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In high-quality hotel projects, quality often emerges in the details. Fittings, switches and other technical components are increasingly regarded as part of a cohesive design concept. With their coordinated metal finishes, Dornbracht and Jung demonstrate how different products can be matched precisely with one another.
Valamar successfully opened the 5 Star Pical Resort in Poreč, the largest hospitality investment project in Croatia worth more than 200 million euros and offering a unique luxury family holiday experience.
Just 10 days to go until the HITT Think Tank in Brussels! The briefings are complete, the speakers are ready to showcase best practice, explain the backgrounds and future plans. Naturally, they're only revealing snippets for now, but by the end, all clicks into place. Join us: a lot of Food for Thought and fun in a pragmatic circle of sustainability-driven entrepreneurs, executives and EU experts.
Materials shape the perception of a hotel and define its atmosphere, quality and recognisability. It is particularly in the interplay of different surfaces that the quality of an interior becomes apparent. Alongside furniture, textiles and lighting, technical equipment is also coming increasingly into focus.
Sabre Hospitality has become Àven. At ITB 2026, CEO Teresa Mackintosh highlighted what powerful, global distribution platforms mean for the future. This also benefits the hotels of Àven’s partner Quality Reservations in Germany as well as across the DACH region.
There's news from the HospitalityInside Think Tank in Brussels! HITT is moving to a new lifestyle venue at short notice – the Hoxton Brussels. Experience AI LIVE with us: the AI agents working behind the scenes will connect participants in a unique way. The program is set; 14 international experts are ready to answer your questions. HITT speaks plain text. Register now!
Would you like to charge wirelessly at home or in a hotel? Then use sockets and switch inserts as functional charging surfaces. JUNG shows how this can be integrated into modern interiors.
Sustainability is playing an increasingly important role in the hotel industry – from construction methods to the materials used in interiors. Resource-efficient solutions are also coming increasingly into focus in building services. JUNG demonstrates how sustainable material concepts can be combined with durable design and modern technology.
Innovative strategies in the areas of sales, sustainability, guest and employee enthusiasm are the levers for increasing hotel profits in the future.
Croatia's leading hospitality company Valamar Riviera is ready to expand in Europe – and is looking to partner with hospitality investors and owners in premier Alpine and Adriatic destinations, offering competitive leases and a full range of hospitality management services.
Sustainability has become a key success factor in hotel and apartment construction. And JUNG is putting it into practice. For over 110 years, the German company has been known for pioneering product developments in the fields of lighting, shading, climate control, energy, security, and multimedia. Now JUNG is presenting itself at the first Green Hospitality Conference 2026.
AI is now also conquering the reservations and MICE segment. Online distribution specialist Quality Reservations (QR) will present the tools at ITB in March 2026. In addition, the QR hotel pool has grown by 25 properties.
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New Mews research across 500+ properties shows AI is now standard in hotel operations, while human interaction remains critical for high-value guest moments.
IHG Hotels & Resorts is becoming a partner of the U.S. Air Force: The chain has signed a 50-year (!) contract with the Air Force - five decades to act as a hotel and management operator.
Travelling by train from Germany to Spain – and the train is late for your connection? That can prove costly for travellers. The EU wants to strengthen their rights and make rail travel more attractive.
The German hotel industry continued to recover in 2025, without fully reaching pre-crisis levels. Overnight stays are on the rise, as are insolvencies. Details from the new industry report.
Insolvencies in Germany are on the rise: the catering, hospitality and property sectors are particularly hard hit. The record figures are hitting the federal states of Berlin and Bavaria especially hard.
The new mayor of Paris, Emmanuel Grégoire, went into the election campaign with the slogan "With me, Airbnb in Paris is history'’. A ruling has now been issued that points in that direction and is aimed at short-term landlords.
Tech giants Amazon, Google, Microsoft and Meta plan to spend up to 725 billion US dollars (around 620 billion euros) this year as part of their AI arms race. The money is primarily set to go towards expanding infrastructure such as data centers.
Facebook-owned company Meta wants to provide users with artificial intelligence that will be active for them around the clock. This will cost a fortune.
Hyatt is now actively using ChatGPT (OpenAI) for its staff, whilst Choice Hotels is integrating Amazon Web Services (AWS) to automate its value chain.
Travel & Tourism has strengthened its position as the world’s fastest-growing sector in 2025, with new data from the World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC) and Chase Travel, Lead Research Partner, revealing the sector significantly outpaced global economic growth.
