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Dear Friends & Colleagues, This e-mag serves as a placeholder only, since our usual website is presently offline for updating and upgrading purposes. As notified in an earlier newsletter, our carrier platform, WorldGuide, has now been relaunched with an innovative design and exciting new features, and our all new HoteliersGuild website with a whole range of additional tools will again be embedded in due course. We recently launched our Luxury Alliance Partners concept, which enables us to assist affiliated colleagues to consistently redefine the prevailing concepts of personal experience, highly personalised guest services, residential hospitality, elegance and sophistication by bundling professional expertise from within our private society. 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. Looking back a few years, when we 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
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. Membership also takes advantage of the excellent marketing and PR tools which are on offer by WorldGuide, our carrier web-platform, and I’d like to take this opportunity to again extend a warm thank you to the very professional team! F i n a l l y, a s p r o u d s u p p o r t e r s o f t h e WholeWorldWater campaign, we are delighted to include the newsletter.
With warm personal regards & best wishes,
Frank M. Pfaller President & CEO
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5 Raison d’être
HoteliersGuild is a private society, a “league of its own”, with affiliations strictly limited to an elite group of the most established luxury hoteliers worldwide, and with valuable assistance and encouragement provided by our conspicuous supporting partners. WholeWorldWater HoteliersGuild proudly supports this noble cause
Matteo Thun Our Special Trustee for Sustainable Architecture
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Title Photo Maison Champs Élysées
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Board of Advisors Distinguished Ambassadors & Trustees
MemberRoster Affiliated Member Hoteliers
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WorldGuide Our Carrier Platform
LuxuryAlliancePartner Our bespoke private marketing concept
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Raison d’être HoteliersGuild is the ultimate membership community for those at or aspiring to the pinnacle of the hospitality industry. When we started some five years ago as “The global association of discerning hoteliers, a closed, private and strictly confidential web-tool, utilised 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 ‘Ambassadors’, fellow hoteliers who shared our foresight and 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’, ‘Hotelier-TV’ etc., 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 seventy 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.
So, if you feel that you ‘belong’, feel free to seek a recommendation and subsequent nomination through one of the esteemed members of our Board of
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Terms & Benefits
Members will abide by the Rules & Regulations set out in a Code of Conduct • HoteliersGuild is a Private Society, a League-of-its-Own, with affiliations limited to an elite of the most established luxury hoteliers worldwide. • 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 • HoteliersGuild is powered by global Personal • Privileged information and
Board of Advisors only. WorldGuide, a sophisticated Consultant platform. support is readily available to
them by WorldGuide. • HoteliersGuild provides a
strictly private & confidential
personal communication system. • Member hoteliers extend ‘Complimentary Courtesy Stays’ of 2 nights to fellow members, who will 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. • Member hoteliers are encouraged to invite their VIP clients and top producers to become members of ‘HoteliersGuild Habitué Society’, which includes eligibility for specials & confidential offers, WorldGuide membership and other perks.
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Terms & Benefits
An annual membership fee of EUR 200 entitles affiliated hoteliers to the following privileges
HoteliersGuild is a Private Society, a League-of-its-Own, with affiliations limited to an elite of the most established luxury hoteliers worldwide. 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 is powered by WorldGuide, a sophisticated global Personal Consultant platform. Privileged information and them by WorldGuide.
support is readily available to
HoteliersGuild provides a personal communication system.
strictly private & confidential
Member hoteliers extend ‘complimentary inspection stays’ of 2 nights to fellow members, who will 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. Member hoteliers are encouraged to invite their VIP clients and top producers to become members of ‘HoteliersGuild Habitué Society’, which includes eligibility for specials & confidential offers, WorldGuide membership and other perks. HoteliersGuild members may nominate colleagues for affiliation.
