thumbnail, Thomas Mack (2023) Thomas Mack (born January 4, 1981, in Lahr) is a German

restaurateur A restaurateur is a person who opens and runs restaurants professionally. Although over time the term has come to describe any person who owns a restaurant, traditionally it refers to a highly skilled professional who is proficient in all aspec ...

and hotelier of the largest hotel resort in Germany.

Career

As the son of

Roland Mack Roland Mack (born 12 October 1949) is a German entrepreneur. Mack grew up as a son of the entrepreneur Franz Mack, in Waldkirch. In 1975, he became the founder of Europa-Park in Germany. Personal life Mack was born in Freiburg Freiburg i ...

, Thomas Mack joined Europa-Park in Rust as an authorized officer in 2007, and he became managing director gastronomy and marketing in May 2016. He is responsible for the hotels, gastronomy and entertainment at Europa-Park. The first major project at Europa-Park, which Mack played a key role in, was the four-star hotel ''Bell Rock''. The two-star luxury restaurant ''Ammolite - The Lighthouse Restaurant'' (head chef Peter Hagen-Wiest) and the four-star Hotel ''Krønasår'' with 1300 beds were also created under Mack's responsibility. He is also responsible for the development of the adjacent Rulantica water park, which opened in 2019. In 2021, the German publication Handelszeitung reported that Mack was planning a new event catering concept with Eatrenalin, in which food and virtual media were to be combined. The first Eatrenalin restaurant opened in Rust on November 4, 2022.

Personal life

Thomas Mack was born the second son of Roland Mack and Marianne Mack. He has an older brother,

Michael Mack Michael Mack (born December 21, 1978) is a German entrepreneur. Life Mack was born in Freiburg im Breisgau, West Germany. He is the son of Roland Mack and his wife Marianne. He has two siblings, Thomas (born January 4, 1981) and Ann-Kathrin ( ...

, and a younger sister, Ann-Kathrin Mack. They grew up at Europa-Park. Mack attended elementary school in Rust and passed his

Abitur ''Abitur'' (), often shortened colloquially to ''Abi'', is a qualification granted at the end of secondary education in Germany. It is conferred on students who pass their final exams at the end of ISCED 3, usually after twelve or thirteen year ...

at Ettenheim High School. From 2001 to 2006 he studied at the hotel management school in

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. He completed his studies as a certified hotelier. Mack has been married since 2013 and has two children with his wife.

Awards

The Allgemeine Hotel- und Gastronomie-Zeitung published by the dfv media group named Mack “Hotelier of the Year” in 2020. Mack was named "Successful Restaurateur of the Year" at the "Fizzz Awards 2020".

References

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