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London. Next March or April the famous Savoy London will re-open its doors after a massive, 100 million Pounds Sterling restoration programme by its owners to retain its Edwardian influence in its lobby and public spaces and Art Deco in the entrance, new bar and River Restaurant. The hotel remains bullish despite the negative trading conditions.

Hendersonville/Berlin. "The first half of 2009 was, without question, one of the most challenging the U.S. lodging industry has experienced," said Bobby Bowers, Senior Vice President of Operations at STR Global. "RevPAR fell nearly 19 percent - by far the largest first-half decline ever recorded by Smith Travel Research." The German hotel association Hotelverband Deutschland yesterday posted results for the first half-year 2009. In Germany, figures were quite moderate compared to the U.S.

Wiesbaden. The keyword "News Mix" will bring to you tiny bits of news about considerable events of the past week. The following companies and destinations are mentioned today: Aman/USA, A-rosa, B&B/Oberhausen, Deka, Iberotel/Fleesensee, Kempinski, Leela, Louis Hotel, Pullman.

Andermatt. Adrian Zecha's GHM Hotels will operate the 5-star hotel in the mega resort project in Andermatt, Switzerland, under the brand of Chedi. For Samih Sawiris, the developer of this major project, the last few stumbling blocks have been cleared out of the way.

Novi Vinodolski. After one and a half years setting up, Klaus Elftmann returns to Frankfurt, Germany. The experienced hotelier will leave the Croatian resort at the end of July. At the same time, Falkensteiner Hotels & Resorts will assume parts of the complex. Speaking with hospitalityInside.com quite independently, Erich Falkensteiner responded to other rumours making the sector rounds.

Augsburg. The keyword "News Mix" will bring to you tiny bits of news about considerable events of the past week. The following companies and destinations are mentioned today: Adina, Hilton/Maldives, Hyatt, Kempinski/Halle, Maritim/Egypt, Motel One/Hamburg, Orascom/Morocco, Rezidor, Scandic/Oslo.

 

Hanover/Frankfurt. Be it good or bad - a hotel’s image quickly spreads via Internet portals. They soon and immediately notice the effect of a bad evaluation as guests stay away. TUI wants to prevent this with its new hotel consultancy service. The tour operator announced its new activities at the ITB already in March. So far, only TUI hotels have taken advantage of the consultancy service.

Kiel/Hamburg. The "RA - Reiseanalyse" and BAT Stiftung fuer Zukunftsfragen came to different conclusions on the current travel behaviour of the German people. While one group says that 73% of the Germans plan at least one trip in 2009, the other group expects that more and more people prefer vacations at home for financial reasons.

Hendersonville. The U.S. hotel industry average daily rate reached a record high, ending 2008 at 106.55 USD, but Pre-Tax Income Profits for the year were down 7.9 percent to 25.8 billion USD.

Augsburg. The keyword "News Mix" will bring to you tiny bits of news about considerable events of the past week. The following companies and destinations are mentioned today: Accor/Club Med, Amanresorts, Holiday Inn, Hyatt, Kempinski, Mövenpick, Rezidor, Shangri-La, Waldorf Astoria, Wyndham.