Das Team der SUCCESS CONSULT

Erfahren, gründlich, kompetent

Manfred Friedrich
Strategy & Network
Wolfgang Gogg
Strategy & Operations
Jens Philipsenburg
Geschäftsführer/CEO Hotel & Leisure Development
Dr. Martin L. Fontanari
Scientific Advisor
Kai Partale
Director of International Development
Thomas Leib
Consultant Employee Development

Achieving success together

Even under optimal market conditions, running a hotel establishment is a challenge that is not easy to master. There is little time after the daily activities to analyse the market, to get the timing and accuracy of trends right, or to critically review your own situation.
This is where the Success Consult GmbH team enters the frame. Its experts combine decades of experience in hospitality and tourism with fundamental analysis and solid subject knowledge.
The market position can be solidified, expanded, or entirely reoriented as needed.

The individual Success Consult GmbH consultants are shown below. Simply click on the respective picture.

Manfred Friedrich
Strategy & Network

Manfred Friedrich is the founder of SUCCESS GROUP, headquartered in Stuttgart, of which SUCCESS CONSULT GmbH and SUCCESS HOTEL MANAGEMENT GmbH are also a part. The consultant team of SUCCESS CONSULT GmbH concentrates on rehabilitation, project development and feasibility studies for hotel and tourism products. SUCCESS HOTEL MANAGEMENT GmbH operates seven hotels under different brands in Germany, with several more under construction or in development.
Before Manfred Friedrich founded the hotel group in 1993, he held various positions as a hotel manager in German and Egyptian city and resort hotels as well as for SteigenbergerConsulting, Frankfurt. Thanks to his extensive experience in the areas of reorganisation, controlling, marketing and development of corporate strategies, he managed the successful commercial reorganisation of a tourism company until 1992.

Wolfgang Gogg
Strategy & Operations

Wolfgang Gogg (born in 1951, Master of Economics and Master of Business Administration) has been a partner in SUCCESS CONSULT since 2003. He is responsible for the hospitality, organisation, clinics and rehab areas. He studied economics and business administration at the University of Bern and the Research Institute for Tourism and Leisure. He subsequently spent two years as a research associate at Steigenberger Consulting GmbH.
He then joined AC Consulting AG as a project manager, where he assisted in the start up of the consultancy firm and developed software for consultant selection. After 1985, Wolfgang Gogg worked for KPMG Cologne / Düsseldorf. As a senior manager, he was responsible for the Organisation and Controlling disciplines. He also served as an international coordinator for the tourism, leisure and hospitality subject area.
He then led several teams in performing business analysis, providing international marketing concepts, the implementation of computerised information systems and the optimisation of organisational processes. After eleven years, he became managing director of K & P Planning Office GmbH.

Jens Philipsenburg
Geschäftsführer/CEO Hotel & Leisure Development

Jens Philipsenburg specialises in location-, market- and feasibility analysis, as well as real estate and business consulting for hospitality, healthcare and leisure facilities. His consulting career first began at WIBERA / PricewaterhouseCoopers. He then worked for the European Tourism Institute GmbH (ETI), most recently as a Senior Consultant. Previously, he built and ran the ETI branch in Xiamen, China (2003 to 2004).
While with ETI, Mr. Philipsburg worked on project development studies for hotel and leisure properties both nationally and internationally as well as in the health resort area. Since 2004, Mr. Philipsenburg was self-employed with t.i.plan before coming to Success Consult GmbH in 2008. Mr. Philipsburg completed courses for graduate geographers (University of Trier) and a Master of Science in Real Estate & Construction Project Management (University of Reading, Masters of Science  in REM-CPM). Mr. Philipsburg has been a member of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors since 2009.

Dr. Martin L. Fontanari
Scientific Advisor

Dr. Martin Fontanari (1965) is responsible for business relations and project acquisitions. The foundation for his broad subject expertise comes from his study of business administration and political science at universities in Innsbruck, New Orleans, Bangkok, Penn State University and the Wharton Business School in Philadelphia.
In 1994 he received his doctorate from the University of Trier with the topic "Collaborative Design". His experience in the area of strategic analysis, development of tourist destinations as well as innovative and integrative product approaches in tourism and leisure development are reflected in more than 150 reference projects in Europe and Asia. He has held senior positions in international companies including KPMG, Schitag Ernst & Young and ETI since 1995.

Kai Partale
Director of International Development

Kai Partale studied tourism geography, business administration and sociology at the Universities of Trier and Murcia. He gained valuable experience at consultancy and planning firms in the United States. As an employee of the European Tourism Institute (ETI), which he joined in 1998, he was responsible for tourism consulting, research and training activities in particular. In addition to numerous projects in the fields of regional tourism development, destination management and marketing, he was responsible for the management of ETI's office in China and the ETI at the Academia Engiadina in Switzerland. International cooperation has been a particular focus of his work. In senior positions, he has been responsible for the development of tourism development concepts, the implementation of hotel projects, the construction of educational facilities and the planning and implementation of training programmes in various countries (including  Mongolia, Yemen, China and Poland).

Thomas Leib
Consultant Employee Development

Thomas Leib has been a consultant at SUCCESS CONSULT since February 2011.
Building upon his training at the Steigenberger Academy and studies at the leading Swiss hotel school César Ritz, Thomas Leib continued his international studies at Washington State University with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Hotel and Restaurant Administration and a Master of Science Degree in International Hospitality Management from Manchester Metropolitan University.
Thomas acquired several years experience in hotel management and hotel development as part of his increasing responsibilities and management activities. Thomas Leib gained his expertise in sales & marketing as part of the planning and operational activities he undertook in 4- to 5-star hotels in addition to mid-sized and international industrial companies.
Besides working for SUCCESS CONSULT, Mr. Leib is a lecturer at Washington State University, USA in the areas of B2B Marketing, Convention & Event Management and International Tourism. In addition, Mr. Leib is an expert on the topics: Branding, Destination Branding, Destination Image, Destination Personality and Employee Development.
Mr. Leib is a member of the American Marketing Association (AMA), the Association for Consumer Research (ACR), the International Council on Hotel, Restaurant and Institutional Education (ICHRIE), as well as peer reviewer for an international hospitality magazine.

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