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Seven
Stars and Stripes®
ABOUT US |
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About Our Seven Stars and Stripes Team and the
International Advisory Board, on the right. These carefully chosen distinctive
board members are a global network of experts who have agreed to give the Seven
Stars and Stripes Foundation meaningful input on a regular basis in many
different areas, including organizational development, policy, and they may
suggest establishments that deserve the outmost recognition. Their abilities,
experience, and knowledge represents the vision of the ultimate global
recognition, Seven Stars and Stripes. The Board advises in all affairs;
sometimes questions will be directed at the whole group, sometimes individuals
are consulted. They share an active dialog with the management of Seven Stars
and Stripes. They are chosen not as a ‘list of highly recognizable
names’, but as a group of people that the Seven Stars and Stripes teams
interacts and consults; we will engage independent consultants to assist in the
evaluation of specific issues concerning the industry. |
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Thorsten Buehrmann is the
President and Founder of Seven Stars and Stripes®, Inc. The world traveler
and global entrepreneur is an expert in multi-cultural marketing, global market
development, studied IT and worked in the field of luxury hospitality after his
honorable discharge as naval officer. Mr. Buehrmann is considered as a true
gentleman and gourmet. Luxury establishments around the world trust and highly
respect his expertise. |
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His photo-journalistic review
style is easily recognizable, syndicated and prominently featured in the book
collection edition of Seven Stars and Stripes® and affluent magazines. He
is fluent in English and German. With 20 years of continuous education and
studies, this distinctive gentleman still finds the time to enjoy his favorite
hobbies, scuba diving and photography. |
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John Lomitola Vice President
of Seven Stars and Stripes, Inc.; a syndicated journalist with an award winning
smile is the Executive Editor-in-Chief, Wine and Culinary Ambassador, who has
published many reviews and ratings in his own distinct, eloquent and refined
style.
At times living in Austria, Italy, Japan and several states in
the US, Mr Lomitola became enamored with global taste. |
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While attending school in diverse
locations around the world, Mr Lomitola was fortunate to meet various people of
different ethnicities, traditions and backgrounds and developed friendships
while at the same time laying a firm foundation for a life of travel, adventure
and culinary appreciation. John & his wife Phyllis Lomitola are traveling
with a special emphasis placed on visiting some of the finest resorts with the
best locations coupled with outstanding cuisines, wines and products. During
the course of the last few years, John became involved with the company that
would come to challenge the current accepted methods of judging and ratifying
lifestyle products and services for the benefit of the public. John has
dedicated himself to traveling the globe in search of the finest that life has
to offer. |
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Ingrid Lemme, celebrated and
adored by her fans, wrote the script for her talk show American Dream® and
produced the show herself until she was discovered by a commercial TV station a
decade ago. The award-winning American Dream Show (filmed at Gurney's Inn in
the Hamptons, NY) is aired prime time to 5 million households on Hamptons
TV® WVVH and watched throughout New York, New Jersey and Westchester.
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Viewers world-wide are watching
Hamptons TV and the American Dreams Show in real-time by logging on to
www.HamptonsTV.com. and
on Time Warner's new Video On Demand Channel 1111. Marketing expert Ingrid
Lemme and her team were essential in the development of the Seven Stars global
marketing strategy and she is part of the original founders board. |
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Barry Kay, Executive Vice
President of Seven Stars and Stripes Inc. is a consummate entrepreneur,
investor, developer and writer. Over the past 25 years, Kay has been the CEO
and creator of five unique and diverse businesses involved in consumer &
hospitality products and services that are today globally recognized. |
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Kay began his writing career in
college and rekindled his passion for journalism in recent years by creating
and becoming the Editor in Chief of ‘Drive Time’ . He acts as a
Contributing editor for ‘Boulevard magazine’ one of the fastest
growing and most popular Life Style magazines on Long Island and New York.
Kay’s luxury lifestyle columns encompass hotel and restaurant reviews as
well as interviews with nationally knowned VIPs and are read in print by over
100,000 of the most affluent readers on Long Island and New York City, besides
millions or readers online world-wide. Barry Kay and his wife Rita are proud
parents of two successful businessmen Brian and Bradley, and grandparents to
five grandchildren. Both Kays’ are very civic minded and involved in
working for the betterment of their communities and fellow man. Rita Kay has
spent the past 28 years fundraising pro-bono, for Children’s Medical Fund
of NY the major fund raising arm for Schneider Children’s Hospital of the
North Shore/LIJ Health System. She has received many honors for her outstanding
commitment to children’s and women’s causes as well as having her
philanthropic achievements read into the Congressional Record by Congresswoman
Carolyn McCarthy. Two years ago she was chosen to be the Executive Director of
Children's Medical Fund. |
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The Advisory
Board - People
of integrity, values and taste.
