple moves in as the new hosts. At the Intercityhotel Mainz, the retirement of Uwe Troll enables the promotion of Matthias Sieber-Wagner. Minor International makes new appointments to its Board of Directors for its British portfolio.

Switching around the globe

HI+Switching around the globe

Augsburg. Kempinski appoints Timur Sentuerk as COO for EMEA. Marriott International expands the development team for the DACH region with Julian Miebach. Rosewood Vienna will open under Alexander Lahmer and A-rosa Resort Sylt will start the holiday season under Sven Fritzsche. Heidi Schmidtke now heads the pan-European hotel operator selection at JLL. Klaus-Uwe Euler retires, while Jürgen Gangl remains chairman of HDV Germany for another two years. Two new members of the Board of Directors move into the Swiss Badrutt's Palace.

Experienced managers on the move

HI+Experienced managers on the move

Wiesbaden. Ron Pohl moves up at BHW, Michael Simon changes from Marriott to Premier Inn. Ex-TUI manager Thomas Pietzka now joins Deutsche Seerederei as Managing Director. Valeria Fruscio is the new GM of the Aleph Rome Hotel and David Salomon becomes GM of the new JW Marriott in Frankfurt.

New heads for growth

HI+New heads for growth

Augsburg. The Global Hotel Alliance has hired two new executives at its Dubai headquarters. Jochen Manninger stays in Vienna with Flemings. Claudia Heger is the new head of HR at Achat. A&O Hostels has recruited a trio for its development team. Roeland Vos is a new member of the board of trustees of Hotelschool The Hague.

Four promotions and one death

HI+Four promotions and one death

Wiesbaden. Irmela Heinsius has been appointed COO Hospitality of the Denkmalneu Group. David Frei is General Manager of Grace La Margna in St. Moritz and Maksim Juričić General Manager of Villa Mai 3.3 in Croatia. The Tornabuoni Hotel in Florence has a new hotel manager in Domenico Muratore, and throughout Europe the cosmetics and wellness world mourns the loss of pioneer Gertraud Gruber.

Many lateral entrants and up-and-comers

HI+Many lateral entrants and up-and-comers

Augsburg. With Marlene Treppner and Lukas Meier, 25hours has two new heads of hotel in Frankfurt and Zurich. Ruby strengthens its building planning team. Daniela Fette moves from Jumeirah to Dorint. Limehome expands its European expansion team. Centro Hotels relies on a former drama student for the Nyce launch in Bad Godesberg. Detlef and Oliver have founded a hotel consultancy. Yaël Klein now manages Amex GBT. PKF also makes Ulrike Schüler and Ulf Templin partners.

Many returnees, new CEOs

HI+Many returnees, new CEOs

Augsburg. Rob Horman is the new CEO of Flemings. Eric Danziger is the ex CEO of Trump Hotels now. At Kerzner, a South African is the new Regional Director, Sales & Marketing in Europe. Villa d'Este Hotel Group has a new CEO. Adina hired an all-rounder as Director of Technical Services. Achim Hunzinger returns after around 15 years to Villa Stokkum. Maria Ghebresellasie is the new head of a Castello. Florence welcomes Sofia Peluso, Ibiza and 7Pines a new General Manager. And at the Courtyard by Marriott Düsseldorf Hotels, sales and marketing is in new hands.

A great one steps down, a few come back

HI+A great one steps down, a few come back

Augsburg. Bill Marriott retires after more than 60 years at the helm of the company. Pentahotel Leipzig announced three staff changes this week. Janina Bachmann-Graffunder is the new GM of nhow Berlin. Torsten E. Viehman is the new man at the new Ninety Nine Hotel in Hamburg-Bergedorf. At the Park Plaza Nuremberg, an F&B expert is at the helm. Achat Hotels has a new project designer.

Change in company leadership

HI+Change in company leadership

Augsburg. Hilton has appointed Pauline Wilson as its new VP Focused Service Operations in EMEA. Rosewood has made two strategic future appointments. Doris Greif has left the Langham London. Andrea Scherz is the new Chairman of the Executive Committee of Leading Hotels of the World. Pellicano Hotels in Italy welcomes two new GMs. Otto Lindner and Andreas Krökel surprisingly retire from the top management of the German Lindner Hotels. Olaf Steinhage parts ways with mrp hotels. Andreas Kohn is the new Chairman of the DACH Advisory Board of HSMAI Europe.

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