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Vienna. And waltz please! Viennese hoteliers are happy about a July with strong turnover, overtaking July 2019. The summer has also stabilised again nationwide, even if international tourists were still missing from some countries.

London. The travel and tourism industry has recovered from the pandemic. That’s what the latest report from the WTTC explains, predicting that even over the next 10 years, the sector will outpace the global economy. China, the US, France, India, and Germany will be the winners unless a global recession kills these predictions in the egg. But Italy, not mentioned among the WTTC winners, can also count itself among the winners: Its international audience is back!

Augsburg. Mini-messages about noteworthy events of the last week(s): Ambienthotels/San Marino, Anantara/Amsterdam, Dt. Hospitality/Hamburg, Generator/New York, Golden Palace/Turin, Hilton/Dubai, Hyatt/Bulgaria, Les Collectionneurs/Italy, Limehome/Düsseldorf, Londra Palace/Venice, Marriott/Milan, Motel One/Vienna, Numa/Rome, Radisson/Poland, Santa Cristiana/Numana, Scandic/Munich, Staycity/Dublin, Venaria Reale/Luxury Hotel.

Vienna/Rome. In Austria, an ÖHV study has just brought light into the dark of the hotel energy statistics. In the next three to five years, 47% of the association members want to become independent from fossil fuels – if they are able to survive the high costs until then. The hoteliers fear that their energy costs will quadruple. In Italy, some are already expecting hotel closures in winter, if ski lifts are closed down. By July, the bills for electricity and gas had already tripled.

London. Several of Europe's largest hotel markets, led by Berlin, outperformed 2019 levels in gross operating profit per available room. In air travel, Southeast European destinations benefited, while the majority merely reduced their deficit.

Augsburg. Mini-messages about noteworthy events of the last week(s): Bergdorf Montestyria/Mariazell, B&B Hotels/Aalen, BWH/Vevey, Dt. Hospitality/Oman, Edyn/London, Federalberghi/Energy Costs, Forsters Posthotel/ Donaustauf, GSH/Stuttgart, Grand Hotel San Pellegrino/Italy, Hilton/Celle, ITA Airways/Sales, Marriott/Northern Italy, Nordic/Oslo, Relais & Châteaux/France, Scandic/Helsinki.

Vienna. For the first time, Austrian Hotel and Tourism Bank and Prodinger tourism consultancy put the balance sheet figures of their clients in one pot and compared the top tourism year 2019 with the lockdown-characterised first corona year of 2020. The surveyed properties reached the highest GOP in 2020, which is astonishing. Is state-induced "over funding" the reason for this? The list in question contains names of renowned hotel and tourism companies.

Augsburg. Mini-messages about noteworthy events of the last week(s): Accor/Münster, Almar/Jesolo, Bellevue/Cortina d'Ampezzo, Four Seasons/Egypt, Gruppo UNA/Italy, Hilton/Santorin, Novum/Heidelberg, Park Hotel/Cassano d'Adda, Piazza/Rimini, Star Inn Austria/Insolvency, W/Rome, Warimpex/Results HY1, Wyndham/Doha.

Augsburg. Mini-messages about noteworthy events of the last week(s): Accor/Paris, Aleph/Kinshasa, Aman/New York, Arabella/Salzburg, Ascott Paris, Centro/Hanover, Choice/Radisson, Dt. Hospitality/Aalen, Dorint/Bonn, Dubai/Bilanz, Ennismore/London, Faern/Switzerland, Generator/Gewinn, GSH/Regensburg, Lodging Econometrics/Pipeline Trend, Numa/Frankfurt, Radisson/Gdansk, The Place/Herzogenaurach, Whitbread/London.

Berlin. The German hospitality industry continues to be under enormous pressure and is looking anxiously to the autumn. It is experiencing a third year of losses and is again suffering from the incomprehensible decisions of the government, which presented a new infection protection law on Wednesday.