Hans Pfister is the President and co-owner of Cayuga Sustainable Hospitality.
He brings almost 20 years of experience in the hotel business in all capacities from trainee to General Manager, and currently focuses on marketing, finance, strategy and new projects. Born and raised in Germany, Hans' career began with the European tradition of apprenticeship as an introduction to the industry, rounding out his education and training with a degree from Cornell's School of Hotel Administration and experience in various properties in Europe, Asia, North- and Latin America.
Hans Pfister has been on the board of directors of the Costa Rican hotel chamber (CCH) for five years and served as representative of the private sector (CANATUR) in the Marketing Committee of the Costa Rican Tourism ministry (ICT) for over four years.
Hans Pfister received his undergraduate degree from Cornell University.
Definitely the hospitality industry is something where the education is important, but doing actually the work, there is no substitute for it. There are certain things that just can't be thought in a classroom. I am very happy that the students today spend more time at the Statler Hotel doing work...(Full transcript available to logged in subscribers.).
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