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WorldGuide
About WorldGuide WorldGuide – The Ideal Global Platform for Hoteliers Guild 1. WorldGuide is a vast website offering sophisticated, independent information on travel, fine art, lifestyle topics and a host of other subjects, along with special user-friendly services. It easily connects people while accomplishing the following
• Creates a dynamic environment that invites and activates professionals affiliated with Hoteliers Guild (travel-trade, gastronomic and luxury lifestyle service providers) to get in touch and stay connected
• Generates value by tapping into the hidden reserves of each member via the client database – ‘HoteliersGuild LuxuryAlliancePartners’
• Offers an opportunity for client appreciation – Hoteliers Guild members can acquire WorldGuide memberships and in turn offer these memberships to their very important clients and/or segments of their interest
• Increases bookings by promoting member hotels to WorldGuide users
2. Private & confidential member interactivity Member profile and coordinates are accessible to fellow members only, if so selected
• Members can communicate with one another in a trusted and strictly confidential environment
• A forum for members to discuss issues of concern within the Hoteliers Guild community
• Members may, again in confidence, nominate colleagues via their respective Ambassador/Trustee
Utmost discretion is quarateed when contacting their preferred markets – see 3.
3. Creating a growing web presence
With WorldGuide, Hoteliers Guild has the potential to create an online world, which allows owners and Managing Directors / General Managers to:
• Promote a global presence for their properties among potential/current guests
• Identify and recognise the benefits of participating members
• Take advantage of neutral, discrete communication with other Hoteliers Guild members through a community platform built for this purpose
Board of Advisors
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Founders Frank Michael Pfaller CEO Selected Hotels Promotion L.C, Switzerland
Dr. Andreas Lindner CEO World Guide Corp., Germany
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Honorary Ambassadors Peter C. Borer - Director & COO, Peninsula Hotels
Raymond N. Bickson - CEO, Taj Hotel Resorts & Palaces
The Honorable Sir Rocco Forte - Chairman, Rocco Forte Hotels
Geoffrey A. Gelardi - Managing Director - The Lanesborough
Dieter R. Klostermann - Chairman & CEO, Palmerston Hotels & Resorts, UK
Sonu Shivdasani - Founder & CEO, Soneva Group
Jaume Tapies, Former President - Relais & Chateaux
John & Gail Ueberroth - Chairman/President/Chief Marketing Officer, Preferred Hotel Group, USA
Hans Wiedemann - Managing Director, Badrutt's Palace Hotel, Switzerland
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Ambassadors & Trustees
Emanuel Berger - Former Delegate to the Board of Directors The Victoria-JungfrauCollection, Switzerland
Filip J.M. Boyen - COO, Belmond
Frank Marrenbach - CEO, Oetker Collection, Germany
Ronen Nissenbaum - Managing Director, Waldorf Astoria, NYC
Ezio Indiani, General Manager, Grand Hotel Principe di Savoia, Italy
Francois Delahaye - COO, Dorchester Collection, Plaza Athénée, France
Jan Brucker, General Manager, Hotel Widder, Zurich
Duncan Palmer - Vice President - Design - The Langham Brand, Managing Director,
The Langham, London
Xavier Lablaude, General Manager, Belmond Mount Nelson Hotel, Cape Town
Walter C. Neumann - General Manager, Rocco Forte Collection Hotel, Astoria,
St. Petersburg, Russia
Alexander Pichel - General Manager, Kempinski Hotels, Indonesia
Lindsay Ueberroth - President, Preferred Hotel Group, USA
Beatrice Zarges - Owner / CEO Thurnher’s Alpenhof, Austria
Henrik Muehle - Managing Director, Flemings Mayfair, London
Abid Butt - CEO, BANYAN TREE Hotels & Resorts
Daniele Vastolo - Senior Director Nikki Beach Hotel and Resorts, Dubai
Ricardo Arranz de Miguel - Owner | Operator, Villa Padierna Hotels & Resorts, Marbella, Spain
Bernhard Bohnenberger, CEO, Six Senses Resorts & Spas
Supporting Partners | Special Trustees 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, Owner’s Representative & Advisor, The Alpina, Gstaad, Switzerland
Tim Tse, President - The House of Roosevelt, Shanghai, China
