Rudy Tauscher is a hospitality executive with over 25 years NYC market experience. During his tenure, Tauscher opened, managed and positioned the following luxury properties: Trump International Hotel and Tower and Residences, Mandarin Oriental, New York and Mandarin Oriental Residences, Aman New York and Aman Residences. Four Seasons New York was a repositioning project that could not be finished due to COVID.
Originally from southern Germany, Tauscher grew up in a family that cherished hospitality. In the charming small town of Tettnang, above Lake Constance, his family owned and operated successfully a small brewery and restaurant since 1847. Following his family’s footsteps, Tauscher embarked on an international hotel career that brought him to France, Switzerland, Italy, South Africa and the USA.
In 2006, Tauscher received ‘The Cardinal’s Committee for Charity – Hospitality and Tourism of NYC – General Manager of the Year Award’ for his community involvement, and in 2007, he was the recipient of the ‘Hospitality Executive of the Year Award’ from the Food and Beverage Association of America. Other accolades followed and every property that was under Tauscher’s guidance received and held the coveted Forbes 5 Star or AAA Five Diamond designations.
In his spare time, Tauscher volunteered on NYC boards and committees for the Westside Y, Lincoln Square Business District, the New York Hotel Association, and St Peter Church building committee. His hobbies are reading philosophy, painting and listening to Jazz, cooking from friends, and jogging and skiing and quite naturally, hotels, hotel design, hotel architecture and hotel engineering.