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Exploring the beauty of focus in a strong hotel brand

Tuesday April 13 from 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm CET

During this interactive session, we will follow the captivating story of the creation of the quintessential Amerikalinjen brand in Oslo and its incredibly successful launch.

  • What are the steps to building a compelling hotel brand that stands out from the crowd?
  • How do you ensure that the brand is incorporated into absolutely everything, from hotel design to marketing communications and more?
  • Is there a need to adapt your hotel’s branding strategy during the current market challenges?

Sit back, listen and engage with fellow hoteliers as we take the Amerikalinjen example as a springboard to discuss together everything related to the wonderful world of hotel branding.

Join us, and you will meet:

Martin Andersen, Commercial Director, Amerikalinjen

Martin is an “out in front” leader with a proven history of adding value to any Hotel that he has worked for. As a seasoned professional with more than 14 years of hospitality experience, Martin is known for driving brand growth, maximizing operational excellence, and delivering financial performance. He most recently served as Commercial Director for Amerikalinjen located in Oslo Norway where he led branding, sales, marketing and P.R. for the property. Before that Martin led the sales efforts for two of America’s most legendary hotels as he acted as Director of Sales for The Beverly Hilton Hotel in Los Angeles California and Assistant Director of Sales for the Waldorf Astoria New York. Through his solid education and work experiences, he has always portrayed the highest level of initiative and good judgement while maintaining budgets and meeting and exceeding goals. In his current role he manages Sales, Marketing and PR for 7 Hotels in Norway, working for one of Scandinavians largest hotel brands – Nordic Hotels and Resorts. Through his experiences, he has gained quality business, management and leadership experience and has a track record of coming up with unique, refreshing and innovative ideas. Anyone that knows Martin would consider him to be a true professional, he goes out of his way to build long lasting relationships with his clients, journalists, editors and everyone he meets.

Monna Nordhagen – Partner at Mars Brand Strategy and Member of the HSMAI Europe Marketing & Branding Advisory Board

Brand strategist with over 30 years’ experience helping leaders use their brands as strategic assets. Author of Rockets and Rebels, a carefully curated introduction to the brand thinking and tools needed for our time. Serialentrepreneur, reader, speaker, mentor and teacher.

The brand’s job number one is to enable the business strategy and empower the organisation in executing it. No one gets the interplay between brand and business strategy like Monna does.

Moderator: Fiona Gillen, VP Marketing at The Hotels Network and Member of the HSMAI Europe Marketing & Branding Advisory Board

Fiona is an experienced digital marketer, brand marketer, content marketer and product marketer. With a career spanning more than 20 years, primarily within the hospitality industry, Fiona is truly passionate about hotel tech. Today, as part of the Hotels Network Team, she works closely with hotel brands around the world to think creatively about hotel marketing and how to personalize the online guest experience to drive more direct bookings.

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