'Guenter is the picture-perfect hotelier. His passion and love for hotel products is his daily dose of motivation,' said Chris Prelog, Windstar’s vp fleet operations. 'He is an accomplished leader and role model who will help us to evaluate, enhance and elevate the very good Windstar guest experience and help progress our product and service delivery to the next level.'
Prelog added that Windstar intends to excel in delivering luxury and customization.
Steinbrunner is responsible for overseeing all aspects of shipboard product delivery on Windstar’s six yachts including standards, procedures, enhancements, efficiencies and innovations as well as the leadership, training, coaching and collective performance of the hotel management team.
Previously with Seabourn, Steinbrunner spent eight years at sea as hotel director, then held a key leadership role on the newbuild product development team ashore before overseeing the line’s ultra-deluxe vessels as corporate hotel director.
Steinbrunner was instrumental in designing the guest experience in conjunction with the roll-out of the line’s Odyssey-class ships. He's familiar with the three new-to-Windstar all-suite yachts that joined the fleet in 2014 and 2015, and his experience with Windstar dates back to his early career as Steinbrunner was instrumental in the launch of the three original Windstar sail ships in the late 1980s.
He began his career in cruise management in 1998 working for Premier Cruise Lines. Before that he worked in various roles on board vessels and at elite hotels and restaurants in Switzerland, England, Austria and the United States. He studied management at Cornell Institute and was trained as a chef and service professional in his home country of Austria.
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