CEO
"IDENTIFY – The personal and individual sense of responsibility is the fundament of every vision and strategy. Therefore the prerequisite is the capability to decide consciously."
Manfred Mayer’s motto
CEO Manfred Mayer
Since February 2007, Manfred Mayer has been the sole CEO of ARCOTEL Hotel AG. Under his leadership, the ARCOTEL group was able to improve its figures on a continued basis:
ARCOTEL Hotel AG: In the period from 2007 to 2011, preliminary profit rose from 5.49% to 12.47%.
ARCOTEL Hotels & Resorts GmbH: ARCOTEL Hotels & Resorts GmbH, the group’s head company, increased its preliminary profit from 4.64% in 2007 to 13.26% in 2011.
ARCOTEL Hotels: In 2011, the ARCOTEL hotels generated a preliminary total revenue of 54 million euro. In 2007, the total revenue was 33 million euro.* Gross operating profit (GOP) amounted to 28.45% in 2007 and rose to 33.73% in 2011. In this time, four new ARCOTEL hotels were opened, while three hotels were sold.
Other achievements:
Work: four hotel openings within 20 months and implementation of important measures to restructure the company’s management organisation
Highlights 2007–2012: In the ranking of the trade weekly "Allgemeine Hotel- und Gastronomie-Zeitung", the German ARCOTEL hotels were listed among the TOP 50 of hotel groups generating the highest turnover in Germany, coming in among the top 15 with a turnover per room of 35,455 euro.
Since 2007, the group’s ratings from Austrian banks "Raiffeisenbank", "Erste Bank", and "Bank Austria" have improved from partly -5 to -1.
Also, guest reviews from different online portals have always been very favourable. Figures provided by TRUSTYOU, a technology provider for online reviews and social media, confirm that ARCOTEL Hotels has scored a higher level of brand satisfaction compared with international hotel chains. On 27 January 2011, TrustYou Review Analyst4 showed ARCOTEL Hotels to have achieved an excellent score of 89 out of 100 points.
*Despite the sale of the ARCOTEL Boltzmann Vienna with effect from 1 May 2011.
In the TREUGAST investment ranking, the group was rated AA in Austria and A in Germany over the previous years.
Under Mayer‘s leadership, the ARCOTEL group has introduced its revenue structure, established its German head office, set up the PR and Online Marketing Departments and launched the current format of its website, which was revised in 2011. In 2007, ARCOTEL was given a new corporate design.
Career milestones:
- Maritim Deutschland
- Different positions on the luxury cruise ships MS Deutschland, MS Berlin, MS Vistafjord, MS Sagafjord and MS Sea Goddess
- Co-responsibility for the opening of the Hotel Nikko
- Darling Harbour in Sydney
- Steigenberger… etc.
Hobbies:
- Family, golf, skiing
Manfred Mayer, CEO of ARCOTEL Hotel AG