News & Stories

Madrid. Paradores de Turismo, the Spanish national hospitality company, created to promote qualified tourism and the recovery of historic places, opened a new line of business based on franchising. The first hotel will be 5-star Casa da Insúa in Penalva do Castelo, Portugal.

Basingstoke. Moscow remains the most expensive business destination in the world. Among the regions, only America shows average rate growth. Globally, the in-city fragmentation results in traditional hotel chains fighting for the conventional mid-market. Flexibility has become a driver, says a survey.

Wiesbaden. The keyword "News Mix" will bring to you tiny bits of news about considerable events of the past week(s): Adina/Munich, B&B/Weil at Rhine, Duesseldorf, Choice/BHKV, Hard Rock Hotel/Tenerife, Hilton/Q3, Ibis budget/Bamberg, IHG/Holiday Inn Warsaw, Marriott/Q3, Motel One/Munich, UK, Q3, Moxy/Vienna, Sensimar, Starwood/Q3, Thomas Cook/Casa Cook.

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.