Seazen Team

Andrin Willi is a gastronomy expert, federally certified hotelier-restaurateur (HF SHL), independent content creator and epicurean consultant. He works at the focal point of marketing and hospitality. The experienced radio personality also works for the SRF1 program “A Point” and is the host and producer of the igeho podcast “Hosting the Hosts”. As former managing director and editor-in-chief of industry-relevant trade magazines such as marmite and Salz&Pfeffer, as well as editorial director of Vinum magazine, he has been able to build up an extensive network in the hospitality industry over the past 20 years of his journalistic career. Willi is the author of various books, a presenter, program director and a convinced pleasure activist. As an epicurean consultant and board member, he advises major companies, hotels and restaurateurs.

Dani Hofstetter surprises with a wide variety of facets. The nutritionist completed his studies at the ETH parallel to his professional career as a triathlete. The highlight of this time was definitely his long-distance world championship title. The combination of his academic roots and sporting ambitions ultimately led him into entrepreneurship. The self-employed nutritionist is a leading sports nutrition expert and helps individual athletes, teams and companies to improve their health and performance in the long term. For Seazen, Dani reports from places where people work hard, sweat and sometimes doubt their own sanity before relaxing and enjoying a well-earned treat.

Ela Dollinger is an experienced expert in marketing, sales and PR. She joined Seazen in January 2022 as a project manager and key account manager and visits exciting hotels as an author for the Seazen Hotel Selection. Previously, she worked for over six years at Bawa Tours & Travel GmbH in the areas of marketing, social media and product development. Prior to that, she held various positions in the marketing industry, including her time at Vinted and Kempinski Hotels.

A fulfilled life is one that keeps moving, that is Gordana's motto in life. She considers roots to be overrated, preferring to discover new places and a new self in them.
Her passion for language, people and media was bound to lead her to Seazen sooner or later.

With more than twenty years of media experience, including as former Publishing Manager at Red Bull Mediahouse and Head of Sales at Axel Springer, Gordana has acquired in-depth knowledge of traditional and modern publishing and has also built up a network of authors, photographers, advertising partners and agencies. As co-founder and publishing director, Seazen is more than just a job for her; it is a vocation, fulfillment and challenge all rolled into one. And pure pleasure.

The globetrotter gene is firmly anchored in her DNA, and she considers freedom to travel to be her most valuable asset. After studying languages, she turned her passion for exploring foreign cultures into her profession. For Seazen, Nela prefers to report beyond the clichés: be it about Colombian artists, Cuban architecture or the magic of the Mexican jungle, always up close and authentic.

Djamel M'Rad has been working as a designer in various disciplines for over 20 years: Brand Design, Illustration, Photography, Graphic Design, UI/UX Design, 3D and Motion Design. He has worked for renowned companies and brands worldwide. Back in the late 90s, almost at the birth of the internet, Djamel designed sophisticated websites and animations and won numerous international design awards with his work. Digital music production was also an early part of his creative work.

In his current position as Creative Director, the co-founder is responsible for the appearance of the brand. His creative expertise also extends to editorial design and the development of podcasts and websites, for which he is responsible for the design and visual design.

Karl Wild is the founder of the Swiss hotel rating, which has been published in the SonntagsZeitung for 25 years under the title “The 125 best hotels in Switzerland”. Weber Verlag, Thun, publishes the rating in book form. Wild also travels the world for a global alliance of luxury hotels and is regarded as the leading Swiss hotel tester. He was engaged by the initiators of the new book “The 101 Best Hotels in Germany” as a consultant and spiritus rector. Wild is originally a business journalist and has written four biographies, all of which have become non-fiction bestsellers.

