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Munich. The brother and sister pair Alessandro Gambino and Sabrina Gambino-Kreindl will operate a 300-room economy hotel in the immediate vicinity of Munich's Ostbahnhof. The hotel will be operated under their own brand "gambino". It will be the fourth hotel of the group.

Hamburg. A new report shows: The hotel industry in Germany expects rates to rise further in 2017 – at least in the top 8 hotel locations. The amount of the rates shows big differences. Munich stays on the upper end of the scale. And: The luxury segment attains the best scores across guest ratings.

Frankfurt/London. European hotels are still favored by buyers. But the UK Brexit shows first impacts, while Germany dominates the investment volume. Spain is ranked number three. And there is a shift in investor's nationality to European buyers. The fourth quarter 2016 – an indicator for 2017?

Wiesbaden. The keyword "News Mix" will bring to you tiny bits of news about considerable events of the past week(s): B&B/investment, H.N.H./Siparex, Novum/Berlin, NYX/Milan, Plateno/Vienna, Revitalis/Dresden, Small Luxury/new members.

Bern. The room nights in Switzerland stagnated in 2016. There were less foreign guests which could not be compensated with additional national guests. The structural change seems to be getting more and more concrete. A hotelleriesuisse study reiterates the main challenges for hoteliers in the country.

Wiesbaden. The keyword "News Mix" will bring to you tiny bits of news about considerable events of the past week(s): 25hours/Zurich, Barcelo/Occidental Rome, B&B/100, Dt. Hospitality/100, Florens/Brienzersee, gambino/Munich, Gruppo Statuto, Internos/Exe Danube Budapest, TUI.

Eschborn/Frankfurt. At Best Western Hotels Central Europe, integrating the formerly separated regions is yielding initial fruit. Particularly the hotels in Austria benefited from the integration. Thanks to the new structure, they generated roughly 60 percent more revenues than in the previous year.

Wiesbaden. Central Europe, especially Germany, is considered a safe haven for investors and operators. Thus, more and more new brand names surge the market, e.g. in the serviced apartment segment, but also among operating companies.

Milan. A steadily growing international tourist interest in Italy along with the increase of active public support for environmental protection plans that meet the rising demand for sustainable tourism. All that coupled with the increasing number of distressed assets put on sale, the on-going market consolidation process, as well as the decreasing profitability of more traditional real estate investment assets. Five well-thought reasons why domestic and international investors and operators are currently looking at Italian hospitality assets with a mounting appetite.

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