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My highlight of the last week was the 15th Hogan Lovells Hotel Day in Berlin. Marc Werner has once again gathered the crème de la crème of the German hotel real estate world here - by invitation only. However, some members of this "hotel family" were more than a little quiet this year. Among the 180 guests were only three bankers, but quite a few project developers. Consequently, the stage belonged to the operators, all of whom are hugely excited about their record-breaking RevPAR increases in individual markets, but are well aware of the profit crash.
Reassuring: Interest rates are set to fall from here, and the devaluations of hotel properties are still bearable at around -20 percent. Disturbing: No one has an answer on how to make hotel real estate sustainable. Everyone just wants to tinker with the lease. Where is the creativity? Where the next Hotel Day will take place has not yet been determined. Marc, how about a desert island or united in a monastery hotel? With a guard at the door?
The EU sent such "gatekeepers" behind the gates four weeks ago to reflect: Six giant tech platforms, including Google, Meta and Microsoft, will now, as a result of new legislation (Digital Services Act) have to respect the rights of their customers and behave fairly in business. Get keyed up on this important topic with Macy Marvel and make sure the giants don't lay you in chains.
Another key we give into your hands in this edition is our annual Investment BAROMETER which we launch today, 12 days before the Expo Real, for the 10th time together with our cooperation partner Union Investment. And, of course, the questions revolve around investments - currently more exciting than ever. Those who participate have the chance to win a book with questions and answers about sustainability that is as exciting as it is up-to-date. Everyone can participate! See Marketplace.
On our - new, public - Expo Real page you will find everything about the fair: Portraits and direct links to our exhibitors at the World of Hospitality, mini-interviews in the context of BRICKS & BRAINS, and a news item on the hotel conference on the 1st Day of the Trade Fair: For the first time, the Expo Real is dedicating the entire "Hospitality Industry Dialogue" to one topic: Sustainability. A programme with many unknown as well as prominent names.
Our news in the magazine today is as colourful as it is real, starting with Alexa, who can now communicate even better thanks to her own chatbot, continuing with the hotel market in Poland, the reasons for which young people are dropping out of apprenticeships, and ending with the personalia and the weekly news from the hotel real estate market.
And last but not least, there is Dirk Iserlohe of Honestis AG/Dorint Hotels, who, with a lawsuit over the Parkhotel Bremen, has managed to get the Federal Constitutional Court to finally address the unequal treatment of mid-sized, affiliated hotel companies in the pandemic. This is an important step for the entire industry. Dorint is not the only one missing the last payments from the government - amounts running into the millions. Dehoga and the Hotel Association have not said anything on this subject for a very long time.
Surf a little over our new structure - and you will discover many new things. One partner who already feels at home with us and is even launching its second article today is F&B Heroes. They are dedicated to the "Amazing Places" in hotel gastronomy. Worth reading!
And of course we also hope that you, dear readers and users, will also find HospitalityInside a fascinating marketplace where you can encounter many ideas and new names.
Maria Pütz-Willems,
editor-in-chief
