Rupert Simoner

Rupert Simoner has been CEO of Vienna International Hotelmanagement AG since the 1st of September 2014. As CEO, he is responsible for the focus and future of the company as well as the development and operation of new hotel projects worldwide. In his last position, as Senior Vice President at Kempinski Hotels, Simoner was in charge of strategic development for all hotels in Europe, Russia and the CIS nations. He also served as managing director of the group’s flagship hotel, the Grand Hotel des Bains in St. Moritz. His career has taken him across four continents, always with the aim of “creating something unique”. Rupert Simoner attended a higher secondary tourism school in Salzburg and holds an MBA from the Reims Management School.