Personal data overview

Carsten Huth, born 1963 - hotel management education, self employed consultant since 2000 mainly for hotels, architects and investors - specialised in all front-office topics from work flow to systems and marketing.

Working experience:

1984		Chef de Rang, Kurhotel, Bad Pyrmont
1985		FO-clerk, Munich Penta Hotel, Germany
1986		Night Auditor, Britannia InterContinental Hotel, London
1987		Group Coordinator, InterContinental Hotel, Luxemburg
1987-89		Shift-Leader then Night Manager at the InterContinental Hotel, Paris
1989-91		Front-Office Manager at the Steigenberger Hotel Frankfurter Hof, Frankfurt/M.
1991-93		Organisation Department of the Steigenberger Hotels AG, Frankfurt/M.
1993-94		Director of Front-Office at the Steigenberger Hotel Frankfurter Hof, Frankfurt/M.
1994-97		Project Manager Front-Office Organisation and Dataprocessing Dept. with Steigenberger Hotels AG, Frankfurt/M.
1997		Rooms Division Manager at the Kempinski Hotel Gravenbruch, Frankfurt/M.
1997		Free lance consultancy then Hotel Manager at the Turm Hotel in Frankfurt/M.
since 2000		Self employed consultant – Carsten Huth - Hotel Operations Assistance

Consulting and training experience:

1992		Analysis and re-organisation of the FO department at the Inter-City-Hotel, Frankfurt/M.
1992		Project-management implementing a new PMS System at the Steigenberger Frankfurter Hof, Frankfurt/M.
1995		Project-team relocating the Steigenberger head-office into a new office building in Frankfurt/M.
1996		Update of the hotel software and user trainings in all Steigenberger Hotels in Germany and Austria
1997		Development of a Duty-Manger manual and new Front-Office work flow guidelines including respective employee trainings
1997		Organisation-consulting of a 3* Hotel in Frankfurt/M., later employed as the Hotel Manager
since 2000		Self-employed consultant to hotels

Further education:

1988		Supervisor training at Hotel Information Systems in London, England
1989		Train the Trainer seminar, Steigenberger Education dept., -by Erich Dihsmaier
1990		Trainer course at the chamber of commerce, Frankfurt/M.
1990		Presentation techniques Seminar – Steigenberger education – Erich Dihsmaier
1992		Organisation seminar – ibo institute - Dr. Götz Schmidt
1992		Seminar for successful and effective negotiation – Management Institut Ruhleder
1993		Seminar for Novell Netware system administration - Computrain
1997		Seminar for phsychology and leadership techniques – Dr. Rolf Ruhleder
1998		Cost management seminar – IFH - Rudolf Klapp
2000		Various software trainings offered by PMS suppliers
2003		E-learning course at akademie.de - website optimisation for search engines
2005		Marketingseminar for consultants by Giso Weyand

Languages:

German, Englisch and French