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Horst Schulze is having breakfast with Andreas Augustin in 2007. Retired as CEO from Ritz Carlton for only one weekend, he found fishing boring and went back to work. This time he founded his own hotel group: Capella. We have researched the history and story of his first hotel: Schloss Velden in Austria.
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In 2011, we had breakfast with Ulisses Marreiros, General Manager at Reid's Hotel, Madeira.
"Be happy, enjoying what I am doing and have fun. Can always be better — that would be my motto."
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A 2023 Covid period Breakfast with Anthony Tyler of the Mandarin Oriental in Bangkok at the Verandah. It's the perfect place for breakfast as it sits on the hotel’s river terrace with an ever-changing floorshow of boats passing by, including the hotel’s own shuttles.
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Famoushotels author Adrian Mourby has "Breakfast with Philip Lewis“, the general manager of Oxford’s legendary and most famous hotel — The Randolph
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Michael Shepherd, General Manager of The London Hilton on Park Lane has breakfast with Andreas Augustin. He explains that a good hotelier may grow up over the years, but he never grows old.
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He managed the Metropole Hanoi, A Sofitel Legend Hotel, from 2000-2005, and returned to the helm of Hanoi's most famous hotel in 2013 for a second term.
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At Reid’s Palace on the flower-island Madeira, Portugal, off the western shores of Northern Africa, I am having breakfast with Ciriaco Campus, the general manager
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The Ritz Madrid is one of the elegant classic Grand Hotels of Europe. It was built in 1910, today it is managed by Christian Tavelli.
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Tim Ananiadis arrived at the Grand Bretagne six months after it reopened under Starwood – following a major refurbishment.
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Laura Fanecco took over the Grand Hotel Excelsior on the Lido in 2014 and is the first woman to manage this gracious institution
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Pinar Kartal Timer of the iconic Istanbul Pera Palace Hotel has accompanied the hotel through its historic renovation. At the breakfast table we talk about other things,
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He is the doyen of Swiss Hospitality and became certainly one of the longest serving hotel general managers of the world. From 31. December 1969 until 2012 he was at the Baur au Lac, since 1982 he served as the general manager: Michel Rey at the Baur au Lac (opened in 1844) in Zurich, Switzerland.
Johannes Baur, born in Austria in 1795, was a visionary entrepreneur who profoundly shaped Zurich’s hospitality industry. In 1837, at the age...Read More
The historic building (top, slide to the right): The "new" Raffles main building in 1899. It opened on 18 November 1899, featuring the all new...Read More
Since decades “The Oriental”, as it is affectionately known by travellers from all over the globe, leads the lists of most...Read More
In 1952, a group of wealthy individuals including Donald Deskey, the fabled designer (among his works the Radio City Music Hall); Harvey Firestone,...Read More
You don your safari gear during the day, but you always dress for dinner. Because Mount Kenya Safari Club Nanyuki is an exclusive retreat. High on...Read More
