Hotel operations · Guest communication · Guest journey

A hotel runs on a thousand small handoffs. I make them work.

I'm Andreas Fischer. For more than 25 years I've run and rebuilt hotel operations for Marriott, Accor and The Social Hub, from the housekeeping board to the guest messaging stack. Now I bring that experience to independent hotels and growing groups.

Operations leadership at
Services

Three things, done properly

No hundred-page strategy decks. I work on the parts of a hotel that guests feel every day, the same parts that show up in your reviews, your payroll and your RevPAR.

Operations

Operations excellence

Housekeeping, front office and F&B running to plan on every shift, not just when the owner visits.

  • Housekeeping workflows, boards and tech audits
  • SOPs your teams actually use
  • Staffing and shift planning against occupancy
  • Cost per occupied room, made visible
Communication

Guest communication

The right message, on the guest's channel, at the right moment: automated where it should be, human where it matters.

  • Messaging platform selection and rollout
  • Pre-arrival and in-stay automation
  • Complaint recovery playbooks
  • Review response systems that lift scores
Journey

Guest journey design

Every touchpoint from booking to review, mapped, measured and rebuilt around the guest instead of the org chart.

  • End-to-end journey mapping
  • Check-in and check-out friction removal
  • Upsell moments that feel like service
  • Post-stay loyalty and win-back loops
Tools & platforms

Tool-agnostic, and hands-on where it counts

The right stack depends on your property, your PMS and your team. I've selected, integrated and rolled out the platforms below, so I can tell you which one actually fits your operation, not just which one demos well.

Core stack, day to day
Capability focus

Where each platform concentrates its strengths. Positioning is indicative, drawn from Andreas's field experience, not a vendor benchmark. Hover any profile for the detail.

Not on this list? I stay current with new entrants and assess any platform against your operation before you commit to it.

Approach

I audit your hotel the way a guest experiences it

Not department by department, but stage by stage. Every engagement starts by walking the full journey and finding where the handoffs break.

Stage 1 · Pre-arrival

Before the guest arrives

  • Booking confirmations and arrival info
  • Upsell offers that convert
  • Guest data captured once, used everywhere
Stage 2 · Arrival

The first ten minutes

  • Queue times and desk scripts
  • Mobile and kiosk check-in done right
  • Luggage and early-arrival handoffs
Stage 3 · In-stay

Where reviews are made

  • Housekeeping timing and room readiness
  • Request response times and messaging SLAs
  • F&B and amenity touchpoints
Stage 4 · Departure

The last impression

  • Express and mobile checkout
  • Billing accuracy, zero disputes at the desk
  • A farewell worth remembering
Stage 5 · Post-stay

After the door closes

  • Review handling and response
  • Feedback wired back into operations
  • Win-back and repeat-stay campaigns
About

25+ years in hotel operations, not in slide decks

I started where most careers in this industry start: on the floor. Over 25 years I moved from front office and housekeeping management into senior operations roles at Marriott International and Accor, and later helped The Social Hub build guest experience operations for a new kind of hybrid hospitality.

That path taught me two things. First, guests don't experience departments; they experience one journey, and every rough handoff between teams shows up in it. Second, most hotel technology fails not because the tool is bad, but because nobody rebuilt the operation around it.

So that's the work: operations that hold up under a full house, communication guests actually appreciate, and tools your teams use because they make the shift easier, not harder.

Experience
25+ years, from the floor to regional operations leadership
Brands
Marriott International, Accor, The Social Hub
Hands-on with
PMS & housekeeping systems, guest messaging platforms, reputation & review tools
Works with
Independent hotels, owner-operators and growing groups across Europe
Client feedback

What operators say

"Andreas spent his first week on the floor with our teams, not in the meeting room. The housekeeping changes alone paid for the engagement."

General Manager, 180-key city hotel

"We had bought the guest messaging tool a year earlier and barely used it. Andreas rebuilt the workflow around it, and response times dropped from hours to minutes."

Operations Director, boutique hotel group
Contact

Let's walk your hotel

The first conversation costs nothing. Tell me about your property, what's keeping you up at night, and where the guest journey feels rough. I'll tell you honestly whether I can help.