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Singapore. The agreements have already been signed. The Asian Banyan Tree luxury hotel group from Singapore will take over six luxury resorts in China, Korea, Jordan, and Turkey as well as on Mauritius and the Turks and Caicos Islands. The hotels will be operated by the two brands of Banyan Tree and Angsana.
Berlin. German citizens are currently very hesitant to spend money on travelling. In the mid-term however, according to the consumer survey, this is not stopping German holidaymakers from investing in their "most precious weeks of the year".
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Wiesbaden. 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: Domina, Dusit, Mandarin Oriental, Marriott, Rezidor, Ritz-Carlton, Sun Resorts.
Beverly Hills. Hilton Hotels Corporation has signed a preliminary contract with a Turkish company for strategic expansion in Turkey. The plans include the development of around 15 new hotels in Turkish conurbations.
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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: Engels & Voelkers, Fairmont, Lindner, Seminaris, Stuttgart.
Portsmouth. Lodging Econometrics, the global specialist for Hotel Real Estate, reported to the Lodging Industry that there are a total of 814 hotels having 139,133 rooms in the Construction Pipeline throughout Europe. LE President Patrick Ford said, "Hotel Construction is at a robust pace. Half the Pipeline, 407 projects / 72,205 rooms, are already under construction. That means that a record 292 hotels / 45,598 rooms are set to open throughout the region in 2008."
Paris. In order to englobe new activity in market research and database expertise, MKG Consulting has become MKG Hospitality, has taken on a new visual identity and will open new offices in Berlin and Geneva.
Berlin. Scandic and Danish real estate developer Schaumann Properties A/S have entered into a partnership that will develop a new hotel with 572 rooms located at Potsdamer Platz in Berlin. The hotel marks the first serious step on Scandics new international growth strategy and is expected to open in February 2010.
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Design dresses up budgets: after the success of the German low-budget design hotel chain of Motel One, Austria's Cube-Hotels will also develop a "design cube". Thís was announced by Martin Lachout, CEO of the operating company of Vienna International at the hotelforum industry conference in Munich on Wednesday. The discussion about concepts of budget hotels showed the high degree of diversification in this segment. The hotel group of Motel One is growing outside Germany as well. Its joint-venture company with the Austrian Verkehrsbuero Group will sign the agreements for the first two Motel One in Vienna today: in the Molatgasse next to the Naschmarkt and the location of Rossauer Lende close to the city a 197-room hotel will be erected by 2009 and a 320-room hotel by 2010, respectively. / mapNews Mix
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: Hyatt, Marriott, Romantik, Vail Resorts.