Q&A: Claus Sendlinger, CEO, Design Hotels | smartplanet.com
It’s a little after 9 a.m. on a sunny, sweltering July morning in New York, and Claus Sendlinger, chief executive of Design Hotels, is nestled against colorful pillows in a restaurant booth, peacefully drinking tea. He’s seated right near the entrance of the ground-floor eatery at The Crosby Street Hotel, an elegant yet laid back venue in Manhattan’s eternally hip SoHo neighborhood.