HoteliersGuild | A Private Society

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A Private Society

for discerning Luxury Hoteliers by invitation only

Welcome

Dear Friends & Colleagues

Looking back more than a decade now, when we first started HoteliersGuild as “The Exclusive Global Society of Discerning Hoteliers who embrace the Principles of Deeper&Sustainable Luxury...", we did this with the kind assistance of just a few obliging ‘Ambassadors’, fellow hoteliers who shared our foresight and embraced our philosophy.

Today, with an impressive global membership and the active help of our dedicated supporting partners, we still stand firm to our policy of not admitting applicants.

We are not just a listing site, and we definitely do not solicit membership.

Affiliation may be obtained only by personal nomination and subsequent invitation through an Ambassador or Trustee, followed by the approval of our Board of Directors and an introductory courtesy visit by a designated board member.

HoteliersGuild’s guiding philosophy is that excellence is not an aspiration, but an ongoing commitment to sustainability and and eco-luxury in all the respective aspects of modern hotel-keeping.

Warm personal regards, Frank M. Pfaller Founder President

we are

A private and independent society of active Luxury Hoteliers, created with the aim of bringing the hospitality industry’s best & brightest to a round table of ideas in a highly personalized, strictly c o n f i d e n t i a l , d i re c t a n d f r i e n d l y collaboration. Our mission is simple and can be explained in a few words: To connect our community; to instigate an exchange of ideas and to encourage personal friendships. We are a forum of debate and exchange. We inspire a fruitful collaboration and create innovative business opportunities for our HoteliersGuild members in todays volatile luxury market segment to which we are so deeply attached.

Raison d’être

HoteliersGuild is the ultimate membership community for those at or aspiring to the pinnacle of the hospitality industry.

When we first started it more than a decade ago as “The global association of discerning hoteliers, a closed, private and strictly confidential web-tool, utilized by active, professional hoteliers for their families and their respective properties, as a means to initiate, implement and guide social interaction and creativity among members…”, we did this with the kind assistance of a few willing founder members and ‘Ambassadors’, international colleagues who shared our foresight and who embraced our philosophy.

Today, with an impressive global membership and the active help of most distinguished supporting partners from our industry, ‘Special Trustees’ for ‘Branding & Marketing’, ‘Global Luxury Hotel Investment’, ‘Branded Hotel Networking’, we still stand firm to our policy of not admitting ‘applicants’: Overwhelmed by the initial response from friends and colleagues from our industry subsequent to its introduction, we are now greatly stimulated by the fact that HoteliersGuild has gathered momentum with presently well above eighty member hoteliers world-wide. However, it is very important to understand that we are not just a listing site, that we definitely do not solicit membership, and affiliation of fellow hoteliers may be obtained only by personal nomination and subsequent invitation through an Ambassador or Trustee, followed by the approval of our Board of Directors. This also takes advantage of the various tools which are so kindly on offer to you by WorldGuide, our supporting web-platform which puts an array of additional communications, marketing & PR tools as well as other interesting guest services at the fingertips of our membership.

However, members are not to be worried regarding an additional workload: It is entirely up to them how deeply they wish to get involved, but due to their own standing in our industry, we expect an inspiring and constructive exchange of ideas and intellectual contributions to our cause. In simple terms: The ‘duties’ of a Member are really defined by how much one is prepared to contribute and as a result, receive back from our colleagues! And finally, it is also important to understand the truly ‘independent & private character’ of HoteliersGuild, which is aimed towards the individual hotelier and not toward the group or chain he or she may be associated with.

terms & benefits

HoteliersGuild is a Private Society, a League-of-its-Own, with affiliations limited to an elite of the most established luxury hoteliers from around the globe.

Members will abide by the Rules & Regulations set out in a Code of Conduct Members have pledged to cherish the classic hospitality tradition of excellence in quality standards and to deliver superior guest services.

Membership admission by nomination from existing members and subsequent invitation from the Board of Advisors only HoteliersGuild provides a strictly private & confidential personal communication system.

Member hoteliers extend ‘Complimentary Courtesy Stays’ of 2 nights to fellow members upon their request (upon availability) who will subsequently provide their professional feedback in the form of a “Confidential Inspection Report to them.

Fellow hoteliers are offered a minimum of 50% industry discount on lowest available rate plus upgrade to suite, transfer etc. for their family vacation when staying at a member hotel.

When available, a ‘preferential rate’ for food & beverages will be offered.

HoteliersGuild members may nominate colleagues for affiliation.

