Our Wellness-Experts

Michael Altewischer managing partner of Wellness-Hotels & Resorts since 2001 in the headquarter in Duesseldorf. His key aspects are scheduling and run cutting of the wellness sector and business management of the Spa section

Wibke Metzger is head of communication at Wellness Hotels & Resorts. She is an enthusiastic blogger and, among other things, responsible for the selection of topics for our wellness podcast.

Wilfried Dreckmann combines practical experience in the field of wellness and spa with academic know-how.  Since 2006 he is working internationally as a management consultant, trainer and coach for wellness providers. He is a lecturer at the iST Studieninstitut and associate professor at the iST University of applied sciences in Düsseldorf.

Dr. med. Matthias Menschel, born in 1965, is a general medical practitioner and naturopathic physician. Since 2000 he has been the head physician at Menschel's Vitalresort in Bad Sobernheim. Buchinger fasting and Felke therapy are the focus of his medical activities. Further treatment focuses are:

Head of health center in Fritsch am Berg | As an "expert in light living", she specializes in dealing with stress, stressful situations and symptoms in her work with clients in the hotel.

Vaidya Upula Samarakoon (born 1964) comes from Sri Lanka and is a traditionally trained Ayurveda specialist. In parallel to her five-year study of Ayurvedic medicine, she completed a two-year training in acupuncture.

Stephanie Göbel is the owner of Göbel's Landhotel in Willingen.

Marc Vollbracht, managing partner of the Family- and Wellnesshotel Sonnenpark in Willingen, has known the 4-star hotel for as long as he can remember. The 36-year-old grew up with the hotel, which his parents Karin and Ulrich Vollbracht built in 1983.

Daniel Schöfisch is Chef de Cuisine at the wellness hotel Seezeitlodge Hotel & Spa. He graduated from the renowned Heidelberg Hotel Management School as a master chef and took part in competitions at home and abroad with great success at an early age.

Dr. Franziska Fehle-Friedel is a general practitioner, spa doctor and Mayr doctor. She is responsible for the medical management of the Parkhotel am Soier See and the associated sanatoria. In addition to the F.X. Mayr cure, her medical work also focuses on moor cures and moor baths.

Marc Traubel is the managing director at Hubertus Mountain Refugio Allgäu. He is the third generation to run the wellness hotel.

After graduating in hotel management from the Hotel Management School in Heidelberg, he worked in various establishments, including Dubai, before returning to Balderschwang.

Walter Traubel is co-owner of the HUBERTUS Mountain Refugio Allgäu. 

Katrin Schüle runs SCHÜLE'S Gesundheitsresort & Spa together with Karl-Arnold Schüle. She is a passionate hostess and always has an open ear for her guests and staff. 

Karl-Arnold Schüle is the managing director of SCHÜLE'S Gesundheitsresort & Spa in Oberstdorf. He joined the family business, which has existed since 1930, back in 1986. Today he is the third generation to run the health and wellness hotel. 

Eva Deimann is a beautician and hotel manageress. Since 2004, she has been jointly responsible for the spa and wellness area at the family-run Deimann - Romantik- und Wellnesshotel in Schmallenberg. 

Hans-Jörg Franzke Director of Hotel Sonnengut has been running the wellness hotel for 27 years and knows the home of the Sonnengut like the back of his hand. He loves the Lower Bavarian Tuscany with its rolling hills and unspoilt nature, which invites you to take part in a wide range of outdoor activities.

Carolin Haibel is a sports and movement scientist (MSc.) as well as a specialist for occupational health management and an employee at Bad Clevers Gesundheitsresort & Spa. As a former competitive athlete in the national cross-country skiing squad, she won German championship titles and other podium finishes at national and international level. 

Franz Angerer is a physiotherapist with additional qualifications in manual therapy, fascia treatment, sports physiotherapy, alternative practitioner for physiotherapy and medical taping. Together with his brother, he is the fourth generation to run the Bad Clevers Gesundheitsresort & Spa. 

Margit Zettl-Feldmann is the owner of the Eisvogel Hotel & SPA. Together with her family, she runs the wellness hotel in the fourth generation. She is very fond of the Hallertau, the largest continuous hop-growing area in the world. And she is a fan of Bad Göggingen's natural remedies: sulphur water, natural moor, thermal water and, of course, hops.

