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Berlin. Repeatedly, Carlson Rezidor's CEO Wolfgang Neumann has to face geo-political drawbacks in the optimisation process of the business. Be it the economic crisis in Norway or slumps in the Russian market. Because of the visible successes at the same time, the manager is confident that he will be able to increase the group's profits soon again.

Berlin. The industry is buzzing again – investors and hotel owners made many announcements during IHIF and ITB Berlin, and aside of it. The selection of today's businesses: Aloft/UK, B&B/Foncière des Murs, Best Western/Italy, Fleesensee/Radisson Blu, Fosun/Thomas Cook, GBI/Moxy, Holiday Inn Express, Kempinski, Leonardo/UK, Orascom, Premier Inn, Steigenberger/Jaz, Travel Charme/Austria, Virgin Hotels.

Berlin. For Wyndham, Europe is becoming an ever more important market: The company now aims to tap into new regions and build confidence in the US brand with various local partners, by expanding the Dolce brand and with more management contracts. In Germany and France, the company will even establish its own developers. In Berlin, Wyndham is obviously losing the Wyndham Grand on Anhalter Bahnhof.

Berlin. In the fullness of the travel analyses surrounding the ITB, the fundamental trend changes are only to be filtered out with effort. As a mega trend, IPK International has pinpointed more cities and beaches than ever as the engines of the growing flow of travellers. Strong market losses with holidays in the country and with the traditional business trips have been registered. A summary.

London. 2014 was a good year for hoteliers. Europe attracted 22 million more international tourists than it did in 2013. Most markets saw RevPAR growth, and many are breaking records, especially on occupancy. The outlook for 2015 and 2016 remains positive.

Berlin. The industry is buzzing again – investors and hotel owners made many announcements this week at the International Hotel Investment Forum as well as at ITB Berlin, the Leading Travel Trade Show. The selection of today's businesses: Hampton/Berlin, Hilton/Curio Hamburg, Istanbul, Le Méridien/Munich, Michels & Taylor, Pandox, Plateno/H12, Starwood Capital/Jing Jiang, Starwood Hotels/25hours Duesseldorf.

Berlin. Guest behaviour is changing and so is the design of the Holiday Inn Express. This week, the InterContinental Hotels Group has introduced a refreshing model room at IHIF Berlin. And likewise, Best Western has constructed a model for its new lifestyle brand; the details for Europe have yet to be worked out.

London. Hotel real estate was the star performer in Europe's property market in 2014 with transaction volumes growing faster than other asset classes such as office, industrial or retail space. In 2014, the hotel investment volume significantly exceeded the respective previous year's value in almost all European countries. Two consultancies provide a summary based on their extensive data collection.

Wiesbaden. The keyword "News Mix" will bring to you tiny bits of news about considerable events of the past week(s): Adagio/Frankfurt, Art Invest/Sofitel Hamburg, glh/every hotels, Hispania-Barcelo/REIT, Holiday Inn/Gateway Gardens, Kempinski/Berchtesgaden, Meliá/Starwood Capital, Munich/Tourism, Ringhotels, Roomers/Baden-Baden, Six Senses/Bali, Starwood/Aloft, Element Dubai.

Vienna. The hotel report Vienna for 2014 by the Austrian hotel and tourism consults, Kohl & Partner indicates that the increase in beds and the demand had been marching in step with each other last year as well as over a more extended time horizon.