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Torsten K. Schulze has been named General Manager at Steigenberger Airport Hotel Berlin

Steigenberger Hotel Berlin Director Torsten K. Schulze has assumed additional managerial responsibility by being named as the General Manager of the Steigenberger Airport Hotel Berlin, a new 322 room hotel located at Berlin-Brandenburg International Airport. This position is in addition to his role as General Manager of the Steigenberger Hotel Berlin at Los-Angeles-Platz. After originally training as a hotel clerk, Mr. Schulze is able to offer proven expertise built up over many years in the international hotel business. The establishments at which he has worked include the Kempinski Hotel Libertador in Buenos Aires/Argentina and the Kempinski Hotel Checkers in Los Angeles. Whilst in the USA, Mr. Schulze also studied at Cornell University in Ithaca/New York.

Off to new horizons at the ITB party at the andel’s Hotel Berlin

This year's pre-ITB customer event of Vienna International Hotels & Resorts, held under the motto "New Horizons", helped to convey the philosophy of the hotel group: to use its own strengths as a solid parent brand and competent hotel manager in order to promote and grow the already established for the long term. Andreas Karsten, CEO of VI, was also looking to the horizon yesterday during his speech: "With this party, we want to thank our existing clients and partners on the one hand and emphasise the flexibility of VI on the other. Vienna International plans to go on and to grow for the long term with more hotels and city destinations."

IHG's Head of Global Strategy, Alexandra Zubko has been named Winner of the Young Leader Award at International Hotel Investment Forum (IHIF)

The International Hotel Investment Forum (IHIF) is delighted to announce Alexandra Zubko as the deserved recipient of the 2012 Young Leader Award. This prestigious recognition is co-sponsored by the International Society of Hospitality Consultants (ISHC) and over the past four years, has become an integral part of the world leading conference.

Berlin’s Waldorf to Open as Hotel-Building Boom Curbs Rates | businessweek.com

Hotel Mani, a new 63-room boutique hotel on Berlin’s Rosenthaler Platz, is bustling with suitcase- pulling travelers arriving for Fashion Week. It’s the second hotel Ariel Schiff has built in the trendy Mitte district, and four more are in the pipeline. “We’re being offered new sites every week,” Schiff, a 46- year-old entrepreneur who was born in the city, said in an interview last week in the hotel lobby. “There are no free spots in Paris, London or Rome.”

Edwin D. Fuller has been named 2012 Lifetime Achievement Award Winner at 15th International Hotel Investment Forum (IHIF)

Edwin D. Fuller, President and Managing Director-International Lodging at Marriott International Inc., has been named the 2012 recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award at the 15th annual International Hotel Investment Forum (IHIF), scheduled for 5-7 March, at the Hotel InterContinental Berlin, Germany. The highly respected IHIF Lifetime Achievement Award is presented to an individual who, over his or her lifetime, has made a significant difference in the hospitality industry by their actions, deeds, and great accomplishments. Fuller has led Marriott’s growth outside the continental United States from 16 hotels to more than 550 hotels today in more than 70 countries. Approximately 175 additional hotels are currently under development outside the United States. Fuller joined Marriott in 1972 as a management trainee and, in 1985, was named Regional Vice President for Marriott’s Midwest Region, based in Chicago; four years later, he was appointed Regional Vice President for the Western/Pacific Region, based in Santa Ana, CA. He assumed leadership of Marriott’s International Lodging operations in 1991 as Senior Vice President and Managing Director and was promoted to President and Managing Director, his current position, in 1997. He has been an Executive Corporate Officer since 1997 and chairs the International Development committee.