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.