HoteliersGuild | INITIATIVES + ComeTogether Book | Update 14.04.2020

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Dear Friends and Colleagues

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It’s a tough time for our industry, but we decided that going dark cannot be our ambition. This exceptional period of breakdown is not to be taken with a light heart. However, we just thought that these campaigns will strike the proper tone of encouragement and hope for ‘the time after’ Corona.

Frank M. Pfaller President HoteliersGuild

The HoteliersGuild ForumOfDialogue and The Premier Virtual Gourmet Challenge With a view to bringing people together and achieving critical, open and meaningful dialogue, HoteliersGuild’s ForumOfDialogue will organise a range of discussion forums in different formats throughout the year, digitally published monthly/ bimonthly & distributed globally via our own and the respective platforms of our strategic alliance partners/ requested.

And I’m especially thrilled that our Virtual Culinary Extravaganza concept is taking shape. In our quest to continue to showcase the exceptional, and to offer some kind of escape from the overpowering media attention to Corona. In a strategic alliance with Flavel Monteiro, author/publisher of the award winning of https:// wgmagazines.com we are working hard to create with this event a place where we can bring colleagues from around the world together to share expertise and plan for a better tomorrow.

I’m delighted to present the distinguished panel members and their endorsement messages on the following pages.

Stay healthy & confident ! warm regards

Frank

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The pledge for their active cooperation from our colleagues on this illustrious panel are a source for joy, especially in these times of global uncertainty. I am, of course, aware that we are all sharing busy agendas, and all the more commendable is your gracious collaboration!

Sustainability in our daily operations and in tourism is not just a rising trend. Rather, it is rapidly becoming a priority and a moral imperative for hospitality leaders and brands around the world. This discussion forum will therefore aim to stimulate and deepen an exchange of ideas on current trends, discuss eco-benchmarking, fight greenwashing, encourage peer participation, stimulate future trends and to formulate and offer solutions.

Frank M. Pfaller President, HoteliersGuild

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Sustainability and our wellbeing are completely intertwined, and many in the travel & tourism industry need to fundamentally change its ”business as usual” attitude and behaviour. Many companies are lagging behind in setting best practices, rigorous sustainability programmes with independent audits, and resilience plans to strengthen response to uncertainties such as extreme climate emergencies and diseases.

It will be a slow recovery post COVID-19 and our stakeholders will expect Hotel Operators to take responsibility for their total impact on communities and the e n v i ro n m e n t a n d c o m m i t t o s u s t a i n a b i l i t y w i t h accountability and transparency. IT MUST BE NOW that all must actively be part of this solution and we offer our full support.

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ONNO POORTIER, Chairman & CEO

ALEXA POORTIER, Founder

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“ So happy to be part of this panel of dedicated of international colleagues and absolutely excited to assist to coordinate HoteliersGuild’s Premiere Gourmet Extravaganza together with Frank and Flavel Monteiro of WG.

Alfredo Russo Dolce Stil Novo

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Thank you Frank to have me on your panel - I am very happy to contribute in all humility to your wonderful initiatives. We are more than ever recognising that we are interconnected and interdependent- we cannot any longer operate a zero sum game. Humanity can only survive with a humanistic approach to everything.

Hospitality is all about humanity.

The corner stone of our industry is the human connection.

Forbes Travel Guide exists to champion, support and celebrate all those with a passion for extraordinary service. I am delighted to be a part of this wonderful initiatives and to contribute in any way I can.

Paul Jones CEO | LUX*COLLECTIVE

Filip Boyen CEO | FORBES TRAVEL

I am honored to be on the panel of the HoteliersGuild, and I want to thank Frank for the opportunity. I believe that hotels, or any business, must have a purpose beyond profit. They must play a greater role in the world beyond enriching their shareholders. By taking bold steps, we in the tourism industry can fundamentally redress the balance between business and communities, and shift back to the original purpose of the corporation as a service to society.

Sonu Shivdasani | CEO | SONEVA

I’m humbled and grateful to be a member of the panel for Hoteliers Guild and congratulate Frank and his team on the initiative to have this important discussion. My dream is that hotel owners, like myself, can begin to incorporate some or all of my sensible sustainable ideas into their hotels which will also save them money as well as benefit the environment and the communities in which they operate. My hope is that all hotels of the future are not just places to sleep but places of purpose that make our world.

Bill Bensley CEO, The Bensley Collection

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Grazie Frank!

The panel of the Hoteliers Guide is a great opportunity for our hospitality business to reflect on a few

“postcorona questions”:

Are we more philanthropic?

Are we more cautious with things, people and ourself?

Are we measuring time in a new manner?

Are we closer to the sense of life?

Is short distance travelling increasing local tourism?

Un caro saluto!

Many of the names on the forum list are fellow hoteliers who I highly respect and whose opinions and experience I deeply cherish. I feel honoured to be a part of this group and to be able to share my thoughts and our ways of working. It is refreshing to see the industry working together as opposed to working against each other. We all have a lot to gain from each other.

Tim Weiland General Manager, The Alpina, Gstaad

Matteo Thun CEO | Matteo Thun & Partners

With hotel product, you’re really looking at not only does it meet the brand standards, but what is unique about the hotel and its design aesthetic. What makes it stand out?

I’ve always said that what makes independent hotels unique is that they are a destination in their own right. The owners or managers are really curating an experience, through art, a unique interpretation of food and beverage or through experiential programming. It’s that uniqueness that makes it memorable, that makes that customer say, ‘If I never left the hotel, I still had a unique experience that I can go home with.’”

