CEO – Althoff Hotels
Frank Marrenbach was born in the Rhineland and started his career in commercial training at the Steigenberger Parkhotel in Düsseldorf. He then moved to The Berkeley in London, Hôtel de Crillon in Paris and the Steigenberger Frankfurter Hof before arriving at the Federal Government Guesthouse at the Petersberg near Königswinter, where he was named Resident Manager in 1994. In 1997, he started his longstanding relationship with Oetker Collection, entering the Brenners Park-Hotel & Spa in
Baden-Baden, where he was named Managing Director in 2000.
Frank Marrenbach, before becoming CEO of Althoff Hotels, was CEO of Oetker Collection Management Company until 2022. He joined the Executive Committee of The Leading Hotels of the World in 2005 and became Vice Chairman in November 2010. In 2016, the German hotel industry honored him as “Hotelier of the Year”; the following year, The Leading Hotels of the World named him a “Leading Legend”.
With the recent launch of the creative concept of Fritz & Felix Restaurant – Kitchen – Bar at Brenners-Park Hotel & Spa, Frank Marrenbach was named “Gastronomer of the Year” by Gault & Millau.