Thomas Müller is a great fan of forest bathing. Nature and especially the forest have always been important to him. But as a forest guide and nature and landscape guide in the Bavarian Forest National Park, he realised that something was still missing. That's how Thomas Müller came to forest bathing. In the meantime, he has attended various seminars on the subject, is, among other things, a course leader for forest bathing and mindfulness in the forest and even works as a trainer for the German Academy for Forest Bathing. At the Das Mühlbach - Thermal Spa, he makes it possible for wellness guests to experience what it means to dive into the forest, to throw off ballast and to experience trees, soil and co. with all the senses.

Felix Weber is a star chef in the Hofstube at the Deimann - Romantik- und Wellnesshotel. The 32-year-old is the only star chef in the Sauerland. 

Sabrina Ortner is the spa and fitness manager at Hotel Sonnengut - Wellness Therme Spa. The wellness expert studied sports science in Munich and also completed various training courses - including life kinetics training.

Christina Heinz has a degree in business administration and hotel management and runs the Hotel Heinz in the Westerwald together with her father. In addition to the areas of spa, reservations and marketing, she is particularly concerned with the design of the hotel, which was founded in 1919, and the management of the staff.

Ira Bräuer manages the spa at Hotel Heinz in the Westerwald. In addition to the classic spa treatments, she and her team offer guests numerous active and relaxation courses. The offers conducted by Ira Bräuer herself range from meditations to herbal walks.

Bernd Peters is the owner of the Lundenbergsand North Sea Hideaway and Spa in North Frisia. There in Simonsberg near Husum, directly behind the dyke, he and his wife have realised their personal vision of a wellness hotel. As a "true" North Frisian, Bernd Peters makes it possible for his wellness guests to experience the Wadden Sea.

Christa Traubel is the hostess at the Hubertus Mountain Refugio Allgäu in Balderschwand. Together with her husband Karl and son Marc and his family, she runs the wellness hotel at 1044 metres above sea level, where a very special concept is lived: Holistic Life. The holistic wellness and health concept was designed by Christa Traubel herself.

Nora Oelkers is the owner of the RoLigio & Wellness Resort Romantischer Winkel in Bad Sachsa in the southern Harz together with her husband Josef. After a burnout - which she now describes in retrospect as a stroke of luck in her life - the trained hotel manageress set out to find a lifestyle concept that could prevent such experiences and enrich life in the long term. The result: RoLigio® with the motto "Be. Simply. Happy."

Maik Zander is the owner & managing director of the Wellnesshotel Seeschlößchen - Privat-SPA & Naturresort. In 1999, as a gastronomic career changer and with the vision of creating a place for health promotion, he opened the Seeschlößchen at Lake Senftenberg. In addition to managing the business, he is particularly interested in construction management, interior architecture and design.

Sandy Perlitz has been working at the Wellnesshotel Seeschlößchen - Privat-SPA & Naturresort since 2009. She is responsible for marketing and sales and always has an open ear for the guests and staff of the hotel. The native of Lusatia also gives guests tips on special excursions and sights in the region on request.

Dr. Raghavendra Shetty did his Ayurveda training in India under the guidance of the famous Ayurveda doctor Dr. PJ Gurukkal. He then worked in various hospitals in India's third largest city Bangalore. Early on, he had the desire to bring Ayurveda to Europe.

Grit Breuer-Springstein is the leisure coordinator at Hotel Neptun in Warnemünde on the Baltic Sea. After she ended her successful athletics career in 2005, she was drawn to the Baltic Sea. Her love for the small fishing village and the Baltic Sea make her the expert when it comes to activities in and around Warnemünde.

Rabea Logen is a beauty expert through and through. As Director Education and Training at the cosmetics company Babor, she is responsible for the education and training of beauticians and customers. Topics include basics about the structure of the skin as well as new active ingredients, trends and treatments.

Anna Kalus works as an alternative practitioner at the Grand Hotel Binz on the island of Rügen. She accompanies guests on therapeutic fasting according to Buchinger in the wellness hotel. Kalus is convinced of the positive effect of fasting on health and fasts regularly herself.

