News & Stories

Duesseldorf. Lawyers Christian Ehlers, Duesseldorf, and Peter Wackerbauer, Munich, have together founded the "Hospitality Legal Group". Focus will be the provision of expert legal, economic and technical advice to hotel investors looking to invest in Germany.

Beverly Hills. Ian Schrager's and J.W. Marriott's new lifestyle boutique hotel brand will be called "Edition". The first property is expected to open in 2010. 

Wiesbaden. 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: Deka-Immobilien, Golden Tulip, InterContinental, Nakheel, Moevenpick, Sun International, Starwood, Vienna International.

London. Asia maintains momentum with growth of 11.1%. The US market, more under pressure as supply climbs, still performs at 5.7%. The Middle East and Africa enjoys the strongest performance, growing at 12.5%. The UK continues to grow year-on-year with strong performance of 11% 2007 was a strong year for the EMEA hotel market with Lisbon, Portugal emerging as the top performer in RevPAR growth increasing 25.5 per cent.

Wiesbaden. 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: Hyatt, Kempinski, Magic Life, Marriott, Moevenpick, Relais & Châteaux, Las Vegas.

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: Accor, Banyan Tree, Carlton, Courtyard, Fairmont, Grand Hotel Kronenhof, Iglu-Hotels, Kuoni, Leonardo, Moevenpick, Park Plaza, Wellness-Hotels Germany, Vienna Holding, Tsunami.

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: Banyan Tree/Dubai, Buddha-Bar Hotels, Motel One, Moevenpick/Al Ain, Schloss Reinhartshausen Kempinski, St. Regis/Cairo.

Berlin. Just two weeks after the first hotel takeovers became public, Daniel Roger, Managing Director of the Israeli Fattal Group's Leonardo Hotels, announced a further nine hotel takeovers in Germany, Belgium and Switzerland. The hotels concerned are mainly former Accor buildings, there is, however, the odd Hilton and Méridien among them too.

Duesseldorf. One week after the takeover of the Falkensteiner hotels in Bad Aussee, the German Lindner Hotel Group has now announced its third hotel in Austria. The hotel is located just 300m from Lake Woerther, in a park location with direct pathway to the lake. The hotel will open in spring 2009 in Klagenfurt.

Luzern. The UBS bank, Zurich, has sold the Hotel Guetsch in Luzern to a Russian oligarch. The Swiss bank acquired the closed Hotel Guetsch, sitting majestically above the city of Luzern and referred to as Château Gütsch, a few years ago, and have since  fixed it up for sale.