Let's meet the team!

• How long have I been/worked in the hotel?
  Since 19.12.2009 (an unforgettable day)
• Where can you find me at the DAS GERSTL Alpine Retreat?
  At reception and in conversation with our guests and wherever I am needed.
• How has my career path took me to where I am?
  After enjoying a fruitful cooking apprenticeship at the Hotel Lindenhof, I decided to carry on with the family business.
• My favourite place in the region:
  Watles ski resort during winter and with Steffi in the Schliniger Alm.
• My insider tip of what you should not miss while on a holiday at the Hotel Gerstl: 
  A relaxing day spent in our Sesvenna spa.
• What I love about my job:
  Rising to new challenges again and again.
• I am happy when:
  I spend time with my girlfriend and my daughter
• My motto:
  The world is a book, and those who do not travel read only one page.
  Augustinus Aurelius (354 - 430)

I’m originally from Kaltern/Caldaro at the Lake and come from a hotelier family. I grew up in the Parc Hotel al Lago Silence & Luxury located directly at the Lake Kaltern/Caldaro. For many years I worked there and supported my parents and my brother in the management of the Hotel and led the reception. I always engaged for the developement of the tourist region Kaltern/Caldaro at the Lake and the southtyrolean tradition of hospitality. For love I moved in the Vinschgau/Venosta Valley. My husband Lukas and our two daughters Gioia Marie and Stella are my big personal fortune. At my new home, the Alpin & Relax Hotel Das Gerstl, I feel endless happiness contributing all my experience and cordiality.

My motto: Give hospitality in that way I want to get it myself as guest.

My favourite place in the region: During my regular hikes to the alpine pasture Schlinig/Slingia I find tranquillity and can collect my thoughts. At the same time I can enjoy together with my daughters a piece of homemade cake or the tasty cheese dumplings on cabbage salad there.

I am happy when: I see that our guests but also our team feel well together because a harmonic working atmosphere is transferred to our guests.

Where can you find me in the Hotel Das Gerstl: In the reception of the Hotel, on the breakfast buffet, in the Gerstl Shop, in the Sesvenna Spa or with the houskeeping fairies in the several floors – I‘m enthusiastic for different sectors in the Hotel. Variety makes every day different and interesting.

My insider tip of what you should not miss on a holiday at the Hotel Gerstl: A Lomi Lomi Nui massage at our Sesvenna Spa.

• How long have I been/worked in the hotel?
  Since birth, I have been back at the hotel full-time now since 2012 after a few excursions into the world of hospitality industry.
• Where can you find me at the DAS GERSTL Alpine Retreat?
  Most of the time I work at reception, giving you hiking tips.
• How has my career path took me to where I am?
  After I finishing my course at the hotel management school in Merano, I worked in various hotels and undertook traineeships. I then graduated as a health trainer in exercise and nutrition in Innsbruck. Since 2012 I have managed the hotel reception at the Alpin & Relax Hotel Das Gerstl - together with my brother Lukas and my parents. In the meantime, I have become mum to Felix and when Felix is with his grandparents, I enjoy the baby-free time at the hotel and support Das Gerstl team.
• My favourite place in the region:
  My favourite place is in the Slingia/Schlinig Valley, at the Schliniger Alm enjoying a good Kaiserschmarrn (minced sweet crêpe). I enjoy taking skiing tours and going snowshoe hiking in the winter.
• My insider tip of what you should not miss while on a holiday at the DAS GERSTL Alpine Retreat:
  The Uinaschlucht gorge and the Oberetteshütte in the Val die Mazia/Matschertal are definitely high on my list. I'm also very happy to recommend a few more hiking tips to guests personally.
• What I love about my job: I work where others spend their holidays - is there anything better!
• I am happy when: I make time for my friends.
• My motto: The world is owned by whoever enjoys it! Giacomo Leopardi (1798 - 1837)

How long have I been/worked in the hotel? 
More than half my life, since I switched from Planeil on the opposite side of the valley.

Where can you find me at the DAS GERSTL? Everywhere. Whether this be at reception, watering flowers or doing whatever really needs doing.

How has my career path took me to where I am? 
I learned the tricks of the trade of the hospitality industry at various Swiss hotels.

• My favourite place in the region:
  I like to take time out from the DAS GERSTL by visiting Marienberg Abbey and coming back to the hotel via the Klostersäge route.
• My insider tip of what you should not miss while on a holiday at the DAS GERSTL Alpine Retreat.
  Experiencing sunrise directly from your hotel room, pure bliss.
• What I love about my job:
  Contact with our many regular guests who have been coming to us for years.
• I am happy when:
  Whenever my granddaughter visit.
• My motto:
  The satisfaction of our guests is paramount to me.

• How long have I been/worked in the hotel?
  Always.
• Where can you find me at the DAS GERSTL?
  In the kitchen, in the garden or hiking with our guests.
• How has my career path took me to where I am?
  I have worked as a chef at various hotels across Switzerland and Austria, taking on a management role at the Hotel Gerstl and ever since retirement, I have been working as a hiking guide and continue in a supporting role in the kitchen.
• My favourite place in the region:
  Relaxing on the terrace of the Sesvennahütte with a nice wheat beer after a ski tour, hike or a biking tour.
• My insider tip of what you should not miss while on a holiday at the DAS GERSTL: 
  My mint juice with leaves from the hotel garden.
• What I love about my job: 
  Experimenting with new recipes and the beautiful hikes with our guests.
• I am happy when:
  I'm on my bike and pedalling on one of the beautiful Vinschgau trails.
• My motto:
  I love to cook with wine. Sometimes I even put some in the food.