Europe’s oldest luxurious lodge team Kempinski Lodges declares the appointment of Barbara Muckermann as Leader Govt Officer. Muckermann prior to now was once chargeable for main Silversea Cruises (a part of Royal Caribbean Staff), the arena’s biggest ultra-luxury and expedition cruise line. She joins the long-lasting international luxurious hospitality emblem with 82 resorts in 36 international locations at an exhilarating time, as Kempinski prepares for spectacular expansion in new areas international and extra impressive homes at the horizon.
Kempinski is pleased with its 127-year custom and the related top same old of high quality which the crowd has offered into new upwardly-mobile markets. The crowd intends so as to add some other 34 resorts and apartments to its portfolio in Europe, the Heart East, Asia and Africa within the coming years and to additional protected Kempinski’s mythical international place and status.
“I may just now not be extra extremely joyful to be becoming a member of Kempinski Lodges as CEO right through this sort of pivotal time for the logo”, says Muckermann on her appointment. “I’m extremely joyful to play an integral position on this extremely iconic emblem’s subsequent bankruptcy whilst honouring its wealthy historical past, and really a lot sit up for running in tandem with superb colleagues globally to proceed to make the Kempinski title synonymous with particular person luxurious.”
“Barbara has all the time been at the vanguard of luxurious, and her confirmed talent to raise the visitor revel in whilst concurrently maximising profitability for main commute manufacturers made her the best selection to guide Kempinski Lodges,” mentioned René Nijhof, Chairman of the Board of Administrators Kempinski Lodges S.A. “Her dynamic, forward-thinking means will probably be important as we proceed to herald a brand new technology of luxurious for our emblem. As Barbara takes the helm, she would be the first girl within the corporate’s 127 years of historical past to guide this iconic emblem.”
All over her greater than 25 years of hospitality revel in, she has effectively expanded gross sales and profitability in addition to considerably upgraded the visitor and buyer revel in for main international manufacturers in luxurious and commute together with Loro Piana, MSC Cruises and NCL.
A German local, having lived in Italy, France and the US, Muckermann is fluent in 5 languages and is a Physician in Political Sciences and Economics and holds a joint MBA from Columbia and London Trade Faculty.
