Dual Role as CFO of Hotel Division and Member of the Management Board of Aldiana GmbH
Effective April 1, 2025, Sebastian Spratte will be appointed Chief Financial Officer of the DERTOUR Group Hotel Division. Additionally, he will become a member of the Aldiana management team, succeeding Max-Peter Droll, who will take over the role as Senior Advisor Hotels & Resorts. In this dual role, Spratte will report directly to Karl J. Pojer, CEO of the DERTOUR Group Hotel Division.
In addition to his role as CFO of the Hotel Division, Sebastian Spratte will be appointed to the management board of Aldiana GmbH. Together with Andreas Pospiech, Managing Director of Aldiana GmbH, Spratte will drive the strategic development of the club brand. Aldiana GmbH is a tour operator and hotel operator of ten club resorts in popular travel destinations including Egypt, Austria, Spain, Tanzania, Türkiye, and Tunisia.
“The Hotel Division is a key growth driver within the DERTOUR Group. We are strongly focused on expanding our portfolio in a sustainable manner. We see significant growth potential for our club brand Aldiana in the coming years. Sebastian Spratte knows the Group very well and has extensive and deep financial knowledge. This is the perfect combination to implement the ambitious growth plans for our Hotel Division,” explains Karl J. Pojer, CEO of the DERTOUR Group Hotel Division.
Sebastian Spratte has over 20 years of experience within the DERTOUR Group. After successfully completing his studies, he began his career at DERTOUR Group as a trainee in finance and accounting. This was followed by positions as head of departments in investment accounting and balance sheets & taxes. In 2016, Spratte was promoted to Director Group Reporting. Since the end of 2021, he has been Senior Vice President for Group Finance, playing a key role in the latest acquisitions – most recently focusing on the acquisition of Aldiana and the associated property purchases.
In 2022, the DERTOUR Group fully acquired the Aldiana Group. Since then, the foundations for further expansion of the premium brand have been laid: new clubs include the Aldiana Club Side Beach in Türkiye, the Aldiana Club Zanzibar Kwanza in Zanzibar, the Aldiana Club Schlanitzen Alm in Austria, the Aldiana Club Naga Bay in Egypt, as well as the Aldiana Club Rocca Nettuno Calabria in Italy, which will open in the summer.
Additionally, the DERTOUR Group invested in hotel ownership, acquiring the Aldiana Club Ampflwang in Austria in 2023, the Aldiana Club Fuerteventura on the popular Canary Island, as well as the Aldiana Club Andalusia on the Spanish mainland and the Aldiana Club Rocca Nettuno in Italy in 2024.
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Background
Aldiana GmbH is tour operator and hotel operator of currently ten club resorts in the popular holiday destinations Egypt, Austria, Spain, Tansania, Türkiye and Tunisia. In addition to an extensive culinary programme and a high level of service, Aldiana offers its guests a variety of possibilities to spend their holiday. This includes numerous sports and Welldiana offers as well as various entertainment programmes throughout the day. Further highlights are events on the topic of sport, pleasure and music. Owner of the club holiday operator is DERTOUR Hotels & Resorts GmbH, a company of the REWE Group’s travel division, which holds 100 per cent of Aldiana GmbH.
DERTOUR Group has its head office in Cologne, Germany, and is REWE Group’s travel and tourism division. As one of Europe’s leading travel groups, DERTOUR Group encompasses more than 130 companies and employs over 10,000 people in 16 European countries. Every year, millions of guests travel with one of the Group’s tour operators or specialists. DERTOUR Group includes tour operators such as DERTOUR, ITS, Meiers Weltreisen, Kuoni, Helvetic Tours, ITS Coop Travel, Billa Reisen, Koning Aap, Apollo, Exim Tours and Fischer, as well as around 2,000 travel agencies (such as DERTOUR, DERPART, Kuoni, Exim, and Fischer, plus franchises and partners), the hotel brands Sentido, Aldiana, and ananea and the online travel agency Prijsvrij Vakanties. The DERTOUR Group also offers on-site support: The company runs an agency network with 71 offices in 31 travel destinations. The staff in the destination agencies assist the guests of the DERTOUR Group from their arrival at their holiday destination until their departure. For more information, go to www.dertour-group.com.