About

Hospitality operator and consultant.

A decade across luxury hotels, large-scale catering, and independent F&B, now helping operators run better with the right tools and the right systems.

Portrait of Samuel Vaugoyeau

I'm Samuel Vaugoyeau, a French hospitality operator and consultant based in Berlin. I've spent 10 years working across luxury hotels, international airline catering, and independent F&B, from Accor MGallery resorts in Vietnam and Versailles, to managing multi-site operations across Europe for Newrest, one of the world's largest catering groups.

Today I run L'Apéro Bar in Berlin, and I consult independently for hospitality businesses ready to operate smarter. I work with hotels, restaurants, and tourism businesses, in French and English, fully remote.

I build the systems I sell. The same tools I use daily at L'Apéro, staff scheduling, content engine, accounting agent, custom dashboard, are the same ones I help my clients implement. Custom-built with Claude and N8N, owned by the operator, not rented from a SaaS vendor.

MBA & Bachelor, École de Savignac (top French hospitality school).

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Experience

2025, present
Founder & Manager
L'Apéro Bar Berlin, French wine bar, Kreuzberg

Built the project from the ground up: concept, opening, daily operations. Hiring, supplier sourcing, P&L, marketing, and the systems that keep it running.

2023, 2025
Unit Manager Berlin
Newrest, airline catering, multi-site operations

Ran the Berlin unit end-to-end: production, logistics, food safety, team management. Owned the P&L and worked daily with airline clients on service delivery.

2022, 2023
Operations Manager Germany
Newrest

Coordinated operations across multiple German sites. Focused on standardising processes, cost control, and improving margins across the country perimeter.

2022
Key Account Manager Berlin
Newrest

Main point of contact for airline accounts at Berlin airport. Daily client relationships, contract follow-up, and operational coordination.

2021, 2022
Customer Service Manager Croatia
Newrest

Managed seasonal operations on the Croatian coast: high-volume turnover, multilingual teams, and adapting service to a fast-changing summer demand.

2020, 2021
Assistant General Manager
Le Louis Versailles Château, MGallery / Accor

Worked across all departments of a 5-star property: front office, F&B, housekeeping, revenue. Learned how a luxury hotel actually runs day to day.

2019
Assistant F&B Manager
La Veranda Resort Phu Quoc, MGallery / Accor

First international experience in luxury hospitality. Supported the F&B team across restaurants, bars, and events. Foundations of guest experience.

Education

MBA, International Hospitality Management

École de Savignac, France, top-ranked French hospitality school.

Bachelor, Hospitality Management

École de Savignac, France.

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