Business journalist covering exceptional hotels, hospitality trends and the entrepreneurs behind them.
Business journalist covering exceptional hotels, hospitality trends and the entrepreneurs behind them.

Katharina Kotrba is a business journalist covering the startup world & luxury travel industry. Her stories appear on Business Insider, Falstaff Travel (DACH) and Forbes (global reach). Kotrba holds a Master of Science degree in Journalism from Columbia University and speaks German, English and Czech.



















Kat interviews industry leaders, founders, and CEOs to discover what makes a property or brand work.
Is it the business model, the operator's motivation, or something else entirely?
Kat looks for the "why" and "how" behind each success story.
And she loves complicated topics.
Let her illustrate why biohacking tools in longevity treatments are booming, or why an Austrian VC crossed the billion-dollar mark in assets under management.
Her readership consists of Forbes readers, investors, hospitality executives, tourism boards, and travelers deciding where to spend their money on their next vacation.