Lindsey Ueberroth President, Preferred Hotels Group

I am delighted to be part of this gathering of highly experienced and tremendously interesting people. I do my best to contribute and share my ideas about the future topics of our industry. I am looking forward to connect my University, Munich University, with all of the panel participants. I am sure there will be lots of fruitful discussions between us, with students and professors. The faculty of tourism of the Munich University is the largest tourism teaching institution in Europe.

Lifelong learning helps us to understand and solve the challenges of tomorrow.

We are all on a journey to discover our own potential and encourage others to find theirs as well, and while doing so, having a positive impact on the environment, society, and economy.

We all have an essential role to play in raising awareness and encouraging responsible and sustainable tourism.

At Zulal Wellness Resort, we pioneer a truly sustainable and holistic approach to wellness – in harmony with nature without negatively impacting our beloved environment. We hope to inspire positive change and see more resorts and hotels adopt responsible approaches to tourism. I am very thrilled to be a member of the panel for HoteliersGuild and take part of this great initiative lead by Frank.

Prof. Dr. B. von Freyberg Munich University of Applied Sciences

Daniele Vastolo General Manager, Chiva Som, Quatar

I am deeply honoured to be on the panel of HoteliersGuild, a platform for likeminded hospitality professionals, who believe in creating Meaningful experiences and lifting local communities, maintaining positive social and environmental impact. We all need to stay curious and be architects of humanity & sustainable initiatives to protect our beautiful world for our beautiful generations to come.

Congratulation & Thank you Frank for making HoteliersGuild a force for good.

Nitesh Pandey Senior Vice President - TAMASSA · SALT · SOCIO

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Be part of the Hoteliers Guild not only is a privilege, particularly when you see the line up of CEOs, and senior leaders as ambassadors, is a duty to share with the industry what one person can do to promote sustainability and to teach, particularly the younger generations and developing countries that with a simple gesture we can make a great impact in the environment, in our lives and the future of our planet.

I will do my level best to contribute positively to the Hoteliers Guild vision and impact the hospitality community.

Thank you Frank for giving me this opportunity.

It is an honour to be accepted into the HoteliersGuild family which comprises some of the best minds in the industry and I am grateful to be granted membership.

I look forward to being a part of the Guild and working with the members sharing ideas and best practices, especially as we strive to protect our industry through these unprecedented and challenging times in which we now live.

Dear Frank,

For Luxury Frontiers, design is about crafting engaging experiences and dissolving barriers between people and their environments. Initially, this trend formed in Africa, and in recent years it has taken hold in the Americas and Asia. I am delighted to be a part of this wonderful initiatives and to contribute in any way I can.

Luca Franco, CEO & Founder Luxury Frontiers

A proud member of HoteliersGuild

Anne Arrowsmith Group General Manager 137 Pillars Hotels and Resorts

Luca Franco CEO, Luxury Frontiers

Rocco Bova General Manager, Chablé Resort, Mexico

After three or four years working in France with some of the best chefs, I went back to Argentina. I started a very nice career, became quite successful, and at age 40 I won this prize. But when I got that prize, I realized that I hadn’t yet found my own language of cooking. So I got on my knees and gathered all the tools from my childhood – the fires, and the voices of the natives of South America, the voices of all the Gaucho cooking – and started working very hard on that. And that’s how it started. That’s how I came up with these seven fires.

Francis Mallmann Celebrity Chef

We are travellers all. The world is an inexhaustible playground full of exquisite wonders, endless beauty and memory imprints. The Travel and Tourism industry is in an enviable position to introduce new ideas, shape behaviour and lead by example. A living laboratory of how we humans, if we reconnect with nature, will have long, rich and fulfilling lives. Frank understood this eons ago-and I am so pleased to be part of this exciting new venture.

Karena Albers Founder, WholeWorldWater

Angel Leon | APONIENTE

Dear Colleagues and Friends, On behalf of myself, the HoteliersGuild and our team of partners and contributors – our thoughts are with you, your loved ones, your staff and our collaborators around the world. These are indeed challenging times and we will do everything we can to support our brilliant and extraordinary private society.

Admittedly, we are all under extreme stress closing down operations, caught in partially locked-down in different countries and cancelling long and painstakingly planned events. But especially in those testing times one sometimes needs a little distance from everyday life and seek inspiration for the future. We decided not to admit defeat and continue to provide our members and colleagues with supporting initiatives like the ForumOfDialogue with white papers, essays and discussions from our international industry leaders. Rest assured that we remain committed to doing everything we can to support our community!

I’m especially thrilled that our Virtual Culinary Extravaganza concept is taking shape & look much forward to release some really exciting news next week! In our quest to continue to showcase the exceptional, and to offer some kind of escape, we came up with a concept to stage the first VIRTUAL CULINARY EXTRAVAGANZA, a truly global event with some of the finest and highly decorated Chefs and Sommeliers.

Today, I am delighted to inform you that we have reached an agreement for a strategic alliance with Flavel Monteiro, author/publisher of the award winning of https://wgmagazines.com! HoteliersGuild and WG share the same philosophy and we believe that this testing time of Covid19 that affects us all, is an urgent and defining moment. Therefor, we decided to act now, and to create with this event a place where we can bring colleagues from around the world together to share expertise and plan for a better tomorrow.

Readership of our member magazine, HoteliersGuild’s LookBook, has increased steadily over the past years, and the recent addition of our Forum Of Dialogue was so well received by you. Now, together with WG we will be able to reach out to well above 100.000 followers. The pure picture-book fashion of WG’s stylish, digital magazine, has captured the heart of those seeking opulence and quality in over 42 countries, and the attached bio of Flavel and his achievements speaks for itself!

Again, we remain committed to doing everything we can to support our industry and would love to hear your thoughts and suggestions!

Stay Healthy, Confident & Hopeful!

Frank M. Pfaller Founder President HoteliersGuild

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