Highly Qualified Top-Management Staff Assisted By An Interdisciplinary Team

Has worked with the GCH Hotel Group: since 2011
Born: 1972
Education and training: Business Administrator for the Hotel & Catering Industry 

After holding management posts at various hotel groups like Sheraton Hotels & Resorts, Dorint Hotels & Resorts, the NH Hotel Group and AccorHotels, Sascha Hampe took over the management of the Mercure Hotel Saarbrücken Süd on behalf of the GCH Hotel Group in October 2011. From 2015 to 2018 he was responsible for the hotels of the Berlin region, one of the most important and dynamic ones in Germany. Thanks to his significant achievements, Sascha Hampe was appointed Chief Operating Officer of the GCH Hotel Group in 2018. 

In his position as COO, Sascha Hampe is responsible for more than 120 hotels with around 15,500 rooms in Germany, Belgium and Austria, more than three million annual guests and 3,300 employees. Thanks to his leadership style focused on teamwork, he is highly valued by the employees. “As COO of the GCH Group, I will set new focuses and put even greater emphasis on teamwork. If we want to be successful and satisfy all the needs of our customers, investors and owners, we need to work as a team.”

Hampe plans to advance the digitalisation and transformation of the company and consolidate the GCH Hotel Group’s position as a digital pioneer. He intends to continue the company’s growth using a sustainable and profitable approach for all stakeholders.

Has worked with the GCH Hotel Group: since 2015
Born: 1966
Education and training: Qualified Chef de Cuisine, Master Business economist

Jörg Schiffmann is AVP Operations of the West Germany Region(ranging from the Rhine-Ruhr region and Dortmund to Koblenz and the metropolises Dusseldorf/Cologne) as well as Belgium. Prior to joining the GCH Hotel Group, Jörg Schiffmann held several Executive Management positions: Before he worked for the Steigenberger Hotel Group as Vice President Operations, he was with the Carlson Rezidor Group for more than 12 years, last holding the position of Area Vice President Operations Central Europe. Up until recently JörgSchiffmann worked for the Steigenberger Hotel Group, where he held the position of Vice President of Operations. He was contracted to the Carlson Rezidor Group until mid 2012, his final position being Vice President of Operations for Central Europe. Prior to this he gained experience as a Regional Director and as a General Manager in various hotels of the group in the United States, Russia and Europe. The qualified Chef de Cuisine, Master Business economist and Cornell University graduate (Ithaca/USA) has been a manager in the hotel industry for 27 years.

At the GCH Hotel Group, JörgSchiffmann is responsible for the implementation of all operative measures for hotel standards and success monitoring, as well as for securing and improving profits. He views the Region West as a successfully operating region of the GCH Hotel Group; a region with which the stakeholders are greatly satisfied. "The West Region has excellent potential to become the most profitable region in the next five years, when one considers the continuous growth of the GCH Hotel Group and its partners."

Has worked with the GCH Hotel Group:  since 2006
Born:  1969
Education and training:  Studies of hotel business administration, Hotel Management School Heidelberg

Jan Burghardt is responsible for the activities and strategic management of the hotels in the region East.

After completing his studies in hotel management at the Hotel Management School in Heidelberg in 1994, he held numerous positions as receptionist and hotel director in the 3 to 4-star hotel industry throughout Germany. These included the former Ramada Hotel Dresden (now Wyndham Garden Dresden) under the management of the GCH Hotel Group, where he was hotel director for almost six years. Before taking on the role of Director of Operations for the Eastern Region in 2016, he was General Manager of the Radisson Blu Park Hotel & Conference Centre Dresden Radebeul and Wyndham Garden Dresden.

Jan Burghardt expects a dynamic development of the hotel market in the region East and would like to seize the opportunity of the upswing: "Our primary goal is to consolidate and further expand the market share of our hotels with the help of creativity, personal commitment and targeted product adaptation. We also have to continue to strengthen the synergies between the houses. Finding suitable, good employees for our teams who have the goal in mind and identify with our hotels is therefore probably one of the biggest challenges".