There is no way a hotel can be a cruise ship. But if evidence was ever needed that cruise ships CAN be luxury hotels, then the naming of Hapa-Lloyd Cruises’ CEO Karl J Pojer as Hotelier of the Year in Germany is all the proof you need.
Pojer was recently rewarded with this “special” accolade by the German hotel and restaurant industry newspaper ahgz who gathered together 1,000 leading figures in Berlin to honour the year’s outstanding performers.
Pojer, who is also chairman of the CLIA Deutschland Leadership Council, was recognised for his success in giving Hapag-Lloyd Cruises a significant foothold in the luxury and expedition cruise market with top-of-the-tree ships like Europa 2 and HANSEATIC inspiration.
Europa 2 of Hapag-Lloyd Cruises is arguably the world’s leading floating luxury hotel
The newspaper ahgz has been rewarding outstanding performance in the hotel industry since 1990, and its editor-in-chief, Rolf Westermann, described Pojer as a “natural-born hotelier”.
Pojer said: “2019 was the most successful year in Hapag-Lloyd Cruises’ history and the award is the icing on the cake and an honour that I would like to dedicate to my brilliant crew both on board and ashore.
“The teamwork and our shared commitment to outstanding quality are and have been essential to our success. This proves that my motto is right: travel is the closest thing to paradise.”
