News & Stories

Innsbruck. Austrian hotelier Harald Ultsch will soon come to Vienna and Munich with the streamlined smart design brand "Harry's Home". For his home town of Innsbruck, he has meanwhile decided on a strong Philippe Starck design: In 2012, Ultsch will open the first Yoo Design Hotel in Europe. First details of the two new brands are slowly coming to light.

Bern. Zuallererst zählte man Ziegen und Kühe, heute machen die Zahlen die ganze Branche bis in die Details transparent. Das Schweizer Bundesamtes für Statistik präsentiert zum 75jährigen Jubiläum der Beherbergungsstatistik erstmals einen umfassenden Rückblick. Mittels aussagekräftiger Daten, Grafiken und Tabellen gibt sie einen Einblick in Geschichte und Entwicklung der Schweizer Hotellerie. Ein Blick zurück vermag auch helfen, Dinge zu relativieren. Denn seit 2008 dominiert die aktuelle Krise auch die Pläne und Ängste in der Schweizer Hotellerie.

Wiesbaden. The keyword "News Mix" will bring to you tiny bits of news about considerable events of the past week(s): Accor/Sweden, Club Med/Aqaba, Hapimag/Edinburgh, Host Hotels & Resorts/New Zealand, Kornelsen, Marriott/Cannes, Starwood/Bangkok.

Munich. News from consulting: Martin Gahn has set up his own business. He provides services in the field of revenue management. The former Hotel Director has set up a personnel agency, and Consultant Dirk Feid will cooperate with a colleague and specialist for leisure and wellness.

Augsburg. The keyword "News Mix" will bring to you tiny bits of news about considerable events of the past week(s): Adina/Hamburg, Design Hotels/Stockholm, Millennium/Abu Dhabi, Hapimag/Dresden, Hilton/Asia, Jumeirah/Venu, Louvre/Ukraine, Motel One/TLG, Sandy Lane/Canouan, Starwood/Russia.

London. The British City Inn hotel brand has adopted the name of Mint Hotel with immediate effect. The rebranding will take place shortly before two new hotels are opened in the key destinations of London and Amsterdam.

Vienna/Munich/Zurich. Knowing what the customer wants - this is the aim of an online study on the behaviour of private travellers with respect to hotels. An online market and opinion research company active across the whole of Europe asked 500 internet users 13 questions on hotels in October of this year. Amongst other things, the researchers wanted to know how, where and why the customer books certain hotels, what is expected of a 5-star hotel, whether and why chain or independent hotels are preferred and what guests think of the VAT reduction in Germany.

Augsburg. The keyword "News Mix" will bring to you tiny bits of news about considerable events of the past week(s): Accor/Mercure, Atlantic Kempinski Hamburg, Deka/Atlantic Congress Essen, Marriott/London, Fairmont Raffles/Saudi Arabia, Hilton/Novosibirsk, Hotusa, Hyatt/New York, Rilano, Shangri-La/Paris, Sol Meliá, Starwood/Istanbul.

Vienna. The strong increase in beds made it absolutely necessary to re-evaluate Vienna’s tourism strategy, explains Michaela Reitterer, Vienna Chairwoman of the Austrian Hotelier Association OEHV. Her statement is based on a current hotel market analysis, which forecasts both a dramatic slump in occupancy and price battles.

London. A newly formed British investment group with committed initial equity capital of 38 million Pounds Sterling, has acquired exclusive franchising rights for the no-frills Tune Hotels brand in London.