News & Stories

Pisa/Berlin. Worldwide economic factors along with the refugee crisis in Europe are impacting very differently on the global tourism industry. The overall trend remains satisfying, however, and 2015 has been another good year for world tourism.

Wiesbaden. The keyword "News Mix" will bring to you tiny bits of news about considerable events of the past week(s): AccorHotels/HotelInvest, art’otel/London, H-Hotels/Ramada Hamburg, InterConti/Q3, Internos/NH Turin, LDC/Rome, Leonardo/London Heathrow, Minor/Tivoli Lisbon, NH/Mannheim, Robinson/Greece, Worldhotels/Lalit India.

Wiesbaden. The keyword "News Mix" will bring to you tiny bits of news about considerable events of the past week(s): Accor/Q3, Celebrity Cruises, Germany Tourism, Hilton/Curio UAE, Hilton/Doubletree London, Liverpool, Marriott/AC Mainz, Moevenpick/Africa, Oberoi/Ajman, Qatar, Ritz-Carlton/Switzerland, Starwood/W Egypt.

Berlin. The hyper-activity within the German hotel investment market continues to swirl. Following a calculation for the third quarter 2015 transaction volume, the industry can anticipate a record volume of 3.5 billion Euro by the end of the year. The pressure on the yields continues.

Munich. Once again, the Expo Real Munich that had taken place from October 5-7, 2015 was also a pool for news surrounding projects and brands: A selection in the following – news from IHG, GBI AG, LFPI Hotels, the Hotelforum Awards, IBB Hotel Collection, Kempinski, Meininger, Motel One, Novum, Moxy, Plaza Hotel Group, prizeotel, RIMC, Success Hotel Management, Steigenberger, Wyndham and Yotel.

Wiesbaden. The keyword "News Mix" will bring to you tiny bits of news about considerable events of the past week(s): A-ja/Bad Saarow, Andermatt, B&B/Osnabrueck, Carlson Rezidor/Algeria, Doubletree/Ekaterinburg, Hilton/London, InterContinental/Estoril, Scandic, Sofitel Munich/Deka, Starwood/Dubrovnik, Wyndham/India.

Munich. At the Expo Real in Munich, the British hotel giant Premier Inn made a very self-confident impression and announced a new project in Munich's prime location. At the same time, the hotel group presented a very conservative model room for the German market.

Munich. The Treugast Investment Ranking 2015 comes with a surprise at the top: After many years, Marriott has lost its AAA rating and meanwhile plays in the same league as Foremost Hospitality and H-Hotels AG which have climbed up the ranking from an A to an AA. This year, the title of "Most Wanted Investment Partner" went to Steigenberger. In the ranking of the Treugast subsidiary, Horwath HTL Austria, Motel One, Steigenberger and Vienna International stood out.

Peking. China's millionaires travel more frequently and spend more money. This was indicated in the Hurun "Chinese Luxury Traveler 2015" report published in June wherein the travel behaviour of those travellers who had spent at least 30,000 US dollars per person on travel last year was examined.

Wiesbaden. The keyword "News Mix" will bring to you tiny bits of news about considerable events of the past week(s): AccorHotels/Trust, Carlson Rezidor/Africa, Geisel/Munich, IHG/Hong Kong, IHG/Munich, LHM/Holiday Inn Express, Louvre/Germany, Lux/UAE, Marriott/South Africa, Mercure/Duesseldorf, Pullman/Europe, Asia, Starwood/Serbia, Starwood/Africa, Tulip Inn/Neu-Isenburg, Union Investment/Hampton, Vastint/Moxy Stuttgart.