News & Stories
Munich. Choice Hotels Europe is about to start a customer loyalty programme together with famous partners. The programme involves guests collecting telephone units.
Berlin. The exclusively German orientated internet apartment service www.apartmentservice.de will on 1 August launch into the international market with serviced apartments around the world.
Madrid. Amadeus is restructuring its hotel and leisure business and is replacing old faces with new ones. Distribution and technology services now belong together and are thus separated from the division "Travel Services and Leisure".
Southlake. Sabre Travel Network added 600 leisure hotels in Southern Europe to its portfolio and announced to expand the range of leisure products.
Cologne. On 4 July Germany's biggest travel provider Berge & Meer will launch their own holiday programme on the German news channel n-tv.
Barcelona. This year`s HEDNA conference was this time to be held on the Spanish coast. Around 300 participants - amongst which an ever increasing number of regional hotel chains - met last week in Barcelona to exchange information on the newest developments and trends. Two German technology experts attended the conference and report on latest events.
Augsburg. With summer approaching hotels can expect fewer business guests and the "Summer Special" campaigns mounted by almost all large hotel chains begin. Discounts of up to 60% per night are offered, flat price rooms for one or two persons, even excursions and transfers are included. hospitalityInside asked the sales and marketing departments of a number of hotel groups just exactly how successful the special offers were - and was amazed which hotel chains simply did not know the figures.
Southlake/London. Sabre Inc., a direct subsidiary of Sabre Holdings, and lastminute.com plc yesterday announced that they have reached an agreement for Sabre to acquire lastminute.com.
London. Selling room inventory through third party channels can be costly with some agents taking 30 percent from the sale of a room. The latest Distribution Survey by KPMG* describes the switch in the balance of power between intermediaries and hotels.
Augsburg. The bargain hunt for the cheapest hotel room is obviously coming to an end. Tired of being undercut by the middlemen, hotel groups now guarantee guests booking online the "best price". But what have the hotel groups learned from this new initiative? A survey.