Roland Fricke is managing director and partner at beauty24.de. The wellness entrepreneur has been active in the travel industry for over 20 years. In addition to his expertise in the wellness industry, the media and communication science graduate is an internet junkie, travel expert and marketing specialist.

Ulrike Wehner has been Spa Manager at Hotel Neptun for 20 years and is President of the Association of German Thalasso Centres.

Christoph Schug is the director of the Schliffkopf National Park Hotel in the Black Forest. The trained restaurant specialist previously worked as a director in other hotels and already knows the tourism region in Baden-Württemberg from his previous places of work.

Sabine Wacker is the woman behind Alkaline Fasting - the wacker-method ® With experience in the pharmacy, with a medical degree and first state examination, she began 23 years ago to further develop an alkaline, plant-based diet in the direction of 100 % alkaline - i.e. Alkaline Fasting. Her main concern was and is to help people find their way to a more natural and healthier way of eating and living. 

Robert Jagst is the director of the Grand Hotel Binz on the island of Rügen. There, on Germany's largest island, Jagst knows his way around. In the wellness podcast, he gives insider tips on what not to miss on a vacation to Rügen.

Kirsten Knors is a yoga teacher and spiritual mentor. Already during her teaching studies she began to complete additional trainings in the field of kinsiology. Over the years, numerous other training and further education courses followed, including in the areas of yoga, Aura-Soma, Energetic breathing and hypnosis. Since 2020 Knors offers her own coaching program "Queen Awakening".

Dirk Salzsieder is the hotel manager of the Waldhotel Tannenhäuschen in Wesel. After his training in the hotel industry, Dirk Salzsieder worked in various areas of well-known hotels and also worked abroad.

Roswitha Benner has been Spa Manager at the Waldhotel Tannenhäuschen in Wesel | Northrine Westphalia since 2009 and has worked in the medical field as a masseuse since 1986.

Karsten von der Heide is director at the Ambassador Hotel & Spa in Sankt Peter-Ording. After stations on the Baltic Sea on Rügen and on the Fischland-Darß-Zingst peninsula, as well as a detour to northern Hesse, he is now working on the North Sea. Von der Heide particularly appreciates the landscape and climate in northern Germany.

Florian Buchebner is managing partner at Hotel Birke in Kiel. In his work, he attaches great importance to sustainability and regionality. Born in Austria, he gained international experience in various hotels and resorts after completing his training as a tourism clerk. He has been working at the Hotel Birke since 2006.

Guido Eschholz has been professionally active as hotel director at the Vitalia Seehotel in Bad Segeberg since 1997. In addition to his work as hotel director, Guido Eschholz is a passionate sommelier. His knowledge from over 30 years of wine tastings flows into the wellness hotel.

Heike Pauls works at the ambassador hotel & spa as SPA manager and wellness masseuse.

After his training as a hotelier, Christian Birke went to the Hotel Management School Heidelberg and worked in various areas of the luxury hotel industry. He then began his work as general manager at the Hotel Birke in Kiel. In addition, Christian Birke is active as a lifestyle coach. 

Olaf Seiche is an authorized signatory and Business Field Manager Customized Services at TÜV Rheinland Cert GmbH. His activities include conducting audits and mystery checks in the wellness & SPA sector, developing quality standards for auditing and testing wellness hotels, and acting as a trainer for wellness, hotels, restaurants and hygiene.

Norbert Hintermayer is founder and editor-in-chief of the special interest magazine "Wellness World Business". Every year, he presents the European Health & Spa Award - an Oscar of the wellness industry, as he himself says. In addition, the Austrian wellness expert runs an agency for "Health & Wellness".

Konny Arlt has been working as a masseuse at Eisvogel - Wellness & Genusshotel for over 20 years. In addition to the classic applications, the expert is also particularly familiar with the herbal stamp massage, hot stone massages and lymphatic drainage.

Sonja Salzieder works as a coach and team developer. With her background in psychology and group dynamics as well as strong communication and empathy skills, she is dedicated to analysing the individual and collective needs of individuals and teams. Her work is characterised by a creative and structured approach that aims to create an inclusive and supportive working atmosphere.