News & Stories

Wiesbaden. Germany's federal state of Hesse will sell the Parkhotel in Schlangenbad near Wiesbaden to Summit Healthcare Management Partners GmbH from Cologne at the beginning of 2008. The sales agreement for the 84-room hotel was attested by a notary on November 27. On December 5, the budget committee of the Hessian state parliament needs to approve the sale.

Wiesbaden. InterContinental Hotels Group enjoys the expansion of its Holiday Inn and Holiday Inn Express brands in Germany. As regards Crowne Plaza, negotiations are turning out to be more difficult.

Cologne. The Spanish Barceló hotel company will operate the former Crowne Plaza Cologne City Center in Cologne as of January 1, 2008, and thus enters Germany for the first time.

Bern. Almost parallel to the current study by hotelleriesuisse, the Swiss Credit-Suisse Bank introduced its latest study on tourism called "Tourismus im Berner Oberland - Strukturen, Strategien, Herausforderungen". Bernese Oberland holds a comfortable position with respect to success benchmarking in tourism.

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: ArabellaSheraton/Westin Cape Town, Hilton Garden Inn, Kempinski Pragelato, Warimpex/Poland.

London. The British budget chain Travelodge plans to open 100 hotels in Spain by 2020 and to invest 1 billion Euros, creating 2,000 new jobs. The expansion in Spain follows a successful pilot of three Spanish hotels - two in Madrid and one in Barcelona.

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: Golden Tulip India, Kempinski Fuerteventura, Renaissance Amsterdam.

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: Hapimag, Hilton Prag, Hyatt International, InterContinental, Kingdom, Moevenpick Hotels and Cruises, Orient-Express.

Andermatt/Los Angeles. The Andermatt Alpine Destination Company, which will plan the holiday resort in Andermatt on behalf of Egyptian investor Samih Sawiris, has now concluded a joint venture contract with an American hotel group. According to Sawiris' aid, Franz Egle, the two companies will together build a 5 star hotel, the Viceroy Andermatt.