a&o Hostels
Phillip Winter has a diverse work experience in various roles and positions. Phillip started their career as an Assistant to Management at DICON Marketing- und Beratungsgesellschaft in 2009. In the same year, they also worked as a FIT Department Trainee at New World Travel. Phillip then joined A&O Hotels & Hostels in 2010 as an Online Sales Manager and later became the Financial Controller. In 2012, Phillip was promoted to Head of Marketing, and in 2017, they assumed the role of Chief Marketing Officer at the same company.
Phillip Winter obtained a Bachelor of Business Administration degree in Finance and Investments from The Berlin School of Economics and Law, between 2006 and 2010. Phillip also obtained a certification in "Reisebürobefähigung für Österreich" from WKO in 2015.
a&o Hostels
a&o Hostels, founded in 1999, has been operating 39 hostels in 23 cities and eight countries (Germany, Austria, the Netherlands, the Czech Republic, Poland, Hungary, Denmark and Italy) since 2000. a&o Hostels is currently Europe's largest independent hostel chain. The a&o Group offers travellers around 28,000 beds, recording more than 5 million overnight stays and generated a turnover of around EUR 165 million in 2019. The chain is currently experiencing growth of over 15 percent p.a., and plans to open more establishments. a&o is a combination of hostel and hotel under one roof. Meeting rooms, breakfast buffet, lobby and bars are available in both categories. The a&o guest mix is varied: backpackers are just as much a part of it as are single travelers, families, school groups and sports clubs. The number of business travelers and senior citizens is also increasing. The company offers vocational training at all its locations. a&o has been awarded 4 stars by QMJ, meets the TÜV "Youth Hostel Quality Standard", and has been awarded the youth travel quality label by Germany's Reisenetz (Association of Youth Travel). For the second year in a row, the a&o Group received the Double A rating by TREUGAST Solutions Group. The chain is actively committed to sports and education, and has been supporting SOS Children's Villages since 2004, the youth teams of 1st FC Union Berlin since 2010, and the youth teams of SK Sturm Graz since 2014.