Hey presto! - and it's done? Not even Choice Hotels can pull an entire lobby out of a box. Rather, the new ‘Lobby in a Box’ concept offers his franchisees the opportunity to transform public spaces into revenue-generating zones for long-stay brands.

More and more people appreciate being flexible and therefore travel alone more often. This trend towards solo experiences also affects restaurants - dinner for one is a popular ritual.   

Two TUI brands make it easier for their guests to actively contribute to environmental protection. Guests can cancel their room cleaning via an app and have already saved 266,520 litres of water in the pilot phase.  

The more complicated the online booking of a hotel room, the higher the cancellation rate. A new study has shown that the influence offered by the available methods of payment may have been underestimated until now.

Wine can be turned into wine tourism. "The heritage in every bottle" also brings guests closer to the winegrowers, wine routes and wine stories. 

Munich has defended its top position in the "Smart City Index" ahead of Hamburg and Cologne. The annual ranking assesses the progress made in the digitalisation of major German cities. The categories of administration, IT and communication, energy and environment, mobility as well as society and education are put to the test. 

A new study shows that Germans are collecting loyalty points more diligently than ever before. Almost two thirds (65%) of Germans have two or more loyalty cards. Five years ago, it was only just over half (52%). A full 91% of respondents use rewards to treat themselves to something nice every year.

Not only fans of the Ocean's Eleven film trilogy know the Bellagio Fountain, which belongs to the hotel of the same name in Las Vegas. The 40th show of the Bellagio Fountains was staged by a guest! 

Dis-loyalty, a programme developed by Ennismore, focuses on benefits and rewards for its members. In one year, members were able to enjoy around 80,000 free cups of coffee.

The idea is funny, but do you really want to sleep in this tennis ball room? The IHG Rally Room was designed on the occasion of the US Open and is dedicated to the unresolved question of whether the tennis ball is yellow or green.