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Augsburg. The keyword "News Mix" will bring to you tiny bits of news about considerable events of the past weeks. The following companies and destinations are mentioned today: Anheuser-Busch/Nakheel, Hilton Garden Inn, Princess Gloria of Thurn und Taxis, Holiday Inn Passau, International Hotel Investments, Moevenpick, Kurt Wachtveitl, Scandic, Sun Resorts, Ramada, Rezidor, Rocco Forte.  

Singapore. The Pacific Asia Travel Association is forecasting robust growth for travel and tourism in the Asia Pacific region, with tourism revenues to top 4.6 trillion USD and visitor arrivals to reach close to 500 million by the end of 2010. These figures headline PATA's newly-published 'Asia Pacific Tourism Forecasts 2008-2010', launched in Singapore in partnership with the Singapore Tourism Board. Despite regional stock market volatility and uncertainty over local impacts of a possible US recession, the forecasts predict robust average annual growth rates of between 7 and 8%.

Paris. The French Accor group still has three time more rooms than its next follower, despite the European hotel industry shows a rather stable room supply. Most of the European groups have undergone a radical review of their networks. Thus a significant number of hotels, that did not fit anymore the norms, have left these groups. A new European hotel ranking published in France proves that the first 20 European hotel brands are stable. The British brands have expressed  a remarkable dynamism, going up to the top of the ranking while the Spanish hotels of TUI have gone through a severe clarification.

Rosengarten Melitta Karth-Strache from Rosengarten near Hamburg has been active as hotel consultant for a good two years. The focus of her work lies on project management and the oversight of construction works. Over the last two years, the experienced hotel manager has undergone intensive training in both of these areas. 

Berlin. The luxury hotel The Monarch Dubai, owned by the Kuwait based Refad Group, opened towards the end of 2007 in Dubai. Its Austro-German management team officially presented the hotel at this year's ITB as well as giving away further details of the Group's expansion plans.

Augsburg. The keyword "News Mix" will bring to you tiny bits of news about considerable events of the past week. The following companies and destinations are mentioned today: Althoff, A-rosa, Design- and Lifestyle-Hotels Schweiz, Derag, Dorint, Hilton, Ritz-Carlton, TUI AG/Royal Caribbean Cruises.

Berlin. On the global level, outbound trips rose in 2007. The Europeans took a total of 407 million outbound trips and spent 381 billion euros. The most dynamic European source market with 16% more trips was Russia. Compared to the previous year, the Germans' domestic holidays increased by 3%, whereas outbound holidays, like the year before, decreased again.

Bad Salzuflen. In 2008, Maritim will open its first hotel in Asia, in the Chinese capital of Beijing. All things being equal, the signs continue to point toward further expansion abroad. According to the German hotel group's own indications at this year's ITB, Maritim managed to increase its turnover by 13 million Euros to 413.6 million Euros last year, although average room rate sank slightly.

Portsmouth/New Hampshire, USA. Lodging Econometrics, a reputable research institution for hotel real estate in the US, announced in its 2008 Outlook for the Lodging Industry in Europe that the construction pipeline stood at 949 projects and 163,919 guestrooms.