Professional experience
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since March 2025
Director
Coffee INN Hostel Berlin – Hostel Berlin Betriebsgesellschaft mbH
208 beds, café on the ground floor. Building all structures and processes from the ground up, developing a hostel group.
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March 2020 – March 2025
General Manager
NEOHOSTEL Berlin – MAXFLI Beteiligungs GmbH
600 beds, 33 staff. Developed an in-house property management system together with external developers, plus brand building.
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Dec 2018 – March 2020
General Manager
Cityhomes Dikili GmbH
Letting twelve villas in Dikili, Turkey, and building a structure for third-party holiday rentals – alongside running Cityhostel Berlin.
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May 2010 – March 2020
General Manager
Cityhostel Berlin – EGI GmbH
450 beds in 109 rooms, breakfast restaurant, bar and three conference rooms in Berlin-Mitte.
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Aug 2009 – May 2010
Head of individual reservations
MEININGER Hotels
Individual reservations for a growing chain – and which parts of that transfer to independent properties.
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Oct 2007 – Aug 2009
Property manager
Baxpax Downtown Hostel Berlin
First leadership role: rota, onboarding, complaint handling.
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June 2006 – Oct 2007
Front office agent
Happy Bed Hostel, Berlin
The beginning. Night shifts, check-ins, and the realisation that this industry never gets boring.
Degrees & further education
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2022
ThePowerMBA
ThePower Business School
Business administration, digital business, finance.
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Business Informatics (B.Sc.)
PFH Private University of Applied Sciences, Göttingen
The interface between operations and systems – the basis for every digitalisation project since.
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Certified trainer (AEVO)
IHK Chamber of Commerce
Licence to train apprentices – used regularly in the hostel.
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Commercial apprenticeship
BBS 14
Commercial foundation.
Voluntary work
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Berliner Netzwerk
Co-lead with Wolfgang Gellert. Monthly meetings for owners and managers of Berlin’s small and mid-sized businesses.
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Hostel Round Table
Founder and lead. A forum for managers and owners of Berlin hostels.
Languages
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German
native
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English
fluent
Alexander Dolle-Koch · Berlin · alexander@dolle-koch.berlin