Mary Gostelow - Editor-at-Large, KIWI Collection
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Affiliated Members
1. Heinz Hunkeler, General Manager, Grand Hotel Kronenhof, Pontresina
2. Beat Sigg, General Manager, Hotel Eden au Lac, Zurich
3. Peter Borer, COO, The Peninsula Hotels & Resorts, Hong Kong
4. Natalie Seiler Hayez, General Manager, The Connaught, London
5.Rainy Chan, General Manager, The Penisula, Hong Kong
6.Hans E Koch, General Manager, Luzern Palace, Lucerne
7.Sinan Yilmaz, General Manager, Shangri-La Hotel, Manila
8. Xu Ming, General Manager Jin Jiang Hotel, Shanghai
9. Chen Jiming, General Manager Huatian Hotel, Changsa
10.Li Hu, General Manager Yin Du Hotel, Urumgi
11.Cao Najian, General Manager Jinjiang Hotel, Chengdu
12.Gerhard Mitrovits, General Manager Hotel Baltschug Kempinski, Moscow
13. Dominque Godat, General Manager Kulm Hotel, St. Moritz
14. Michael Smithuis, General Manager Fairmont Le Montreux Palace, Switzerland
15. Alejandro Helbling, General Manager, Capella Hotel, Singapore
16. Attilio Marro, General Manager, Bvlgari Hotels & Resorts, Milano
17. Henk Meyknecht, General Manager, Grand Kempinski Hotel, Shanghai
18. Thomas Brugnatelli, General Manager, The American Colony Hotel, Jerusalem
19. Stefan Bollhalder, General Manager, Grand Hotel Victoria-Jungfrau, Interlaken
20. Hansjoerg Meier, General Manager, The Setai, Miami
21. Frank Beck, Managing Director, St. Regis, Singapore
22. Anthony Costa, General Manager, The Landmark Mandarin Oriental Hotel, Tokyo
23.Sue Williams, General Manager, The Bath Priory Hotel, UK
24. Nicolas Anghelopoulos, General Manager, Grand Hills Village, Beirut
25.AndrĂŠ Jaeger, Owner/Operator, Relais & Chateaux Hotel Fischerzunft, Schaffhausen
26. Adrian Rudin, General Manager, NUO Hotel, Beijing,
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27.Thierry Douin, Vice President, General & Area Manager, Shangri-La, Bangkok
28.Lucienne Anhar, Owner/Operator, Tugu Hotels, Indonesia
29. Sven von Jagemann, General Manager, Hotel Burg Wernberg, Germany
30. Franka Holtman, General Manager, Le Meurice, Paris
31. Paolo Lorenzini, General Manager, Gritti Palace, Venice
32. Samuel Porreca, General Manager, J.K. Place, Roma
33. Lars Wagner, General Manager, Mandarin Oriental Hotel, Geneva, Switzerland
34. Vivien Hong Lin - CEO Club Gold, China
35. Florian Werner, Managing Director, Arlberg Hospiz Hotel, Austria
36. Ewald Biemans, Owner/Operator, Bucuti & Tara Beach Resorts, Aruba
37.John Blanco, General Manager, The Nam Hai, Viet Nam
38.Anthony Lee, General Manager, Cafe Royal, London
39. Michael Clausing, Owner | Operator, Zur Bleiche Resort & Spa, Spreewald, Germany
40. Thies Sponholz, General Manager, Hotel de Rome, Berlin, Germany
41. Yngvar Stray, General Manager, The St. Regis Bejing, China
42. Herbert Laubichler-Pichler, General Manager, Raffles, Hainan, PRC
43. Steve Halliday, Managing Director, Rosewood Hotel Georgia, Vancouver
44. Pierre Jochem, Regional VP Operations Asia Pacific and GM at Raffles Hotels & Resorts
45. Andrew Hirst, Operations Director Asia, Mandarin Oriental Hotels Group
46. Omer Acar, Corporate Director Asset Management, Katara Hospitality - Paris
47. Henning Fries, General Manager, Fairmont Bab Al Bahr
48. Marco Montagnani, General Manager, Chateau Monfort, Milan
49. Danilo Zucchetti, General Manager, Villa D’Este, Lago di Como, Italy
50.Jean-Luc Naret, Senior Vice President, Food & Beverage, Jumeirah Group
51. Christophe Sadones, Louis Vuitton, Shanghai, China
52. Andrea Luri, Managing Director, Casta Diva Resort & Spa, Lago di Como, Italy
53. Valeriano Antonioli, CEO, Lungarno Collection - Hotels Retreat Villas, Italy
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54. Ren茅 Zimmer, General Manager, Finca Cortesin Hotel, Golf & Spa, Spain
55. Pio Canins, Owner/Operator, Lagaci贸 Mountain Residence, San Cassiano, Italy
56. Elmar Greif, Interims GM, The Augustin, Czech Republic
57. Oliver Eller, General Manager, Hotel Baltschug Kempinski, Moscow
58. Eric Favre, Managing Director, The Alpina Gstaad, Switzerland
59. Christophe Chauvin, General Manager, BYBLOS, St. Tropez
60. Laurent Branover, General Manager, Palais Namaskar, Morocco
61. Kevin Kunz, General Manager, Mont Cervin, Zermatt, Switzerland
