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

- Who are you? My name is Claudia Rosa Lukas, I am the co-founder and the main force behind the online presence of AUSTRIANFASHION.net. – What do you like about what you do? Thinking of simple ideas and making them big. – What don’t you like about what you do? Seeing simple ideas get complicated. – Please tell us about AUSTRIANFASHION.NET and your goals. Initiated by a group of independent fashion designers, AUSTRIANFASHION.NET was launched in September 07 as a

1. Who are you? I’m the G.M. of Soho Boutique Hotel (the seventh sense of Budapest). 2. What do you like about what you do? Every day is a new challenge, I enjoy every minute what I spend in the “seven sense”. 3. What don´t you like about what you do? When I meet the owner and I have to explain him time to time why we are not the best producing hotel of the world! 4. Please tell us

Who are you? Michael Widmann, Managing Partner of PKF hotelexperts GmbH in Vienna. As a hotel consultant, I have to travel a lot. And after 19 years, I still like it – especially when my work brings me to places “normal” tourists would not visit. Since I travel a lot, I spend very limited time at home and in the office. So, when I show up there, the piles of work are quite high. PKF hotelexperts is a hotel consulting firm.