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Dear Guests,
We are managing our Hotel Villa Schuler, the oldest owner-managed hotel in Sicily, now in the 4th generation, with love and passion.
We could not do this without our wonderful staff. So may we introduce you our team members, most of them with us since many years and each keen on making you feel as comfortable as possible during your stay at Hotel Villa Schuler.
Christine, Gerhard and Andrea Schuler
The Reception
JULIA is our Financial Controller and Head of Reception. She has been very dedicated to the hotel’s fortune since many years now. Being most amiable she has the accuracy and assertiveness needed for her tasks. Her mother is German, her father Sicilian. She speaks Italian, English, German and French.
MARIANGELA joined our reception team in July 2022. With many years of experience as a restaurant manager and assistant event manager in a well-known 5-star hotel in Taormina, she was looking for new professional challenges and found them at Villa Schuler. Mariangela enriches our team with her great friendliness, reliability and balance as well as with her excellent knowledge of English and Spanish.
CLAUDIA joined our reception team in 2018. Born in Taormina, from a German mother and a Sicilian father, she speaks Italian, English, German and French. With a solid ten year experience in 5 star hotels, she carries out her work with passion, seriousness and kindness and always holds her composure, even in demanding situations.
SIMONA started working with us as one of our Receptionist Secretaries with the season 2022. Before joining us, she gained excellent experience in prestigious 5 star hotels. Thanks to her reliable, open and cordial character, combined with a wonderful sense of humour, she perfectly fits into our team. She speaks Italian, English and French and is highly passionate about her profession.
ELENA joined our team in April 2022. Born in Taormina, she grew up in her parents’ hotel business and later managed it for more than 6 years. In the meantime, mother of two small children, she decided to continue her professional career at Villa Schuler. In addition to Italian, she speaks fluent English and German. Her professionalism and her gentle, welcoming manner have inspired the entire team from the very beginning.
GIADA has started learning the profession of receptionist with us since the beginning of the season 2024. Till now she has worked at the reception of the Ancient Theatre in Taormina and in a travel agency. Her sunny mood, her hearty smile, her quick wit and her friendliness, along with a great talent for languages, are the best prerequisites for the job. Giada speaks fluently English and French, good Spanish and is currently improving her German.
The Breakfast team
ROSARIA works at Hotel Villa Schuler since 2006. Cooking has always been her passion, so with the season 2017 she switched from the housekeeping crew to the breakfast kitchen crew. She has been Head of the department since the 2023 season. Born in Sicily she is blessed with a most cheerful character. While working hard she never loses her wonderful camaraderie nor her contagious smile.
EVEGNIYA has been a member of our breakfast service team since the 2024 season. Calm, friendly and professional, she is another strong pillar of our à la carte service. She grew up in the gastronomy business in her parents’ restaurant in Bulgaria, graduated as a tourism manager and worked in various restaurants and hotels in Bulgaria as a food & beverage and restaurant manager. In Sicily since 2018, she speaks English and Italian very well in addition to her mother tongue.
IRENE joined our kitchen team as apprentice in April 2024. She brings joy to work, the necessary inner calm for fast-paced kitchen operations, and has an open heart to learn new things. Though our chef Rosaria no longer needs to teach her how to make the best espresso or cappuccino. She does that with her eyes closed, having previously worked for more than three years in a popular coffee bar and ice cream parlor in Taormina’s Trappitello district.
ROSITA serves breakfast since 2014. Taorminesian to the core and with a great passion for theatre and literature, she has gained valuable experiences in the hospitality industry before joining us. She speaks good English and with her charme and kindness she will brighten up your day from the beginning.
LUCA has joined us since the 2022 season. He recently graduated from the hotel management school „Istituto Professionale Alberghiero Giovanni Falcone» and is now continuing his training here at Villa Schuler in the breakfast and service team. He is gentle, polite and attentive, and immediately won the hearts of his colleagues. Born in Taormina, his mother tongue is Italian. He owes his good English, among others, to his love for English-language music. In his basketball team he plays as «small forward». Versatility and speed are among the special qualities of a «small forward».
Bar, Valet & Night Service
MARCO is responsible for the bar service. He speaks Italian, English and German (which he learned from his German grandma) and is the most passionate cocktail mixer far and wide. Try one of his “Apple Passion” or ask for your personal “Surprise Cocktail”!
GABRIEL is our new valet boy apprentice since March 2024. Despite his young age, he already has some solid experience behind him, having also worked in a 5-star hotel in his hometown of Taormina. In addition to his native Italian, he speaks very good English and a little Brazilian. His calm, yet open and approachable manner impressed us and the entire team from the beginning. In his free-time, he devotes himself to the sport of his choice, Brazilian Ju Jitsu.
LUIGI is our Night Porter since 2001. With his calm and diplomatic approach and his good knowledge of Italian, English and German, he is the one who takes care of all night services. He also serves your breakfast before hours in case of early departure or excursions.
Housekeeping
MARIA is our Head Housekeeper and is responsible for the cleanliness and tidiness of the rooms. She works at Hotel Villa Schuler since 1990. With her patient and gentle character she puts her team into good humor even during the most busy moments.
DANIELA joined our housekeeping team from the 2024 season. She is learning the responsible profession from our head-housekeeper Maria, who has been working at Villa Schuler for more than 30 years. Daniela is diligent, attentive and always friendly. She loves nature and is therefore a perfect member of our eco-certified hotel team. Her free time belongs to her great passion, diving. Trained as a diving instructor, she regularly explores the fantastic underwater world of the Ionian Sea.
MARIA joined the housekeeping team in 2014. With over a decade’s experience at renowned hotels in Taormina and with her smart, diligent and friendly approach she quickly won her collegues‘ hearts and perfectly integrated herself into our team.
CLAUDIA has strengthened our housekeeping team since the 2023 season. She not only has many years of experience in housekeeping, but has also enchanted us all with her kind and low-key nature and her great willingness to work. Last but not least, she inspires us from time to time with her great baking skills, which she gifts us on special occasions.
STEFANIA joined our staff with the beginning of the season 2016. She mainly takes care of our laundry service which is all done in the hotel. With her long-time experience in luxury hotels and her calm and friendly character she matches perfectly our housekeeping crew. She knows that linen dried in the Sicilian sun just smell better.
Housetec & Garden
САРО это наш специалист по техническому обслуживанию и информационным сетям с 2006 года. Он знает каждый технический аспект отеля Villa Schuler в деталях и несет ответственность за поддержание ИТ в отеле. Его девиз «80/20» означает, что 80% технического обслуживания отеля должно быть профилактическим. Он также занимается парковкой автомобилей клиентов и всегда готов оказать Вам помощь в случае возникновения проблем с вашим ПК.
FRANCESCA is our new gardener since the 2022 season, succeeding our legendary gardener Pippo, who has decided to retire, but not without initiating Francesca into the secrets of this special garden that he cared for with passion for many years. He has passed on his valuable knowledge to Francesca with pride and joy. Francesca is a daughter of the territory and brings with her much experience, from working in her father’s orchards to taking care of her own garden. She has a special love for succulents and medicinal herbs. In addition, she brings a keen sense of the aesthetic design of a garden. We are happy to welcome her to our team.