Order a glass of tap water and work on your laptop for three hours? That no longer works in many cafés. In addition to revenue, the ambience also suffers from too much work atmosphere. Others are turning necessity into a business model.

With the new slogan "Switch On - beOne", the Motel One Group is promoting the further development of its membership programme. Members should benefit immediately from this as it does not require a complicated points system.

After an initial test last year, the lagoon city of Venice was recently open to day visitors again free of charge. Now, from Easter 2024, admission to the city will cost twice as much as during the test phase.

A new hotel building without construction site: In Cardiff, Wales, a hotel floating on the water is due to dock in the harbour in 2027.

It can ride the elevator independently, hold packages with its fingers and talk: the FlashBot Arm is a so-called semi-humanoid robot that could lighten the workload of hotel staff.

The happiest people in the world live in Finland. Researchers suspect a connection between the population's closeness to nature and their happiness.

No more dolce vita - in the Italian fashion metropolis, smoking outdoors is now only permitted at a distance of ten metres from others. Other cities want to follow suit. The Milanese have so far interpreted the ban with Italian composure.

Therapy meets AI: The 4-star superior Hotel Centralni Lazne in the Czech spa town of Marienbad has recently started using an AI-controlled massage robot. 

On the "Island of the Gods", the inhabitants celebrate the important holiday "Nyepi", also known as the Day of Silence, on Saturday, 29 March. Tourists must also observe the special rules for this day in Bali.

The Austrian Federal Railway is expanding its network with night trains. From Germany, there are more and more attractive routes throughout Europe. Other providers are following suit.

Westerly storms and surf are gnawing away at Sylt: experts on the German North Sea Island have analysed how much sand is missing from the coasts. In some places, the loss is particularly severe. The solution: more sand.

Behind the scenes of New York's luxury gastronomy world, the restaurant reservation trade is flourishing. A new law aims to put an end to this. 

To ensure that the Maldives remains a dream holiday destination, local hotels and resorts are committed to environmental and species protection. They produce key rings, jewellery and furniture from washed-up plastic waste, care for coral reefs and call for joint beach clean-ups.

More and more skilled workers and valuable employees are retiring and taking their knowledge and experience with them. An initiative in Austria aims at bringing these senior citizens back into employment. 

The event location in Brussels has long since been decided, now the title and programme of the 8th HospitalityInside Think Tank (HITT) on 26/27 May 2025 follow: "Nature's Appeal: Can Hospitality be regenerative? Risk, Resilience & Innovation." Here are the contents; the names of the experts will follow shortly. Registration is open! 

Hotels Tomorrow? This is knowledge about where the industry is drifting, where it sees new concepts and profits, thinks outside the box and wants to discuss. Simply HOT. The website for the new Europe-focussed investment conference in a new format is now online, including the topics. Save the date for a relaxed event format with in-depth content: "Hotels Tomorrow - The Unconference", on 17/18 February 2025 in Paris. (This date has since been postponed to 30 June/1 July 2025, editor's note). 

The most important dates have already been noted in the 2025 calendar. The 27th Expo Real in Munich will take place from 6-8 October. The hospitality cluster is growing and networking is becoming increasingly important. This time, the joint stand "World of Hospitality" will feature two Get-together events.