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London. The "2011 U.S. Hotel Franchise Fee Guide" compares the fees charged by a total of 89 franchise groups. Conclusions include that customers want to know the level of quality for which they are paying and would rather not risk an unpleasant surprise from a “no-name” lodging facility.

Berlin. Gold Inn AG with its flagship brand Dormero currently finds itself in a rapid growth phase. Yesterday, the group took over the Hotel Koenigshof in Dresden and as per 1 September, a 454-room hotel in Stuttgart will join it.

Augsburg. The keyword "News Mix" will bring to you tiny bits of news about considerable events of the past week(s): IHG/Smart Choice and Summit, Jumeirah/China, Landal/eco, Marriott/Abu Dhabi, Moevenpick/Neu-Ulm, Rezidor/Istanbul, Starwood/China.

Berlin. German hotels have overcome the global financial and economic crisis with astounding speed and robustness. Whilst the industry lost a billion EUR in net revenues in 2009, it recorded a 7.1% nominal increase in revenues in 2010. All segments recorded higher occupancy rates, higher room rates and higher revenues per available room than in the previous year.

Augsburg. The keyword "News Mix" will bring to you tiny bits of news about considerable events of the past week(s): Invesco/NH, Motel One/Edinburgh, Moevenpick/India, NH/Turin, Northern Caucasus Resorts, Orient-Express/New York, pentahotels/Beijing, Raffles/Seychelles, Sheraton/New York, Travel Charme/Werfenweng, W/London, WGF/Foremost, Wyndham/Doha.

London. Confidence for the European hospitality industry grows significantly, one survey says. Hotel operators around the globe are more optimistic about the coming few months than at any time since the financial crisis, another surveys underlines. Four surveys recently published analyse the current European and global hotel market, its values and outlook, and investors sentiments.

Berlin. Over the past few years, Accor has been working hard on a less capital-intensive portfolio. The French model with a franchise ratio of 50 percent is still far away, but the unpopular fixed lease agreements have already been recording a strong decline.

Vienna. After Shangri-La's hasty withdrawal from the mega project at the ring road in Vienna four weeks ago, two further international chains are negotiating with the developer.

Berlin. The number of the budget chain hotels in German cities increased in long strides from 2006 to 2011 to 52.8%; in fact, the offers by hostels rose by 175.4%. In addition, the offers by B&Bs and pensions rose from 2006 to the end of 2010 by 8.1%. The result: Change in the hotel structure is imminent. And a new competition emerges for the classic hotel industry. The German Hotel Association cannot deny the increased figures, but their appraisal of this low-price segment remains critical.

Berlin. Cross-border tourism grew by roughly seven percent in 2010. There will be an additional increase of at least four percent in 2011, projects the World Tourism Organisation, UNWTO. “Worldwide foreign travel has recovered from the financial and economic crisis, but we still haven’t reached the record levels of 2008 in terms of room nights and expenses”, summarised CEO Rolf Freitag at ITB Berlin on behalf of the analysts at IPK International. Regarding travel behaviour, forecasts project further growth in the new world and consolidation in the old world. “The world champions of travel, the Germans, are staying at home more and more. The Zukunftsinstitut recently analysed the "patterns" of future travel in several trends.