Werner Bilgram, Managing Director, Family Select Hotels, Austria

Mr. Werner finished University of applied sciences. He began his career 1984 as junior consultant at Reppel Unternehmensberatung where he was working on Tourism master plan for Baden-Württemberg and several marketing concepts  for communities, destinations and regions in Germany. 1985-1999 he was he was at the Touristik Union International, started as a trainee, ended as vice president. 1999-2001 he was managing director at Frosch Touristik International (FTI) with a turnover responsibility over 500 million Euros.

From 2001 to 2010 he has been working for two companies: Horwath i Horwath Consulting Zagreb d.o.o. as managing partner and Kärnten Werbung Marketing & Innovationsmanagement GmbH as managing director. From 2010 untill 2016 he had 100% ownership over Europäischer Reiseservice GmbH. In mean time, from 2013 untill 2015 he was freelance managing director of Haindl Reisen. From 2012 until this very day he is managing director of Family Select Hotels and Kinderhotels Europe GmbH located in Austria.

During his opulent career his field of interest was mainly focused around tourism. Making Strategic marketing plans, operational marketing plans, destination management, tourism master planning, coaching and training in hospitality industry, competitiveness in tourism, tourism master plans, event organization are just some of many Mr. Bilgrams activities and responsibilities.