 Walter Staib
Trustee of
the Culinary Institute of America, Les Amis d`Escoffier Society,
Inc.
David Benton
General
Manager, Entrepreneur
Marc
Bauer
Master
Chef, The French Culinary Institute
Eric
Weiss
President Service Arts New
York
Kurt Scheller
The Cordon Noir Gourmet Club, Cercle des Chefs de Cuisine Bern (Switzerland), Toques Blanches International
Pascal Clair
Production Director Dellisse Chocolatier, Dubai -
U.A.E.
George Hirsch
Executive Chef, Author and National TVHost 'George
Hirsch LIving it UP!'
Vincent P.
Michaels
CEO VPM Hospitality, Inc.
Steve
Haweeli
President Wordhampton
Phil
Lempert
NBC-Today, WOR, Consumer Advocate
Denise
Kasell
Director, Hamptons International Film
Festival
Bruce
Northam
American Detour, National Geographic
Traveler
Dan Rattiner
Editor in Chief Dan’s Papers, Dan’s Magazine,
Professor
Paul
Sladkus
President Good News
Broadcast
Lori Stokes
ABC, Good Morning
America
Angela Susan Anton
CEO &
Publisher of the Anton Community Newspapers
Nasser Samman
GM Garden City
Hotel
Gillis and George Poll
Entrepreneurs and Restaurateurs
Heinz Winkler
Celebrity Chef & Restaurateur
Martn Schneck
GM Fairplay Golf Hotel & Spa
Ming
W. Teh
Spa & Asia Expert
Albert
Stienissen
Marketing & Asia
Expert
Sjefke
Jansen
GM The Oberoi Mauritius
Bernhard
Loew
GM and Reginoal Director Schlossle
Group
Wolfgang
Fischer
Executive Chef Emirates Palace,
U.A.E.
Paolo Sanavia
GM Hotel Giardino di Costanza - Sicily - Italy |
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Barry was and is a world traveler and this love
of different cultures, world class cuisine and fine wines, led him to his
affiliation with Seven Stars and Stripes. Kay is devoting his energies and
marketing talents to making Seven Stars and Stripes a household name in the
U.S. |
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Bernd Deyerler is Vice President of
Research & Global Market Coordinator for Seven Stars and Stripes, Inc. and
one of the original founders. Our intellectual, instinctual logical and
soft-spoken colleague is a 'Global Coordinator' by training. A retired naval
officer, Bernd is a certified marine engineer and officer; he guarantees that
the Seven Stars & Stripes team schedules work to the T.
Bernd
Deyerler who was born near the historic city of Heidelberg, Germany is an
expert in managing national and international projects and is at home in the
finest hotels and resorts of the world. |
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Multi-lingual Deyerler is a discriminating
connoisseur and an epicure in fine dining. His hobbies are diving (preferably
in exotic places), tennis, photography and a good book. He is father of two
adult children; his son is a young inspiring attorney and his daughter is a
dedicated teacher. Bernd Deyerler is man of politeness and honor; an officer
and a gentleman. His writing style is eclectic, utmost elegant, and easily
recognizable. |
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Neli Yordanova is Director for Global
Market Development for Seven Stars and Stripes, Inc. Miss Yordanova has joined
the Seven Stars and Stripes team after studies in International Business
Management in her native Bulgaria. Neli uses her passion for analyzing and
implementing business management in our daily operations, and her expertise in
global time management helps the team to avoid unnecessary downtime. Going
beyond market solutions, Miss Yordanova helps to ensure the continued
availability of Seven Stars and Stripes teams to their worldwide
clients.
Neli comes from a family of entrepreneurs and is definitely a
self-starter. The native Bulgarian was recently married, lives most of the time
on the East Coast of the United States, and is fluent in English and
Bulgarian. |
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Neli is a people person; she loves traveling,
her cat Porter, sushi, and her husband Nick. Her favorite hobbies are
exercising, the beach and riding her moped. |
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Bruce Northam is an advisory board member
and a full-time travel journalist par excellence. The most charming and
handsome gentlemen and founder of American Detour
www.AmericanDetour.com won two bronze awards for two
magazine articles in the 19th Annual Lowell Thomas Travel Journalism
Competition held by the
Society of
American Travel Writers Foundation - Awards for Work Published in 2002-2003
in 14 categories, the competition was judged by the University of Missouri
School of Journalism.
