News & Stories

Cologne. The Spanish Barceló hotel company will operate the former Crowne Plaza Cologne City Center in Cologne as of January 1, 2008, and thus enters Germany for the first time.

Bern. Almost parallel to the current study by hotelleriesuisse, the Swiss Credit-Suisse Bank introduced its latest study on tourism called "Tourismus im Berner Oberland - Strukturen, Strategien, Herausforderungen". Bernese Oberland holds a comfortable position with respect to success benchmarking in tourism.

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: ArabellaSheraton/Westin Cape Town, Hilton Garden Inn, Kempinski Pragelato, Warimpex/Poland.

London. The British budget chain Travelodge plans to open 100 hotels in Spain by 2020 and to invest 1 billion Euros, creating 2,000 new jobs. The expansion in Spain follows a successful pilot of three Spanish hotels - two in Madrid and one in Barcelona.

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: Golden Tulip India, Kempinski Fuerteventura, Renaissance Amsterdam.

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: Hapimag, Hilton Prag, Hyatt International, InterContinental, Kingdom, Moevenpick Hotels and Cruises, Orient-Express.

Andermatt/Los Angeles. The Andermatt Alpine Destination Company, which will plan the holiday resort in Andermatt on behalf of Egyptian investor Samih Sawiris, has now concluded a joint venture contract with an American hotel group. According to Sawiris' aid, Franz Egle, the two companies will together build a 5 star hotel, the Viceroy Andermatt.

Going. Richard Hauser, Junior at the renowned Hotel Stanglwirt in Going near Kitzbühel, Austria, now plans to build his own 5 star hotel. He'll remain Stanglwirt Managing Director.

Westlake Village. Although environmental conservation is an important topic across the globe and, in response, many hotels have implemented environmentally friendly programs at their properties, nearly one-half of European hotel guests are unaware of them, according to the latest J.D. Power and Associates 2007 European Hotel Guest Satisfaction Index Study.