Event expert - Otto Duranti

Owner and Managing Director of Executive Events

With over 35 years experience in the gastronomy, events and tourism industry, and as a qualified hotelier HF/SHL, it is my passion to create events with precision, creativity and heart.

 

Together with my well-established network, I create events that move people - personally, professionally and with that certain something.

 

Whether it's a business event, an incentive or an anniversary: I am committed to ensuring that your event not only works, but is effective and inspiring.

 

Thanks to my many years of experience in the national and international events and travel market, I know the key factors for success: 

• Efficient planning
• Perfect partners
• Strong locations
• Absolute customer focus

 

Career and experience

• Commercial apprenticeship with Lake Lucerne Navigation Company in Lucerne

• Apprenticeship as chef in the 5* Grand Hotel National Lucerne

• Higher College with diploma from the Swiss Hotelier School Lucerne HF/SHL 

• Further education in hotel management, business management and gastronomy

• National Wine Trade Permit A from the Swiss Wine Engineering School in Wädenswil

• Diploma Studium in Event Management at HSW Lucerne with dissertation "Truffle-Incentive Piemont"

• Further education in Sales and Marketing, Event and Destination Management, Communication and Tourism

   

Previous management positions prior to the foundation in 2005

• National Sales Director Switzerland at ACCOR Hotels Group (Sofitel - Novotel)

• Product Manager Business and MICE Marketing for the Convention Office Lucerne and Central Switzerland at Lucerne Tourism AG

 

Member of national and international wine and gourmet brotherhoods

• Member-Hospes of the European Order of Wine Knights (OEVE)
• Knight-Commander of the Confrérie de la Chaine des Rotisseurs (Oldest international gourmet club in the world)
• Member of Mondial des Gourmet Dégustateur (International Association of gourmet and beverage experts)
• Companion knight (honorary member) of the Gesellschaft zu Reblüten Luzern (Lucerne wine brotherhood)
• Compagnon of the Confrerie du Guillon (Vaud wine brotherhood)
• Offcier-Sabreur of the Confrérie du Sabre d'or (International Champagne brotherhood)