Brussels/Arolsen. Two hotel groups are happy with a phantastic 2006: Rezidor Hotel Group and German Ramada Hotels happily present top figures and encourage the industry for 2007.

Augsburg. The three global player Hilton, Marriott and Starwood Hotels published their figures for the year 2006 in the last days.

Berlin. The Hotel Adlon Kempinski in Berlin achieved the best results in 2006 since its reopening in 1997. On 24 November the Adlon also welcomed its millionth guest. The reward: a stay in the hotel's new presidential suite.

Paris. Consolidated revenue rose by a reported 8.4% in the first six months of 2006. At constant scope of consolidation and exchange rates, the like-for-like increase was 6 percent. Together with the figures of the first-half 2006 Accor presented it's future business structure and a new brand for non-standardized economy hotels. 535 hotels are for sale.

London. InterContinental Hotels Group's total revenue halved from 1,060 billion to 499 million pounds in the first six months 2006 following the floatation of soft drinks group Britvic plc, in which InterContinental was previously a joint owner.

Bad Ragaz. Swiss Grand Hotels Bad Ragaz plc. reports in its results for the first half of the year 2006 an increased consolidated revenue of 45.4 million Swiss Francs, which is 4.6% more than in the previous year. All businesses of the group contributed to this result.

Augsburg. More quoted "global players" present their 2006 quarterly and semi-annual figures. Today`s overview contains the figures of Design Hotels, Choice International, Four Seasons, Mandarin Oriental and Orient-Express Hotels.

Augsburg. The quoted "global players" present their 2006 quarterly and semi-annual figures. The key figures developed well particularly in the US and South America. In Europe, the Football World Cup pushed the group business, as Marriott emphasised. The following overview contains the figures of Hilton, Marriott and Starwood as well as those of the Steigenberger and NH Hoteles groups which are relevant to the German market.

Paris. Accor's business is picking up in all countries and business fields: Accor's consolidated revenue rose 8.4% to 3,690 billion Euros in the first six
months of 2006. At constant scope of consolidation and exchange rates, the increase was 6.0%. Business expansion accounted for 3.6% of growth while asset disposals had a negative impact of 3.4%.