News & Stories

Bonn. The latest "Kompendium der Markenhotellerie 2006" provides detailed and structured information about Germany's hotel companies. The compendium is issued by the German Hotel and Restaurant Association and the German International Hotel Association.

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: Best Western, Dusit, Hilton, InterContinental, Kempinski, Regency, Taj.

Augsburg. As of today, 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: Dorchester, Hilton, InterContinental, Raffles, Versace.

Berlin. A new survey about cultural tourism reveals a market niche for hotels: cultural and city trips are lacking childcare services. In addition, the rates for city and culture trips have doubled since the introduction of the euro. Despite this, the interest in city and cultural travels remains very high.

Vienna. After recently adding the Dream Castle Hotel at the Disney Resort Paris and the Angelo Hotel in Prague to its belt, Vienna International Hotel Management plc shows no sign of stopping and this year will take on the Hotel Jan III Sobieski in Warsaw with further expansion to follow.

Frankfurt/M. With 1.03 billion euros, Germany's hotel investment volume already reached the highest level in the first 10 months of 2006 since collecting data began in 1990 on the German hotel investment market.

New York. Sources in the catering community in New York City are saying that The Cipriani Group, a major catering operation in the city, is about to announce that it has acquired several hotels in major U.S. cities.

Munich The new twelfth "Trend Report Hospitality 2006/2007" published by the Treugast Institute of Applied Hospitality Sciences in Munich sees an increasing trend in health tourism. The prediction is not, however, supported by any figures. Conference hotels remain successful and new budget design hotels bring new life into the hotel trade.

Munich. Excitement in the Russian hotel market: Especially Moscow and St. Petersburg profit from the booming economy and from the increasing attention international investor bring along. In the last two years, their activities added up to 1.5 billion USD.

Davos. The futuristic Hotel am Stilli Park designed by Matteo Thun located in the exclusive Swiss skiing destination of Davos will be operated by InterContinental Hotels Group. The Mainz developer, Feuring, will develop the 5-star wellness and design hotel with 180 rooms and 60 luxury apartments.