News & Stories

Verbier. Verbier, the well known ski resort in French-speaking Switzerland, is soon to be home to a new Starwood Hotel - the W Verbier Retreat. The design hotel is the first ski resort of the Starwood brand, the first W hotel in Switzerland and the first house belonging to the international hotel group in Verbier.

Augsburg. The keyword "News mix" will bring to you tiny bits of news about considerable events of the past week. Today: Campbell Gray, Conrad, Cornell, Golden Tulip, Hotel Properties II UK, LSF, Six Senses.

Vienna. This week, the German Fleming's Hotels & Restaurants opened up its first hotel in Austria: The new 146-room hotel is located at Vienna's Westbahnhof.

Vienna. According to a recent hotel report, the continually growing number of tourists to central and eastern Europe is a motivating factor in bringing investment to these markets. 79 percent of hotel investments have accordingly been made since end 2003/beginning 2004 and Budapest, Prague and Warsaw are the forerunners.

St. Leon-Rot. SAP founder and hobby hotelier Dietmar Hopp put the kibosh on a golf course with a first-class hotel in Baden-Wuerttemberg, Southern Germany. This means the failure of a 60-million Euro investment and 100 jobs.

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: Business Travel Show, Corinthia, Deutsche Telekom, Ellington, Handy Hotels, Marriott Bill, Orient-Express, Small Luxury, Reval, Welcome Hotels.

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.