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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.
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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: 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.
London. Hoteliers across the Middle East posted their third year of double-digit revenue per available room growth in 2006. The region saw revPar increase 16.7% last year fuelled by a 17.8% improvement in average room rates - up to USD143 from USD120 in 2005. However continuing terrorist threats combined with an increase in hotel supply resulted in marginal declines in occupancy.
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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: Accor, Four Seasons, Leading Spas, Mandarin Oriental, Rezidor, Small Luxury Hotels.
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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: Accor/Go Voyages, Amanresorts, Ellington, Ibis, Kempinski, Jumeirah, Moevenpick, NH Hoteles/Jolly.
Cologne/Bonn.
The former seat of parliament in Bonn is to be redeveloped into a conference hall for 4,000 visitors as well as a 350 room hotel. A small German group has won the contract as operator of this 300 million Euro complex, beating off international competition from across the world.London. Global hotel performance data for 2006 shows that all regions enjoyed double-digit growth in revenue per available room. Experts expect a more moderate growth in 2007. The interest in hotel-assets in Germany is supposed to slow down.