Team
In our industry, people are the most important asset – the chemistry has to be right.
People are the most important asset in our industry. Our team is your team. You need people with know-how, people with a vision that understand your needs and business goals? With over 100 years of experience, we combine different fields of expertise in the hospitality industry. We pride ourselves in being specialists that will support you and be your right hand, in the specific field of expertise that you select. Get to know your team below.
Corinne Balz - Director
Career summary
- Raised in a Bernese hotelier family
- Commercial apprenticeship at Prodega
- Diverse language stays
- 5 years as Marketing Manager for Kellogg's & Pringles Switzerland
- 1 year as Marketing Director for Victoria Jungfrau Collection
- Since 2014 Marketing Lecturer at several schools
- Since 2015 working for the Shc
Field of expertise
Strategic (further) development of the Shc including marketing and communication. Main contact person for all members. Responsible for consulting in the areas of marketing and quality management.
Languages
- German
- English
- Italian
- French
- (Spanish)
Hobbies
Sports: from (hotel) gym to trail running, travelling: from Aruba to Zakynthos, family and friends
Favourite holiday destination
Ticino, region Lake Lucerne, all of Italy, Bermuda, Japan, Vienna, and much more
Bettina Käfinger - Senior Sales Consultant Corporate
Career summary
- Hotel Management degree in Switzerland
- 5 years at Starwood, of which almost 4 in London
- Since 2002 in Switzerland, of which almost 2 years at Steigenberger and 9 years at MPH Hotels, always in sales
Fields of expertise
Sales as well as business, travel and corporate consulting
Languages
- German
- English
- French
- Spanish
- (Greek)
Hobbies
Volunteering at charity organisations or for the Reformed Church, family, sports, hiking and specialist literature
Favourite holiday destination
With family and friends in Austria and Greece In Switzerland: I like to go hiking, for which Switzerland is as good as anywhere else
Manuela Lopatic - Senior MICE Consultant
Career summary
- Commercial apprenticeship
- 4 years at a private bank in the front and back office
- 1 1/2 years with the EDA
- Assistant of the publishing director of Weltbild Verlag
- Diverse further education in marketing, events and PR
- 3 years of marketing, sales and event management at DAS ZELT
- 1 ½ years sales at the Trafo in Baden
Fields of expertise
Advice, support and sales in the entire MICE area. Organization of events and famtrips, analysis of various areas such as offers, competition analysis and platform checks. Development of new channels. Advice and representation at fairs and events.
Languages
- German
- English
- Italian
- Spanish
- French
- Serbo-Croatian
Hobbies
Helping couples to get married, my dog, cooking, travelling
Favourite holiday destination
Mexico, Mallorca, Maldives Ticino, Bernese Oberland
Alexander Manz - Chairman of the Board
Career summary
- 2004: Studying music with Masters of Music at the University of Music Winterthur/Zurich specialising in classical piano playing
- 2006: MBA at the SDA Bocconi in Milan specialising in marketing
- 2006–2011: Head of marketing for the Manz Group with 4 hotels (St. Gotthard Zurich, Euler and City Inn Basel and Continental Lausanne)
- From 2012: Active investor, board member and shareholder of various companies in the tourism and hotel industry, including Shc
Field of expertise
Co-founder and active Shc board member with the aim of making Shc an important institution in the construction of the Swiss private hotel industry.
Languages
- German
- English
- French
- Russian
- Italian
- Spanish
Hobbies
Classical Music, Travel, Skiing, Cooking
Favourite holiday destination
Zermatt, Miami, Bordeaux & Amalfi Coast, Italy
Christina Stein - Senior Sales Consultant Leisure
Career summary
- October 2015 Founding of Christina Stein Sales/Marketing/Consulting
- 4 years as a freelancer in consulting
- 3 years of "Travel Trade & Services Consulting" in Frankfurt
- 1 year of "Manfred Ritschard Corporate Training", Trade fair and sales training, coaching, marketing lecturer with SVEB-certified adult educator
- 17 years in sales & marketing
- 2 years with the "Steigenberger Hotel Group" as Sales & Marketing Director
- 12 years for "Lindner Hotels & Resorts" as Key Account Manager (2 years), Regional Sales Director Switzerland (8 years) & Sales & Marketing Manager (2 years)
- 3 years with Arcona Hotels & Resorts as Sales Manager
Fields of expertise
I'm responsible for leisure
Languages
- German
- English
Hobbies
Any kind of sport, like jogging, Yoga, I love my fitness centre which runs particularly challenging cross fit courses, skis and snowboarding, squash, even though there are fewer and fewer people who play this
Favourite holiday destination
I can't decide, in Switzerland – I am still travelling in order to discover everything. It's simply beautiful. Otherwise, Sardinia.
Vera Schäfer - Sales Consultant & Coordinator
Career summary
- Commercial apprenticeship
- Education as Front Office Manager
- 5 years experience as Front Office Manager and executive assistant
- 3 years as a general manager with focus on marketing, human resources, sales
- Since 2016 mandates as an exam expert for Commercial apprenticeship Hotel/Gastro/Tourism / Front Office Manager / Hotel Communication Specialist
- Since 2018 board member professional association Hotel&Gastro Union Switzerland
- Since 2020 working for SHC
Field of expertise
Support and advice for MICE and Corporate Sales
Languages
- German
- English
- French
- (Italien)
- (Spanish)
Hobbies
Friends, family, my 2 cats, horse riding, read a good book, cook and travel
Favourite holiday destination
Leukerbad, destinations around our swiss lakes, Spain, Thailand, America