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Augsburg. The keyword "News Mix" will bring to you tiny bits of news about considerable events of the past week. The following companies are mentioned today: Blackstone, Deutsche Bahn/German Rail, Kerzner, Maritim/Blackstone, Marriott USA, Mozambique, NH Hoteles, Rezidor.

London. The hotel market in Asia Pacific is seeing much stronger growth this year than last. Room revenue per available room across the region is up 14.1% to 97 USD - outperforming the 9.4% growth achieved in 2006.  Improvements have been driven by double-digit increases in average room rates, which now stand at 137 USD.

London. Jones Lang LaSalle Hotels estimates that 110 billion USD worth of global hotel transactions could be completed by the end of 2007. This represents a 52% rise on last year's record-breaking figure of 72.5 billion USD, proving that investors' appetite for the hotel sector remains at an unprecedented high level.

Berlin. Turning the first sod for a spectacular hotel and conference centre in Berlin-Dahlem. According to the plans of the architect Helmut Jahn, a modern glass and steel construction is being built there, close to the campus of the Freie Universitaet Berlin. Lessee is the Seminaris Hotels.

London. Latest results from the HotelBenchmark Survey by Deloitte reveal that rooms revenue per available room across Europe grew 6.8% for the first six months of 2007 - only slightly below the 7.2% growth achieved during the same period last year.

London/Berlin. The benchmark company The Bench in London and Fairmas GmbH located in Berlin have signed a collaboration agreement. The aim is to exchange data between both systems and grant access to a larger database for German hoteliers.

London. Hilton Hotels Corporation continues the expansion of its upscale Doubletree hotel collection in Europe following the signing of a franchise agreement with G&W Hotel Invest Srl. to introduce the Doubletree by Hilton Milan, which is set to open in October 2008.

Augsburg. The keyword "News mix" will bring to you tiny bits of news about considerable events of the past week. The following companies are mentioned today: Alpenhof Murnau/Relais & Châteaux, Burj Dubai, Habitat Sky, Hilton, InterContinental, Marriott.

Villach. Alfred Weiss, former board member of the former German Dorint Hotels, is active in his native Carinthia, Austria. In September, a 133-room Holiday Inn franchise hotel will open right next to the congress center in Villach.