Background
Koch, Arno Olaf Andreas was born on April 19, 1955 in Berlin. Son of Max Klaus and Ilona Sigrid (Pannenberg) Koch.
Koch, Arno Olaf Andreas was born on April 19, 1955 in Berlin. Son of Max Klaus and Ilona Sigrid (Pannenberg) Koch.
Student hotel business, Brillat-Savarin Secondary School, Berlin, l974-75.
Commercial trainee, Bristol Hotel Kempinski, Berlin, l974-75;
manager income audit, Bristol Hotel Kempinski, Berlin, l975-76;
assistant sales manager, Hotel Schweizerhof Berlin, l976-77;
assistant general manager, Hotel Schweizerhof Berlin, l978-79;
general manager, Berlin Excelsior Hotel, l979-85;
member board, Atlas Hotel AG, Berlin-Sasbachwalden, 1985-1986;
general manager, Holiday Inn Cologne-Bonn Airport, Cologne, Federal Republic Germany, l986-87;
general manager, Hotel Ambassador Berlin, l987-88;
president's representative, Neptune Computer GmbH, Wimsheim-Stuttgart, Federal Republic Germany, 1989-1990;
director rms division, Heathrow Penta Hotel, London, 1990;
director rms division, Cable Beach Club, Broome, Western Australia, since 1990. Owner, manager Akonsult, Berlin, 1983-1988. Owner Uonsul Air Svc., Berlin and Alice Springs, since 1985.
Honorary judge Industrial Tribunal, Berlin, 1985-1989. Apprentice examiner Berlin Chamber of Commerce, since 1981.
Member Hotel Sales and Marketing Association, Skal Amical du Tourisme (board directors l982), Businessmen's Club Berlin, Gymnasium Steglitz Old Boys Club.