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At ITB Berlin 2025, Messe Berlin announces the premiere of ITB Americas - from 10-12 November 2026 in Guadalajara, Mexico. A B2B tourism trade show for the entire American continent.

Even in permanent crisis mode, Germans will not be deterred from travelling - not even in 2025. However, some will have to plan with a smaller budget. Those who have more in their travel budgets than in previous years attach great importance to quality and comfort.

Mews secures a major investment of over 75 million US dollars via Tiger Global to accelerate Mews' growth in the USA and the DACH region. 

A visit to a restaurant remains an analogue experience. But most diners are happy for it to be digital all-round. This trend emerges from a representative survey on digital services in the catering industry. 

With the abolition of the registration certificate requirement in German hotels for German citizens as of 1 January 2025, the government wanted to reduce the administrative burden. A survey shows: The majority of hotels still require a registration form from every guest - and prefer paper to the digital version. Switzerland and Austria are also in the process of optimising the procedure.

They hang everywhere: in Paris, London, Berlin and Rome. But no longer in the capital of Tuscany, Italy. You now have to pay a 400-euro fine for apartment key boxes there. Will this help against mass tourism à la Airbnb?

The war in Ukraine is still going on. But companies in the country are already investing millions for the time afterwards. A new holiday resort is to be built in the western Ukrainian Carpathians.

The EU's "AI Act" is the world's first cross-national piece of legislation on the use of artificial intelligence. After a transitional phase, a number of rules are now being tightened up.

Serious cyber-attacks can paralyse companies - even to the point of insolvency. This can also affect individual hotels and hotel groups. However, according to a survey of managers, only just under half are aware of their responsibility for cyber security.

The mixed political situation is clouding the prospects of the young generation in Germany - from the end of the coalition in their own country to Trump's impact on world affairs. The biggest "pain points" from a recent pulse check.