Xpat Interview Two: Thomas M. Fischer, Now Former GM Corinthia Hotel Budapest

  • 14 May 2012 12:00 PM
Xpat Interview Two: Thomas M. Fischer, Now Former GM Corinthia Hotel Budapest
What’s been happening at work and at home since your first Xpat Interview?

Click here to read his first interview

At work we got used to one another and at home we settled in rather quickly and well

2. On a scale of 1 to 10 how happy are you with your life in Hungary, and why?
8 as this town has got almost everything to offer

3. What’s the best party you’ve been to while in Hungary, and why?
The welcome party the team here at the Royal set-up for me

4. What’s your favourite drink?
Still cold Bavarian beer

5. What hidden talents do you have?
Do I?

6. What was the most interesting travel trip you have ever taken?
Discover Hungary in the first 2 months after arriving without a word of Hungarian, a real experience

7. If you were given a wish that could come true, what would you ask for?
A trip to Munich (my hometown) with a return ticket to Budapest

8. What’s the last book you read, and movie you watched?
Book: The man from Beijing (Henning Mankell). Movie: Avatar

9. If someone wrote a biography about you, what would the title be?
A hotelier from Munich on an international mission

10. What is the perfect pizza toppings combination for you?
Once you tried Dominos Pepperoni Pizza that’s all you ever want

11. If you could trade places with any other person for a week, real or fictional, with whom would it be?
I would become a criminal defence lawyer

12. On a scale of 1 to 10 how unusual are you, and why?
Unusual enough to reply to unusual questions J

13. What’s the best website you’ve ever visited, and why?
I love YouTube

14. Who do you admire the most, and why?
My father for everything he achieved

15. What do you like best and least about living in Hungary?
Best: Still so much to explore and learn. Least: The current negative image the country seems to have abroad for the time being

16. What has made the biggest impact on your life so far, and why?
All international assignments I could experience and the people and cultures I was able to meet

17. If you won USD 30 million, what would you do with the money?
Share it with my family and become a partner in the business I am managing

18. If your life had a theme song, what would it be?
Definitely not only one, life is changing constantly

19. If you could live anywhere in the world, where would you choose?
Back to the roots… Munich

20. In ten years from now what will you be doing?
Hopefully still something that I am enjoying

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