News & Stories

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.

Wroclaw. Real estate investors Warimpex and Starwood Capital Group - finally - launched construction of the first Campanile and Première Classe budget hotels in the centre of the city of Wroclaw, Poland. In the pipeline are some more hotels in Central Europe.

Bern. The difficult economic situation is dampening the travel urge of the Swiss. They are not foregoing the long holidays, as the newest figures reveal – but are doing without extended weekends.

Paris/Minnetonka. It is highly interesting what allegedly might happen to the Crillon in Paris – rumours are already circulating in France. However, the Carlson Group clearly wants to push its Rezidor brand Radisson with billions.

Wiesbaden. The keyword "News Mix" will bring to you tiny bits of news about considerable events of the past week(s): Metropolija/Moscow, Moevenpick/Palestine, Rezidor/Stuttgart, Sensimar/Mallorca, Sentido/Fuerteventura, Vidago Palace/Portugal.