“Go out into the world. It's more fantastic than any dream.” This bon mot from Ray Bradbury had a lasting impact on Christoph from an early age, and so it was only natural for him to pursue a career in travel. He completed his apprenticeship at a well-known travel agency in Aarau. After further positions at home and abroad, he spent no less than 30 years in leading positions at a large Swiss travel company. In 2025, he is completely reorienting himself and supporting SEAZEN with his extensive network in tourism.
Christoph is particularly fond of Australia and Southern Africa – especially South Africa and Namibia. He is fascinated by cruises and has already discovered the world on board many ships. However, his absolute passion is Nepal, where he continues the life's work of his mentor as a volunteer member of the board of trustees of the “Namaste” aid organization. The aid organization supports around 200 schoolchildren in need and an orphanage in Kathmandu.

Christoph still has his roots in Aargau and lives there. However, he has found a second beautiful home in southern Alsace, where his partner lives. To clear his head, Christoph gets on his mountain bike and explores the trails in the surrounding area and further afield. His top recommendation: the Italian Maremma, where sport and “Italianità” can be perfectly combined.

From 1980 to 1990, Garms was a writer for the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, Frankfurter Rundschau, Weltwoche, Stern, Bunte, Playboy and ZDF. In 1990, he worked as head of reports and interviews at Playboy. He was editor-in-chief of Prinz in 1992 and founded Fit for fun in 1993. He also founded Men's Health in 1995.
Garms was Managing Editor of Men's Health and Runner's World and founding Editor-in-Chief of Modern Living in 1998. His other editor-in-chief positions are from 2001 to 2003 at WELT am SONNTAG, from 2003 to 2009 at Hörzu and from 2005 to 2009 he became the editor-in-chief responsible for Hörzu, Funk Uhr, TVneu, Bildwoche. In 2009, Garms became Vice President of “Business Development” Axel Springer International and in 2010 became an independent publicist and media entrepreneur.
2011 Garms was Managing Director Corporate Media Axel Springer Schweiz AG. From 2012 to 2015, Garms was a member of the Management Board of Axel Springer Schweiz AG and Managing Director Business Media and Managing Director Corporate Media of Axel Springer Schweiz AG. As editor-in-chief of Hörzu, Garms sat on the jury for the Golden Camera awards.

For Seazen, Thomas Garms writes about the most exclusive travel destinations and hotels, mobility and luxury goods.

Stefan Barth has been a professional voice-over artist for almost 30 years.
He is often one of the voices in documentaries on arte, National Geographic TV, Pro7maxx, Planet TV and many more.
He can also be heard in radio and television commercials and advertising films. Stefan prefers to speak audio books, radio plays, video games and also dubbing roles in TV series and films. And depending on the character, sometimes serious, sometimes funny, sometimes mystical or with a twinkle in his eye.

You can also listen to Stefan Barth on the Seazen Travel Podcast channels: Spotify, Apple Podcast and Amazon Audible. There he tells us the most exciting travel stories of our authors every two weeks.

Manu is a freelance copywriter and yoga teacher in Vienna. Born in Austria, she has worked for various advertising agencies and media groups in recent years, mainly in Germany. She loves developing ideas, giving new impulses and, above all, writing creatively. And as an absolute travel fan, she now also does this on a freelance basis for seazentravel.com. When she is not busy with letters or her next trip, she is out in nature with her husky mongrel “Rocket”, hiking in the mountains, on her yoga mat or sitting somewhere in the sun with a good coffee and enjoying “La Dolce Vita”.

Most of the time, Othmar Küng is actually a co-author: as a brand consultant, he helps others to tell their stories and at home he also only writes children's songs under the strict supervision of his family. He often travels in his head - or a few stops on the streetcar - rather than to faraway countries. But it was precisely this that was qualification enough for the seazen makers to occasionally let the man loose in the real world and read about him and how he copes with everyday life. And so Othmar Küng finally became an author.

Beat Schoch has a degree in business administration from the HSG and has worked in the media industry in Switzerland and abroad for over 30 years. Between 2004 and 2013, he was responsible for the publishing house of Golf & Country and managed the associated online portal. He is the founder of GOLFHOME.CH. Beat Schoch also reports on golf events and golf destinations for Seazen, allowing him to pass on his passion for golf and his extensive expertise in this area.

