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Chicago. Hyatt Hotels and Dream Hotel Group signed an agreement for a Hyatt affiliate to acquire Dream Hotel Group’s lifestyle hotel brand and management platform including the Dream Hotels, The Chatwal Hotels and Unscripted Hotels brands.

Vienna. Austria's holiday hotel industry set new records in the summer of 2022. Vienna's city tourism grew significantly in comparison to the pandemic - in overnight stays and in the number of rooms. Low budget hotels are fully booked, luxury addresses are not. The summer balance 2022.

Augsburg. Mini-messages about noteworthy events of the last week(s): Ama Stay/South Tyrol, Choice EMEA/Vienna, Commerz Real/Venture Capital, Deutsche Hospitality/Horsens, Ikos/Mallorca, Kempinski/Kurdistan and Berchtesgaden, Lecce/Luxury Class, Libertas/Baden-Baden, Lodging Econometrics/Conversions, Marriott/Kupferzell, Minor/Phuket, Monrif/Milan, Motel One/Innsbruck, Smy Hotels/Bologna, Union Investment/Amsterdam.

Madrid. An estimated 700 million tourists travelled internationally between January and September, more than double the number recorded for the same period in 2021. This equates to 63% of 2019 levels.

London/Palma de Mallorca. IHG and Iberostar sign a strategic alliance for resorts and all-inclusive hotels in the Caribbean, North, Central and South America, Southern Europe and North Africa. This continues the current trend of operating companies merging. In this case, the smaller one spurs the larger one.

Leipzig. Worldwide, serviced apartment operators are performing as they did before the pandemic and want to continue to grow. But the current crisis situation is already slowing down the pipelines. The segment is relying on tailwinds from its resilience.

Wiesbaden. Mini-messages about noteworthy events of the last week(s): Adagio/Development, Baglioni/Palace Resorts, B&B/Villingen-Schwenningen/Milan, Cascina Galarej/Serralunga d'Alba, Dorchester/Tokyo, Deutsche Hospitality/Doha, Fosun/Thomas Cook and Fosun, Four Seasons/Residences Bahrain, Hilton/Rome, Hilton/EMEA, Keys/Rome, Minor/NH Coll. Middle East, Molo/Alexander Rome, Orascom/Q3, Pandox/Citybox, Ruby/Edinburgh, Santavenere Hotel/Maratea, Wyndham/Echo Suites.

Frankfurt. Holidaymakers with motorhomes and caravans brought around 15 billion euros in revenue to German tourist regions last year, and the trend is still rising. Now, the industry association demands an expansion of the infrastructure.

Augsburg. Mini-messages about noteworthy events of the last week(s): Aareal Bank/UK, Arabella/Fuschl, Brera/Munich, BWH/Frankfurt, Four Seasons/Saudi Arabia, Hopper/Capital One, Hotel Castello/L'Aquila, IHG/Tanzania, Langham/Lifestyle brand, Limehome/Capital, Lindner/Leipzig, Louvre/Shanghai, Mandarin Oriental/Kuwait, Marriott/Hamburg, Movi Family/South Tyrol, Palazzo Maria Formosa/Venice, Perla Jonica/Sicily, Radisson/Eskisehir, Soravia/Tegernsee, Time/Morocco.

Munich/New York. The "open fire" in the lobby will no longer exist. The new brand The Cloud One will play in a different league than Motel One. The successful Munich-based company is now founding the One Family with the first hotel of the second lifestyle brand in New York. In future, they will be more drawn to conversions and even more to top locations. Both can also stand side by side in a dual brand complex.