Honorary ambassadors

Sol Kerzner - former President of TheOne&Only Hotels & Resorts Raymond N. Bickson - former CEO, Taj Hotel Resorts & Palaces The Honorable Sir Rocco Forte - Chairman, Rocco Forte Hotels Geoffrey A. Gelardi - former Managing Director - The Lanesborough & Vice President of Operations - St Regis Hotels and Resorts Dieter R. Klostermann - Chairman & CEO, Palmerston Hotels & Resorts, UK

Sonu Shivdasani - Chairman, Soneva Hotels & Spas; Founder Six Senses Jaume Tapies, President - former Relais & Chateaux John & Gail Ueberroth - Chairman/Chief Marketing Officer, Preferred Hotel Group, USA Hans Wiedemann - Managing Director, Badrutt's Palace Hotel, Switzerland

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ambassadors & Trustees

Joseph W Y Chong, Area Vice President and Managing Director, The Peninsula Hong Kong & The Peninsula Shanghai Emanuel Berger - Former Delegate to the Board of Directors The Victoria-JungfrauCollection, Switzerland Filip J.M. Boyen - CEO, Forbes Travel Guide Frank Marrenbach - CEO, Oetker Collection, Germany Ronen Nissenbaum - President & CEO, Dan Hotels Ezio Indiani, General Manager, Grand Hotel Principe di Savoia, Italy Francois Delahaye - COO, Dorchester Collection, Plaza AthĂŠnĂŠe, France Jan Brucker, General Manager, Hotel Widder, Zurich Duncan Palmer - Managing Director at Marco Polo Hotel Group, Xavier Lablaude, General Manager, Belmond Mount Nelson Hotel, Cape Town Walter C. Neumann - Managing Director, AZIMUT Hotels, Europe Alexander Pichel - General Manager, Kempinski Hotels, Indonesia Lindsay Ueberroth - President, Preferred Hotel Group, USA Henrik Muehle - Managing Director, Flemings Mayfair, London Abid Butt - CEO, DREAM Hotels & Resorts Daniele Vastolo - General Manager Kempinski Summerland Hotel & Resort Beirut, Lebanon Ricardo Arranz de Miguel - Owner | Operator, Villa Padierna Hotels & Resorts, Marbella,Spain

Florian Werner, Managing Director, Arlberg Hospiz Hotel, Austria

Gianni van Daalen, President, Palmerston Hotels & Resorts, UK

Bernhard Bohnenberger, CEO, Six Senses Resorts & Spas Gregg Anderson, Global Vice President, The Registry Collection

Supporting Partners & Special Trustees

Matteo Thun - Matteo Thun & Partners, Milano, Italy Michael Mein - Partner & Executive Director, SeventhArt Group, U.S.A.

Peter Knipp - CEO, Peter Knipp Holdings Pte. Ltd., Singapore

Mark Greedy - CEO, Elite Resorts of Asia Pacific, Singapore

Prof. Dr. Burkhard von Freyberg, Munich University of Applied Sciences, Munich, Germany

Onno Portier, Founder Rembrandt Management; former CEO Peninsula

Tim Tse, President - The House of Roosevelt, Shanghai, China

Mary Gostelow - Editor-at-Large, KIWI Collection

affiliated members

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Heinz Hunkeler, General Manager, Kulm Hotel, Pontresina

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Natalie Seiler Hayez, General Manager, The Connaught, London

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Sinan Yilmaz, General Manager, Shangri-La Hotel, Manila

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Gerhard Mitrovits, General Manager Hotel Baltschug Kempinski, Moscow

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Michael Smithuis, General Manager Fairmont Le Montreux Palace, Switzerland

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Alejandro Helbling, Vice President Group Services Jumeirah

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Attilio Marro, General Manager, Bvlgari Hotels & Resorts, Milano

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Henk Meyknecht, Chief Operating Officer Middle East & Africa - Kempinski Hotels

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Thomas Brugnatelli, General Manager, The American Colony Hotel, Jerusalem

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Gregg Anderson, COO,

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Hansjoerg Meier, General Manager, The Setai, Miami

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Frank Beck, Managing Director, St. Regis, Singapore

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Anthony Costa, Regional Vice President and Managing Director Burj al Arab

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Sue Williams, General Manager, The Bath Priory Hotel, UK

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Nicolas Anghelopoulos, General Manager, Grand Hills Village, Beirut

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Adrian Rudin, General Manager, NUO Hotel, Beijing,

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Urs Grimm, Managing Director, Schloss ElmauThierry Douin, Vice President, General & Area Manager, Shangri-La, Bangkok

