News & Stories

Munich/Salzburg. In Austria, no hotel group has received an AAA in the current Treugast/Horwath Ranking and this is now regardless of the hotel industry in Austria nearly having gotten over the crisis. No miracle that more and more new investors and operators want to gain a foothold there. The competition in the capital is dramatically intensifying there.

Vienna. Vienna has obtained one more boutique hotel this month: The GuestHouse Vienna, located between the opera and Albertina museum, has opened. The industry knows one of the owners already from 25hours Vienna.

Wiesbaden. The keyword "News Mix" will bring to you tiny bits of news about considerable events of the past week(s): Dusit/Abu Dhabi, Four Seasons/Shenzhen, Hotel Investments/Germany, InterCityHotel/Berlin, Kempinski/Leela, Mangalis/Africa, Sentido/Germany, Tristar/Holiday Inn Express Neunkirchen, Union Investment/Motel One.

Parsippany/Berlin. Wyndham and Grand City Hotels extend their partnership: With Wyndham Grand-Hotel in Salzburg, the new contract for 17 more hotels for the first time includes a hotel in Austria.

Wiesbaden. The keyword "News Mix" will bring to you tiny bits of news about considerable events of the past week(s): Blackstone/Paris, Gut Kaltenbrunn/Tegernsee, Fairmont/Hangzhou. Hilton/Lagos, Kempinski/Africa, Marriott/Frankfurt, Interstate/Chardon, St. Regis/Abu Dhabi, Signa/Bozen, Travelodge/Spain, Vincent/Novotel Amsterdam.

Hong Kong. As a new study indicates in figures and facts, the big hotel markets of Asia are beginning to sway. China, for example, altogether registers sinking occupancies and room revenues, Hong Kong, however, benefitted from the Mainland and from good marketing work in Russia.

Lausanne.The development of peer-to-peer web platforms, such as airbnb, Housetrip, Homeaway, onefinestay is disrupting the traditional transient lodging sector, as travellers can now operate autonomously outside of the normal accommodation industry structures. Young people, in particular, the future clients of lodging service providers, are most likely to resort to these alternative means of accommodation. The potential threat to the traditional lodging sector of P2P rental websites can be measured by the virulence of the reaction of the hotel industry to the rapid growth of the sites. Worldwide, cities are increasing restrictions. In response to this push towards regulatory constraints, Airbnb has joined other online booking sites to fight "restrictive short-term rental regulations at the local level". Aside of this fight against third parties, P2P providers face strong competition among one other. Around the globe, a gigantic market has developed, including the holiday renting of individual apartments and homes as well as luxury villas. One provider even offers travellers the option of booking a whole apartment or villa for the price of a hotel room.

Augsburg. The keyword "News Mix" will bring to you tiny bits of news about considerable events of the past week(s): Citadines/Germany, Estrel/Berlin, Dorchester/Eden, Edition/London, Hilton Garden Inn/ Tbilisi, Kinderhotels/Italy, Innside/Duesseldorf, Renaissance/Izmir, Small Luxury, Vienna Int/Arcadia.

Brussels. A new Europe-wide study shows the hospitality sector plays a critical role in fighting youth unemployment and is essential for jobs and growth and the health of other sectors. That’s why, the hospitality industry calls for a business friendlier environment.

Bangkok/Berlin. GOCO Hospitality, a wellness hospitality consulting and management company has joined Horwath HTL. Both are striving for synergies.