Despite her roots in the Tyrolean mountains and a residence in Cape Town, Christina Leitner is constantly on the move thanks to her irrepressible desire to travel and explore. As a “copywriter on duty”, she always has her home office with her and quickly feels at home anywhere in the world thanks to her extensive international network. Digital nomadism meets cultural and culinary interest paired with a love of the unknown, so the balancing act between intensive projects and work-life balance is not too great. Conveniently, Christina is also a trained photographer with her own unique perspective, enabling her to capture destinations around the globe in words and pictures.

“Can't we solve this more elegantly?” Daniel Reichenbach is a source of inspiration. As an author, photographer and commercial filmmaker, he has been composing texts and images that get under your skin for over 40 years, skillfully playing the keyboard of the latest technologies.
He learned his craft at the journalism and film studio Büro Cortesi in Biel. He later co-owned two commissioned film productions and won prestigious awards for his work (EDI Best Camera/Galaxy Award New York/Golden Dolphin, Cannes Corporate & TV Awards and many more)
Since 2020, he has been devoting more time to writing and photography, working alongside SEAZEN for various clients in the fields of tourism, gastronomy, watches, technology and the environment.

Founder of Olympia Media Group and global media representative of Seazen.

Roddy is a media professional with over 20 years of experience in London, New York and Geneva. He has worked at the New York Times and Business Insider, where he played a central role in driving growth and international expansion. In 2020, he founded Olympia Media Group, which provides publishing and brand consultancy and representation services globally. His expertise includes business development, media strategy, innovation and audience engagement.

Carina Rembold has worked in various hotels and tourist destinations around the world - she knows hotel life from the ground up. She has been working as a freelancer for several years, advising sustainable companies on marketing and PR, moderating events on the side and has now found a new home for her creative writing: Seazen.
With the hotel connoisseur, Seazen gets a dedicated and inspiring reporter who also likes to peek behind the scenes for a deeper impression.

As a child of German immigrants to the United States, Uli Maybach was confronted early on with frequent travel between the old and new worlds. Back then, he was interested in traces of history; his journeys of discovery took him from ancient Greece, Rome and English Cornwall to the Valley Forge of the Civil War. Today he is more likely to be found in nature, for example trekking in the African Ruwenzori, the headwaters of the Nile, heli-skiing in the Alaskan Tordrillos, camping around the hot springs in the Sierra Nevada. He also spends the night in a cave house in Cappadocia, or simply goes for a week's leisurely walk on the Camino de Santiago. In short: wherever there is something extraordinary to experience, Uli Maybach is there or plans to be in the near future.

His work with the new generation luxury car brand Mercedes-Maybach, enriches his travel experiences with exclusive events around the world, for example at the Hotel du Cap during the Cannes Film Festival, or in Pebble Beach at the presentation of new vehicles. Uli Maybach publishes his unique experiences exclusively on seazentravel.com and in the bookazines of Seazen Verlag.

Aurii has been a professional voice actress for several years. She voices radio plays, audio books, documentaries and commercials. In addition to her profession as a voice-over artist, she also makes music and sings. She likes to travel and travels to different cities for her jobs, but she also enjoys working in her own studio just as much. She loves the variety in her job and enjoys slipping into new roles.

On the Seazen Travel podcast channels, Aurii reads the most exciting travel stories of our authors.

In her editorial office for travel, tourism and golf, Elsa-Maria Honecker serves pretty much all journalistic genres - from specialist tourism topics to travel reports (also for radio and TV), lifestyle, wellness and golf stories to columns and blogs for connoisseurs.
In Seazen, the editor can contribute her entire portfolio of enjoyment topics, exclusive travel and golf destinations worldwide as well as wellness and health topics.

