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Vienna. For the first time, Austrian Hotel and Tourism Bank and Prodinger tourism consultancy put the balance sheet figures of their clients in one pot and compared the top tourism year 2019 with the lockdown-characterised first corona year of 2020. The surveyed properties reached the highest GOP in 2020, which is astonishing. Is state-induced "over funding" the reason for this? The list in question contains names of renowned hotel and tourism companies.

Augsburg. Mini-messages about noteworthy events of the last week(s): Accor/Münster, Almar/Jesolo, Bellevue/Cortina d'Ampezzo, Four Seasons/Egypt, Gruppo UNA/Italy, Hilton/Santorin, Novum/Heidelberg, Park Hotel/Cassano d'Adda, Piazza/Rimini, Star Inn Austria/Insolvency, W/Rome, Warimpex/Results HY1, Wyndham/Doha.

Augsburg. Mini-messages about noteworthy events of the last week(s): Accor/Paris, Aleph/Kinshasa, Aman/New York, Arabella/Salzburg, Ascott Paris, Centro/Hanover, Choice/Radisson, Dt. Hospitality/Aalen, Dorint/Bonn, Dubai/Bilanz, Ennismore/London, Faern/Switzerland, Generator/Gewinn, GSH/Regensburg, Lodging Econometrics/Pipeline Trend, Numa/Frankfurt, Radisson/Gdansk, The Place/Herzogenaurach, Whitbread/London.

Berlin. The German hospitality industry continues to be under enormous pressure and is looking anxiously to the autumn. It is experiencing a third year of losses and is again suffering from the incomprehensible decisions of the government, which presented a new infection protection law on Wednesday.

Augsburg. