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Hilton went public one day earlier than announced and was able to bring in the expected 2.3 billion USD for 11.5 percent of the total shares yesterday. Now, people can look forward to Blackstone's further strategy. You will learn more details about the IPO next Friday: we do not belong to the media that hype IPOs without consideration. Therefore, we will only be providing the facts today.
Chedi Andermatt, W in Verbier, and InterConti Stilli Park Davos – three names that enrich the Swiss luxury hotel industry in these weeks. They should help, among other things, to attract additional guests from Asia. A glance at the locations and the challenges.
In order to collect 100 hotel evaluations, a hotel needs to go to a great deal of effort. At the prizeotel Bremen City, the comments of the guests disappeared over night. Qype and Yelp had merged in the background. prizeotel's CEO Marco Nussbaum is therefore explaining the complex relationships and the latest temporary court injunctions. This is further training from colleagues for colleagues!
Austrian resort hotel managers have to be inventive, like Alpenhotel Pacheiner as well as the flagship Hochschober in Carinthia... Many 5-star hotels are not even able to offer this degree of creativity and substance! Those who are not able to score with ideas just bring in Russian capital. In addition, this subject gives an insight on how top family businesses nearly wear themselves out between catering to guest demands and looking after the finances.
From the news: With the rebranding of the Concorde Hotel Berlin to a Sofitel, Starwood Capital weakens the Concorde brand even further. Brenner's Park-Hotel & Spa in Baden-Baden presents the first details about its new luxury medical spa located on 5,000 sq.m... The Austrians are travelling more again, gays & lesbians have become a strong target group for tour operators, and the ITB congress, which attracted 21,000 guests last March, presents the first major themes – among them the topics of the ITB Hospitality Day.
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