Executive Profile
Wednesday, May 1, 1996
Name: Hans A. Altenhoff
Age: 55
Position: General manager, Princeville Hotel
First job: Hotel apprentice, Zurich
Favorite pastimes: Water sports, tennis
"My family and I vacationed at Princeville last year, and realized that this was truly a special place," said Altenhoff, Princeville Hotel's general manager.
He came to Kauai in March from California where he managed the Sheraton Cerritos Hotel near Los Angeles. Altenhoff was named ITT Sheraton North American Division general manager of the year for 1995. He joined Sheraton in 1986 and worked in hotels at Washington D.C. and Connecticut.
Resort work was a natural move from his 16 years in the restaurant business. Altenhoff managed a five-restaurant concession at the Expo '67 in Montreal and developed the Swiss Centre Restaurants and the Cadillac Bar in Manhattan.