News & Stories

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: Abu Dhabi, Accor, NH Hoteles, Rocco Forte.

Paris. The global growth of the hotel supply in the European union is more dynamic. The rhythm is increasing with 2.3% new rooms at the beginning of 2007. The total supply of the hotel groups present in the EU is over 1.2 million with a majority of the rooms in the upper categories.

New Delhi. The Bird Group under its wholly owned subsidiary, Bird Hospitality Services, founded a joint venture with Dusit Thani Public Company Limited, Thailand. Bird Hospitality Services is committed to develop six, 4- to 5-star, hotels which will provide Dusit the possibility to manage or franchise several hotels in India.

Berlin. At Berlin's ITB, the world's leading research companies analyse the future direction of tourism as well as the causes of these changes. Worldwide, the number of tourists in 2006 grew by three percent. A notable secondary result was, according to the World Travel Monitor, the number of overnight stays grew even more.

Munich. For a few weeks now, the asset manager Martin Fichtmueller from Munich has been devoting increasing attention to the properties of the joint venture of the American investment bank The Blackstone Group and the Event Management GmbH, Cologne.

Berlin. Swiss hotels and spas closed 2006 with exceptional results. Overnight stays made in Swiss hotels and spas were up by 5.8 percent on the previous year and the increase in foreign visitors grew by 7.2 percent, as the Federal Office of Statistics was able to show. The 4 percent increase in overnight stays made by the Swiss themselves resulted in the best results recorded by the hotel industry in 15 years.

Bahrain. Bahrain's hotel industry is brightening up, as in May 2007, the interior and exterior of Gulf Hotel's Tower Block as well as its Al Waha Restaurant and lounge areas will get a complete makeover. A multi-storey 600-space car park will be built to extend existing guest-parking capacity. In addition, Radisson SAS opened the first luxury corporate residence.

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: Duenenmeer Hotel, InterContinental Hotels Group, Kempinski, Moevenpick.

Bonn. Germany ended the travel year 2006 with a plus of 3.5 percent in guest arrivals and an increase in overnight stays of two percent. City and short breaks are the hit with travellers.