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Lucienne Anhar, Owner/Operator, Tugu Hotels, Indonesia

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Franka Holtman, General Manager, Le Meurice, Paris

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Paolo Lorenzini, General Manager, Gritti Palace, Venice

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Samuel Porreca, General Manager, J.K. Place, Roma

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Lars Wagner, General Manager, Mandarin Oriental Hotel, Geneva, Switzerland

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Pierre Jochem, General Manager, Hotel La Mamounia Marrakech Morocco

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Andrew Hirst, Operations Director Asia, Mandarin Oriental Hotels Group

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Omer Acar, Corporate Director Asset Management, Katara Hospitality - Paris

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Henning Fries, General Manager, Fairmont Bab Al Bahr

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Marco Montagnani, General Manager, Chateau Monfort, Milan

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Danilo Zucchetti, General Manager, Villa D’Este, Lago di Como, Italy

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Jean-Luc Naret, CEO, La Réserve Hotels and Spas

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Andrea Luri, Managing Director, Casta Diva Resort & Spa, Lago di Como,Italy

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Valeriano Antonioli, CEO, Lungarno Collection - Hotels Retreat Villas, Italy

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Elmar Greif, Managing Owner, Greif Hospitality Assocites

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Beatrice Zarges - Owner / CEO Thurnher’s Alpenhof, Austria

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Eric Favre, Managing Director, The Alpina Gstaad, Switzerland

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Christophe Chauvin, General Manager, BYBLOS, St. Tropez

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Laurent Branover, General Manager, Palais Namaskar, Morocco

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Urs & Yasmin Grimm, General Managers, Grand Hotel Victoria-Jungfrau, Interlake

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Ingo Peters, General Manager, Fairmont Hotel Vierjahreszeiten, Hamburg

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Nir Peretz, Owner/Operator, Hanging Gardens, Ubud

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Pauline Tew, Owner/Operator, MyHotel, Australia

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Yelena Baturina, Owner/Operator, Gran Tirolia, Kitzbuehel, Austria

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Ronald Akili, PotatoHeadFamily - Owner/Operator, Katmama Hotel, Bali

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Alfredo Pellas, Owner/Operator, Nekupe Nature Retreat, Nicaragua

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Vivien Hong Lin - CEO Club Gold, China

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Ewald Biemans, Owner/Operator, Bucuti & Tara Beach Resorts, Aruba

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John Blanco, General Manager, The Nam Hai, Viet Nam

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Anthony Lee, Chief Executive Officer and Club Secretary The In & Out Club

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Thies Sponholz, Managing Director, Hotel The Fontenay Hamburg, Germany

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Yngvar Stray, General Manager, The St. Regis Bejing, China

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Herbert Laubichler-Pichler, General Manager, The Anam, Cam Ranh, Vietnam

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Steve Halliday, Managing Director, Rosewood Hotel Georgia, Vancouver

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PRESERVING

HISTORY HONORING

EXCELLENCE CONNECTING

GENERATIONS

INAUGURATION at Palacio Linares The official ceremony by from left to right: Filip Boyen, CEO,Small Luxury Hotels; Princess Bhargavi Mewar from The House of Mewar, Executive Director of HRH Hotels; Frank M. Pfaller, President HoteliersGuild Hall of Fame and Ece Vahapoglu.

and the exclusive private event by from left to right: Frank M. Pfaller; Miguel Briones Artacho – Subdelegado del Gobierno; Ricardo Arranz, President of Villa Padierna Hotels; Isabel Borrego Cortes, Secretaria de Estado de Turismo; Margarita del Cid, Presidenta Mancomunidad Elias Bendodo , Presidente Diputación Málaga

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SeniorHoteliers

Initiative

Dear Friends & Colleagues, Warm greetings from HoteliersGuild’s Member Services.

In 2018, we

shall further concentrate on our professional relationship with independent owners and operators of private luxury hotels & retreats.

a deeper understanding of all you can get out of your membership with HoteliersGuild.

It is very important to us that you have

So without further ado, let us point your attention to our

SENIOR HOTELIERS INITIATIVE that offers

certain pro-bono services to independent colleagues and provide you a few more tips to take full advantage of your HoteliersGuild membership.

Please also note that you are welcome to

submit

introductions to hoteliers who may be interested to join our private society. And for your

we may also consider favorables grants for non-members information,

upon availability of one or more of our Senior Hoteliers partners! Do contact us, and we’d be happy to answer any questions you may have!

And, of course, we are happy to assist members with our private executive search and staff exchange programs in place with international member hoteliers.

Thanks for your attention and I look forward to hear back from you!

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