Not quite a Pulitzer, but this competition
celebrates the highest honors in travel writing. |
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Most of the magazine awards went to Travel
& Leisure and National Geographic Traveler. His third book "Globetrotter
Dogma: 100 canons for escaping the rat race & exploring the world" (June
02) is in fourth printing. Bruce Northam contributes to National Geographic
Traveler and gives animated presentations about freestyle travel nationwide.
The handsome globe trotter is also the writer-at-large for the distinctive Blue
Magazine and has contributed to the famous Chicken Soup for the Soul
series.Bruce is the travel columnist for The Improper Magazine, a Long Island
publication that reaches Manhattanites as well as 200,000 discerning readers
from New York City. His first two books, “In Search of Adventure: A Wild
Travel Anthology” (1999) and “The Frugal Globetrotter” (1996)
also continue to sell is astounding numbers. Bruce Northam was awarded
“American Dream” Author of the Year, 2003 and reviews for Seven Stars
& Stripes on his travels the finest the globe has to offer. |
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Rolf Staehler, author and syndicated
journalist. This distinguished entrepreneur, whose business expertise is highly
respected by start-up and Fortune 500 corporations all over the world, received
an extensive education in luxuries of life. Rolf has earned a diploma in Aachen
- Germany but it is his travels around the globe that have shaped this
intellectual, professional and soft-spoken gentlemen.
Rolf Staehler's
articles are published in books and magazines world wide. Multilingual Rolf
Staehler who has lived in France, Germany and Scandinavia is especially fond of
fine French cuisine. |
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His deep instinctual expertise and knowledge of
fine wines and champagnes, is reflected in the selections to be found in his
own wine cellar. Rolf's hobbies are filming, directing and camera; but his most
beloved hobby is golf. |
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Arno Goudschaal is a young, aspiring
photographer and highly creative graphic designer who joined the American Dream
Team at the very beginning. Arno completed a full term apprenticeship in
photography, owns his own photo lab and practices both film and digital
photography. He is highly trained and experienced in IT and IT art and his
images are found in publications, galleries, and fine homes around the
world.
As a world traveler, Goudschaal creates portraits, sea &
landscapes and is a master of photography de cuisine. |
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He loves to catch the 'feelings' of Africa in
his innovative style, but favors the colors and diversity of the US. Arno's art
has won multiple awards in photography and graphics. The young entrepreneur
jogs, dives and loves fine foods, favoring Mediterranean cuisine. |
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Sascha Derschewsky, Photographer. Sascha
discovered his photographic talents and passion for the visual arts about a
decade ago. Since then his photography has become a serious pursuit at a
professional level. His intense, graphic style caught the eye of the Seven
Stars and Stripes team during a recent exhibition and is easily recognizable
through his illustrious close-ups. He brilliantly captures the precise moment
that makes all the difference. Three of his greatest passions in life are
travel, cuisine and photography. Experiencing other cultures, meeting people
from other countries and capturing the beauty of the world in his 'heritage'
vision is his lifelong pursuit. |
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Though originally trained in business
'Information Systems and Technology' he has found his true calling in creative
photography. Sascha is a volunteer of the International Red Cross and also
volunteers as instructor of adolescents of table tennis. Sascha plays tennis,
reads, writes and loves the outdoors. |
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Stefan Deyerler Esq. is the legal advisor
for Seven Stars and Stripes, Inc. concerning our business matters in Europe.
His position as in-house counsel for an international corporation based in
Germany emphasizes his expertise in the areas of national and international
law, particulary with regard to corporate and commercial legal matters.
Stefan graduated from the Faculty of Law at Mannheim University and gained
his second legal state examination in the district of the Higher Regional Court
of Karlsruhe, what makes him a fully qualified German lawyer. After working for
an international firm based in Stuttgart for more than two years, Stefan
Deyerler recently joined the legal department of a holding company at an
international group of companies based in Nuremberg. |
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Stefan got recently married to his wife Maria
and they make their home near Frankfurt, Germany. His favorite hobbies are
ballroom dancing, biking, tennis, sailing and snorkeling. Stefan Deyerler is
also very much interested in politics, history, IT, photography and
traveling. |
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Seven Stars and Stripes, Inc.
243-36 72nd
Avenue - Suite 1A
Douglaston, NY 11362 - USA |
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USA 1.800.7.AWARD.1 |
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USA Phone: +1 631.238.5023 |
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USA Mobile: +1 631.807.6607 |
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USA Fax: +1 631.668.1883 |
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EUROPE Phone:
+49.(0)4421.7479369 |
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EUROPE Mobile:
+49.(0)170.9929911 |
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