You can celebrate an anniversary with flowery words or by playing with numbers. The H+ Hotel Limes Thermen Aalen opts for the latter and looks back with a twinkle in its eye on 208,050 boiled eggs and 14,230 meatballs for breakfast over three decades.

From a distance, you don't really know for sure what you're looking at. But when you get closer, you realise that the cylindrical shapes are small towers - with doors, windows and everything you need. What that is? The mini hotel slube.

Germans have lost their appetite for shopping. Shopping is now one of their least favourite leisure activities. The opposite is happening in Bucharest, where a luxury shopping mall and even more luxury hotels are being planned. 

Paris has shown the way, and now parking charges for SUVs could soon rise in German cities too. The environmental organisation Deutsche Umwelthilfe (DUH) is mobilising to ensure that the bodywork top dogs are asked to pay more. 

Tour operators like to describe the location of hotels in positive terms. But advertising prose can be expensive. A court ruled: 1.3 kilometres from the hotel to the beach is more than "a few minutes' walk". The plaintiff obtained compensation. 

Long live... not just the Queen. Many people aspire to a long life and are prepared to adapt their lifestyle accordingly - an exciting approach for hotels too.

Although work-life balance continues to be a decisive factor for a change of jobs, the salary is now the top priority for a quarter of respondents. 

They are the makers of tomorrow. They are the customers of tomorrow. They are the voters of tomorrow. Reason enough to take a closer look at Germany's teenagers, their attitudes and sensitivities.

You are what you eat - the saying is more relevant today than ever. Consumers are paying increasing attention to the environmental impact of their eating habits and attach importance to a positive "FoodPrint".

The My Arbor Hotel in Albisano on Lake Garda recently welcomed 200 new "employees" - with feathers. They round off the breakfast experience for guests.