News & Stories

Augsburg. The keyword "News Mix" will bring to you tiny bits of news about considerable events of the past week(s): Helmsley New York, DekaBank, Sol Meliá Benidorm/London, Virgin Hotels, WGF.

Wiesbaden. For centuries, hotels have been owned and operated by private companies on the strength of their common sense alone. As the hotel industry becomes increasingly globalised and their operators and owners often separate entities, the demand for ratios and market research is growing. This hasn't gone unnoticed by international consultancies. Every year, new publishers and/or studies are introduced to the hotel market and/or hotel property scene. Keeping on top of it all is difficult. As a special service for Expo Real 2010, hospitalityInside.com has listed important market studies by consultancy companies and in so doing has looked at target groups, sources and contents. An overview with table.

Warsaw. Like numerous other hotel groups, following the acquisitions of recent years, IBB Hotels is focusing its current expansion activity on the German market. The main interest will be on business and conference hotels in the 4-star category.

Vienna/Berlin. The hotel industry in Vienna is not only expanding at the high end but also at the lower end of the scale. Two new projects for young people are planned. This no longer has anything to do with classical youth hostels. One supplyer is Meininger Hotels, just announcing seven more hotels.

Wiesbaden. The keyword "News Mix" will bring to you tiny bits of news about considerable events of the past week(s): Accor, citizenM, Four Seasons/Middle East, Leonardo/Berlin, Orascom, Union Investment/Dresden, Vals.

Parsippany. Wyndham Hotel Group announced a license agreement with Planet Hollywood Resorts International, LLC to franchise the Planet Hollywood Hotels brand and provide management services globally.

Bangalore. With a much-noticed, stylish and unusually modern event in India, the luxury hotel group Taj Hotels & Resorts launched a new hotel brand in Bangalore last week. The hotel brand is to provide competition for the global brands in the country. After three test hotels, 16 additional hotels went "live" at the same time.

Denham/London. InterContinental Hotels Group added 18 hotels to its European pipeline over the summer period. The 2,375 new rooms are spread across the UK, Spain, Portugal, Germany, France, Russia and Turkey.

Augsburg. The keyword "News Mix" will bring to you tiny bits of news about considerable events of the past week(s): B&B/Nuremberg, Choice/Wiesbaden, Constance/Maldives, Design Hotels/Hong Kong, Fairmont/Oman, Harry's Home, Preferred Group, Starwood/China, TUI/Boomerang.

Munich. On one hand, hotel groups fall victim to crises or particular company decisions, on the other hand, new ones are born. Hans-Dieter Schiller, whose name is well-known on the market thanks to his final position as VP European Operations & Development at Choice Hotels, now launches Focus Hospitality with new partners and a total of 22 hotels. These hotels are scattered across England and Ireland for now, but there will soon be more hotels, even in Germany. Leaping across the channel is absolutely intentional. Apart from that, Schiller wants to establish a new French hotel consortium in Germany, taking a second business field.