Dear Insiders, After the disastrous year 2009, the signals of the IHIF and ITB in Berlin are positive – even if nobody has been able to grasp the faint signs of a new trade cycle so far. But people are still looking for further guidance. The increased number of visitors at the ITB Convention is proof of this. With 1,400 visitors, the 5th Hotel Conference, the ITB Hospitality Day, established a new record. 500 participants alone came to the Innovation Panel – just as if it were a symbol for finding new ways.Today, on our network site, we are publishing the summary of the discussions at the hotel conference. Every Friday, six times in a row, you will be able to read a new report here. For starters: the CEO Panel with David Fattal and Wolfgang Neumann.In Berlin, we also met Carsten Rath, founder and CEO of Kameha Hotels, and were also able to obtain more details about the design and high-tech refinements of his newly opened lifestyle and event hotel in Bonn, as well as more information about his new projects. The region of Rhine and Ruhr is dreaming of beautiful and fully occupied hotels. The region is now "European Capital of Culture" and the hotel industry hopes for new impulses. A former hotel manger, Christian Wuelfing, designs a large crowd puller.Among the news: more ITB news, the travel analysis Germany, the 2009 results of Design Hotels, Maritim and Seetel, two new budget hotels and new Marriott structures. More news from IHIF and ITB next week! - The full editorial….
