The Styrian Hotel Management School Association

CURATORSHIP for the term of office 2020 - 2025

The association is responsible for the development and vocational training and further education of young talents in the (inter)national tourism area. Furthermore, the scientific research and further development, in particular in the areas of tourism, shall be promoted. The association is a non-profit-oriented institution.

The supporters of the association which exists since 1946, are on the one hand the Chamber of Commerce Steiermark and on the other hand, the expert group in catering and the hotel industry.

Christian Schweinzer

Chairman / curator


Dr. Karl Heinz Dernoscheg

Vice-chairman, Director of the Styrian Chamber of Commerce


KR Johann Hofer

Vice-chairman, Federal vice-chairman of the division Tourism and leisure time industry


Dr. Gerhard Kienzl

CEO, CEO of the division Tourism and leisure time industry


Ing. Josef Herk

Member, President of the Styrian Chamber of commerce


KoR Johann Spreitzhofer

Member, Chairman expert group hotel management


Mag. Christian Kolbl

Member, CEO expert group catering trade


Klaus Friedl

Member, Chairman expert group gastronomy


Alfred Grabner

Chairman, expert group hotel management


Mag. Peter Kospach

Headmaster and boarding school manager at the Tourism Schools Bad Gleichenberg