In this week’s LATTE one-on-one interview, we speak exclusively with the CEO of AccorHotels Asia-Pacific, Michael Issenberg. Issenberg’s full-time hospitality career spans more than three decades and began in 1981 at the Westin St Francis Hotel in San Francisco. He has held senior positions across hotel management and property investment including Director of Development for Merlin Properties and was the CEO of Mirvac Hotels, a brand which joined the AccorHotels portfolio in late 2011.

SO Auckland brings new, audacious and stylish experiences to downtown Auckland and as a result, it is set to become a popular hangout for locals.

Including new European addresses in Berlin, St Petersburg and Vienna, and the brand’s first hotel in the southern hemisphere in Auckland, New Zealand.