#84 — Tomás Contreras & Jana Iszatt — Hospitality design through the eyes of the Ippolito Fleitz Group

Not only does this episode introduce HOTEL-PODCAST.COM to the Middle-East and Asia but it also welcomes an exciting brand within HOTEL-COLLECTIVE.COM. Curtains up for the Ippolito Fleitz Group! With more than 20 years of work experience in several markets, Tomás Contreras and Jana Iszatt greeted me at their Berlin office. We talked about the differences between hospitality design in Europe and other regions, but also what it actually meant to them to have worked in other countries for such a long time? They explained to me their conceptual approach of how to bring a (new) story to life in order to make a hotel unique. What was even more exciting, I learned what this process looks like with a current project in the Black Forrest and how the Ippolito Fleitz Group brings in their connections from all over the world. Having started their adventures in Stuttgart in 2002, the companys’ founders Peter Ippolito and Gunter Fleitz had always wanted to go abroad. Today they’re truly international with offices not only in Germany, but even in Shanghai, Moscow and Zurich. I’m really looking forward to our joint journey through the world of hospitality.