Sonnenhotels beaming again

Munich. This year, the small hotel group H'Otello celebrates its 20th anniversary. The design-oriented hotel brand for business travellers and individual tourists was founded in the German hotel market. Today, there are four hotels with a total of 278 rooms. The expansion plans include major cities in Germany and foreign countries. The origins were a boarding house; to this day, however, "business hotels with boutique character" have emerged, as Managing Director Michael Gerlach says.

Langenlois. With the Loisium Wine & Spa Resorts in Lower Austria and Styria, hotel developer Susanne Kraus Winkler has created an independent brand that she now wants to systematically develop and market. The goal is the assemblage of a small, but fine hotel chain with properties in the now traditionally dominated wine regions. Now after the first two openings in Austria, they are also venturing into France and Germany. Moreover, Kraus-Winkler is seeking out franchise partners. Because she is firmly convinced: "There is good money to be made today with every brand that is small and iconic."