This week we dedicate our part ‘Interview’ to the founders of NELOU. Why? Because we like the idea of creating a ‘fashion village’ and because they focus on Austrian designers, giving them the opportunity to position themselves and their products via the platform www.nelou.com. How did we get in touch with them? They were one of our partners at the Lake’s Fashion Days this year and did bring us some great designers. As they are very creative which you will

After having started with our new initiative “Interviews” on our blog in February 2009, today we counted the number of interview postings on our blog … 56 in total, a lot if you ask us. As of today we decided to re-think this initiative and introduce the person we interview a bit more in detail. This week we gave Robert Kropf of the blogazine www.insiderei.com the opportunity to introduce himself as well as his “blogazine” on our blog. How did

1. Who are you? My name is Claudio Meli, GM @ J.K. Place Firenze (www.jkplace.com). I am 100% Florentine, I love my city and my region TOSCANA! Great culture treasures, excellent food and wines, fantastic landscapes, very charismatic people. 2. What do you like about what you do? Every day I can meet new people, welcome our Guests as in my private home with our superb staff and pamper every Guest with best attentions and very good suggestions, as I

1. Who are you? My name is Martin Hümmer, I’m 27, I love traveling, trekking and playing guitar and I am co-founder and co-CEO of pocketvillage (www.pocketvillage.com). I studied physics in Erlangen, Germany and am finishing my studies in Aeronautics and Aerospace Engineering at the University of Stuttgart. At pocketvillage I am responsible for product and front-end development as well as design. 2. What do you like about what you do? Every day brings new challenges and problems. Solving these

1. Who are you? My name is Gerardo Wainstein and I’m a foodie-food blogger from Uruguay, South America. My food blog is Sweets Foods. 2. What do you like about what you do? I like the story, the ingredients and really the living about food experiences all over the world. I also enjoy the social media interacting of blogging and the sociological-psychological aspects behind the new phenomenon called the Web 2.0. 3. What don’t you like about what you do? The

1. Who are you? My name is Sarah von Maltzahn. I run www.CityKids.at, a trendy parents’ guide to life in Vienna with children. I grew up in New York City where I had a long career as an investment banker, before moving to Vienna, Austria several years ago with my children and husband. I love Vienna, with all it’s hidden nooks and crannies, the diversity, yet community that it offers, and the wit and charm of it’s residents. 2. What

1. Who are you? My name is Viktoria Egger. I am the creator of Modeltalk, a blog about models and fashion for german speaking countries and the blogger of „Fashion Air Trip“, a small blog I started some months ago about fashion in different cities. During my study in Economics and working in several creative companies I have found myself fascinated by fashion & photography as well as a huge interest in Online & Social Media Marketing. Working some times

1. Who are you? My name is Christiane Hütte and I am the owner of the hotel Villa Orange. Villa Orange is a charming little boutique hotel located in the centre of Frankfurt. 2. What do you like about what you do? I love the variety in my job. On the same day you deal with marketing, sales, human resources, interior design and more. It’s fun for me to constantly think about how we can improve our service and our

1. Who are you? Am the founder of luxury travel company Urbane Nomads, which offers creative itineraries and off-the-beaten trek destinations done in as much luxury as possible. 2. What do you like about what you do? Being in a creative position- working on itineraries that are quite distinct from the usual fare. We sometimes approach itineraries and develop destinations according to themes- following in the footsteps of Thesiger in Oman, for example, showcasing the lost arts in South East

1. Who are you? We are Mountain&Soul! A Life Style Hotel in the Zillertaler Alps, with a different meaning of the way in gastronomic, than the old school Hotels in Tirol. 2. What do you like about what you do? We like to give our guests a very relaxed atmosphere, where they can feel like in their own livingroom in our house, in a stylish and modern way with cool eatch different rooms, with a very good restaurant and a