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We just returned from the annual SLOW LIFE Symposium hosted by Sonu and Eva Shivdasani of Soneva Group. The SLOW LIFE Symposium is held annually by the SLOW LIFE Foundation and convenes business leaders, scientists, NGOs, renowned thinkers and policy makers to help accelerate progress towards environmental sustainability. The Symposium is an intimate event that convenes people with purpose: each and every participant is there because they are committed to positive change that is also good for business. In fact, it was at the Symposium in 2011 that the idea for WHOLE WORLD Water was hatched! And since then, we have member hotels, resorts and restaurants all over the world participating in WHOLE WORLD Water - reducing their costs, increasing their revenue, reducing their plastic waste and significantly increasing funds for clean & safe water initiatives around the world. To find out more about the SLOW LIFE symposium please visit slowlifesymposium.com.
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Matteo Thun was born in Bolzano, Italy, studied at the Salzburg Academy under Oskar Kokoschka, took his degree in architecture in Florence in 1975 with Adolfo Natalini and moved to Milan in 1978, where he met and started working with Ettore Sottsass. In 1981. He was a co-founder of the Memphis group, the design movement that so shaped events in the eighties.
Matteo Thun stands for long lasting solutions with holistic approach. Architecture means designing the soul of the place. This implies an aesthetic, economic and technological sustainability. It means to create a synthesis of the existing, the purpose and the area. The solution is different, each time.
Product design must reflect the soul of the brand. It is architecture of simple, pure and beautiful gestures to serve a daily life that goes well beyond our present life.
His Buergentock Healthy Living concept as seen above,is immersed in the biosphere created by the forest and gently stepping down the slope thanks to its terraced shape, the hotel overlooks Lake Lucerne and offers panoramic views on the mountain scape. The use of local stone and the façade’s wooden lattice structure, which is reminiscent of local Walser architecture, seamlessly integrate the architectural complex into the wild. The use of lake water (to cool technical equipment and for wastewater uses), the “green” roofs for temperature regulation and the room’s southern exposure ensure a high level of energy efficiency.
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â&#x20AC;&#x153;Eco-Friendliness is intrinsic of a design aware of the craftsmanship and of the materials easily available. These aspects create emotional attachment and generate the ideal value of objects, transforming them into timeless pieces.â&#x20AC;?
Hamburg based architectural practice Störmer Murphy and Partners together with Italian Architect Matteo Thun & Partners have won the competition for the new Grand Hotel “The Fontenay”, situated on the Alster riverside in Hamburg.
With a budget of more than 100 Million Euros, investor Klaus-Michael Kühne, executive chairman and majority owner of Kühne + Nagel Logistics, intends to define a new hanseatic way of luxury.
The hotel building will be characterised by wide glazed surfaces and white ceramic façade elements, resembling a Gleaming Solitaire. The fluid lines of the ground plan and the rooftop take up the smooth lines of the riverside. The nine-story building will host a starred restaurant and a wellness area on the upper floors, offering an unobstructed view on the lake downtown. Even the Infinity-Pool with an in- and outdoor area allows the guests to enjoy a privileged view on the Alster river. The hotel will feature 130 suites with a 45 to 250 square metre surface as well as 20 residences.
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“Product design starts from simplification and reduction to the essential, towards an iconic form.”
From Swatch and Illy, to Zwilling, Villeroy&Boch… unmistakeingly & distinctively Matteo Thun product design
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1.Christophe Chauvin, General Manager, BYBLOS, St. Tropez
2.Laurent Branover General Manager, Palais Namaskar, Morocco
3.Eric Favre Managing Director, The Alpina Gstaad, Switzerland
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