Justin is a freelance photographer from Australia based in Zurich, Switzerland, specializing in travel, portrait and commercial photography. As a young backpacker he traveled the world, always looking for new experiences and adventures that inspired and challenged him. Traveling alone boosted his confidence and helped him develop many new skills, the most important of which was photography.

His curiosity, his spirit of discovery and his search for challenges still characterize Justin and his projects as a professional photographer today. He loves to learn more about people, their cultures and their environment. He is always immersing himself in new worlds and feels equally at home everywhere - in the boardroom of a major international company, in the laboratory of a pharmaceutical company, on a mountain peak or in the remotest corners of the earth.

Brigitte Huggel and her husband Hannes have been part of the editorial team of the former Golf Yearbook since the beginning and continue to write about the most beautiful destinations for Seazen Bookazines. Brigitte is originally an advertising consultant and has worked for more than 30 years in international advertising agencies.

Media Director at Olympia Media and global media representative for Seazen.

Patricia is an experienced international sales and media professional who is passionate about building strong client partnerships, leading teams and developing innovative cross-media opportunities with clients, agencies and media brands worldwide. Patricia spent over 20 years in New York and London representing leading publishers such as the Washington Post, Straits Times Singapore, Inflight Media of Cathay Pacific, Singapore Airlines and Qantas, Asahi Shimbun and FAZ. Most recently, she headed the London office of Axel Springer's Media Impact.

Matthias Reimann is at home in two worlds: after living in Australia for fifteen years, he returned to Europe a few years ago. He is a dual Swiss-Australian citizen and lives with his family in Fricktal, Aargau.

Travel is a recurring theme in his life. Matthias has worked in international tourism for more than thirty-five years, currently as a media spokesman for a Swiss long-haul tour operator. He has explored countless countries and regions of the world on many private and professional trips.

After going back to school and studying journalism as a representative of the over-50s generation, Matthias now loves to write about travel worlds far and near. As a door to the world, writing is a matter close to his heart. He already liked grammar and spelling when he was at school. However, he believes that six out of five journalists cannot write correctly.

Matthias is a long-distance swimmer. When he's not crossing a lake, he loves cooking for friends. But the kitchen has to be tidy, so his larder is like a starting line-up for a football team. He is also a coffee drinker. For him, starting a day without coffee is like missing a penalty kick.

After studying literature, medieval studies and philosophy, Thomas completed his doctorate in 2000 on Carl Friedrich von Rumohr's Geist der Kochkunst and subsequently developed freelance exhibition formats for the Deutsches Museum in Munich and the Museums for Post and Telecommunications in Berlin and Frankfurt, among others. At the same time, he worked for several years as a restaurant inspector for a leading German gastro guide and published numerous reports and background stories with a culinary focus. The anthology he edited, "The Secret of Taste", was awarded a silver medal by the GAD. Together with the Tyrolean 2* chef Simon Taxacher, he wrote a cookbook. In addition to gastronomy, his second great passion is traveling. Thomas regularly writes about his experiences in renowned magazines. He is particularly passionate about Asia and the interplay between cuisine and culture.

Bettina is a passionate traveler and tourism expert. With a deep-rooted passion for discovery and a Bachelor's degree in Tourism and Leisure Management, she skillfully combines her extensive knowledge with a penchant for exploring new horizons. Through her enthusiasm and expertise, she aims to transport our readers to faraway lands through her stories, ignite their wanderlust and share her personal encounters and experience with them.

The author has spent a considerable part of her life abroad, which has given her a wide range of travel experiences. She has roamed the vastness of Australia and enriched her academic career in the Netherlands with internships in Thailand and Indonesia. These international experiences have not only given her an open-minded view of the world, but also heightened her awareness of the nuances of travel.

Bettina loves to write for Seazen about the beauty that lies hidden in the world, both big and small. Her travels take her to diverse destinations and hotels full of character. She weaves her impressions into lively stories and invites readers to be inspired by the wonders of our world.