Alexander Dolle-Koch Hostel Director & Consultant
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Alexander Dolle-Koch

Hostel director, Berlin. Full career history.

Professional experience

  1. 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.

  2. 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.

  3. 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.

  4. 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.

  5. 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.

  6. Oct 2007 – Aug 2009

    Property manager

    Baxpax Downtown Hostel Berlin

    First leadership role: rota, onboarding, complaint handling.

  7. 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

  • 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

  • German

    native

  • English

    fluent

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