Already at an early age, it became clear to me that I wanted to work in the hotel industry. My activities in the restaurant industry began during my school years, as a temporary worker in the service department, in the dishwashing area, at catering events, and other events. YES – I AM BORN FOR HOSPITALITY. I completed my training as a specialist in the hotel industry at the Senator Hotel (5*) Radisson Hotel Group in the Hanseatic city of Lübeck. Graduation: Hotel Specialist (IHK)

After completing my hotel training, I gained solid sales, marketing, and revenue experience, and covered traditional topics such as sales acquisition, telemarketing, key account management, sales trips, and sales calls. I also enjoyed the freedom to explore sales and marketing topics and gained initial experience as a sales representative and later as a hotel sales manager.

In 2008, my activity in sales, events, and business development in "Germany's Las Vegas," the EAST Hotel and Restaurant (East Group: East Hotel, Coast Hamburg, Coast Mallorca, Sansibar Wein, Uppereast, Clouds Hamburg) was the most entertaining station to date. Positions: Event Sales Manager, Director of Sales & Marketing, Director of Business Development.

In addition to numerous and diverse new openings and project developments, I completed a part-time degree program. Graduation: Bachelor of Hospitality Management. The hotel examination was successfully completed at the IHK Frankfurt am Main Germany.

In 2013, it was time for a change. So, I got to know Erhard & Stern, a company based in Heidelberg, Baden-Württemberg, from the real estate sector. They had interesting properties, and I was allowed to contribute my hotel and restaurant expertise. An interesting combination of creativity, innovation, and hospitality emerged with the founding of Hospitality Guys Company. Positions: Hotel Manager, General Manager, Managing Director. From the idea, through analysis, to implementation, we developed: Syte Boutique Hotel, a full-service boutique hotel including bar, restaurant, event rooms, and a cooking studio. Suytes Business Studios, a studio apartment hotel. Staytion music meets industry hotel: an entertainment hotel where the theme of music is at the forefront with several music partners. The portfolio is grew with the Hirschgasse in Heidelberg 2020.

among like-minded hotels. Here, hoteliers work hand in hand in the areas of sales & marketing, e-commerce, and development. The project was launched in Baden-Württemberg and now connects hotels from all over the world. All listed hotels are unique and individual in the design, boutique, and luxury segments. For example: Tortue Hamburg (Member of Design Hotels), Ketschauer Hof (Member of Small Luxury Hotels), Roomers Frankfurt (Member of Design Hotels), Roomers Baden-Baden (Member of Autograph Collection), and many more. Since 2017, the book "The Smallest Hotel Book of the World" has been published annually, featuring all listed hotels. For the concept, design, and innovation, I received the GERMAN DESIGN AWARD - special mention. This was followed by further awards: MEDIA AWARD and CREATIVITY AWARD (GOLD) from the USA. Through the founding of Sensation Hotels by unycu and numerous visits and conversations with hotel owners, directors, and developers, the book "The difference between FAKE HOTELS & REAL HOTELS" was created and published in 2021. It focuses on real hotel concepts that prioritize design, quality, and service and make all the difference.

During the various covid lockdowns of 2020-2021, the world's first hotel on a blockchain NFT basis was developed and released, the Crypto Hotel. Throughout the pandemic, activities, and networks in the areas of digitization, innovation, and blockchain were expanded.

Whether design hotel, boutique hotel, congress hotel, lifestyle hotel, business studios, apartments, budget hotel, event location, congress location, catering, restaurant, club, bar or café? In my more than 20 years in working in the hospitality industry, I have been able to participate in various concepts, plan, accompany, open, market, manage and successfully position them in the long term.

My consultations always focus on "people". Hospitality is a people's business and successful hotel concepts only work in a team. And to successfully manage a hotel team you need respect, commitment and passion.

Johannes Fritz Groebler - your hotel consultant