News & Stories

Boulder. More than US$12.5 billion in hotel transactions occurred in the U.S. in 2012. While hotel industry fundamentals continued to improve in 2012, investment activity dropped compared with the US$19.4 billion in asset trades that occurred in 2011. But a change is expected.

Vienna. In 2012, the transaction volume within the Austrian hotel industry lay only scarcely under that of the year before. And the outlook for 2013 appears promising. Numerous individual objects and a hotel portfolio with a high value increase potential are on the market.

Wiesbaden. The keyword "News Mix" will bring to you tiny bits of news about considerable events of the past week(s): Anantara/Dubai, Best Western/Jordan, Choice/UK, Dusit/China, Hilton Garden Inn/Turkey, Kempinski/Kenya, Moevenpick/Dubai, Orient Express/Santa Barbara, Starwood/North America, Virgin/Kenya, Vienna Airport.

Wiesbaden. The keyword "News Mix" will bring to you tiny bits of news about considerable events of the past week(s): Adagio/Cologne, Choice/Rome, Marriott/Edition LA, Motel One/Freiburg, Nordic Pure/Munich, Sofitel/Asia-Pacific, STR/UK, VDR, Worldhotels/Amsterdam, Wyndham/Jameson Inn.

Vienna. In the last few years, the increases in overnight stays have clearly been concentrated on the cities in Austria. The gap between city and country has become very large.

Munich. Transaction volumes on the German hotel investment market in 2012 rose for the third year in a row, though yield fell. The focus remains on the top 5 cities; capital comes primarily from outside Germany.

Berlin. Germany is on the verge of a new demographic age with many new opportunities. There were never before so many well-educated women, there were never before so many well-off retired persons. However, not everybody sees this as optimistically. Especially in Germany, the fear of over-aging is predominant. When looking into this subject more deeply, it is easy to see: not the shrinking is the problem but the fear of it. However, especially the generation of "silver agers" bears an enormous potential – also for the hotel industry and gastronomy. A background report.

London. Success in 2013 is not just about growth: The leading cities in Europe in 2013 will largely be unchanged from last year, with Paris, London, and Edinburgh still the fullest cities – although the order has changed and London is expected to be in third place in 2013 compared to first place in 2012.

Augsburg. The keyword "News Mix" will bring to you tiny bits of news about considerable events of the past week(s): Aldiana, Choice/New York, Dolce, Hilton/DoubleTree Ireland, Fairmont/Palm Dubai, Indigo/Duesseldorf, Maritim/Al Faisal, Melia/Aachen, Motel One/Edinburgh, Try/Turkey, Vienna/Moscow, Warimpex/angelo Munich.

Augsburg. Six Accor hotels wander over to Dorint, arcona emerges from Augsburg, the Westin Elbe Philharmonic Hall in Hamburg may not be able to open for even longer, Hyatt's owner is quicker than Hyatt, Unister expects an ugly 2013 and the Waldorf Astoria Berlin will open only entirely hushed and quietly. News at the end of the year.