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    Thies Sponholz

    Managing Director & General Manager, The Fontenay Hamburg

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    i. Biography

    Thies Sponholz is the Managing Director and General Manager of The Fontenay in Hamburg, a position he has held since 2015. He previously served as General Manager of Hotel de Rome in Berlin from 2006 to 2014. Earlier in his hospitality career, he held leadership and staff roles across Germany, Switzerland, France, and the United States.

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    • When did Thies Sponholz join The Fontenay?

      He became Managing Director and General Manager of The Fontenay in Hamburg in 2015.

    • Where did Thies Sponholz complete his apprenticeship?

      He trained as an Apprentice Restaurantfachmann at Landhaus Carstens in Timmendorfer Strand.

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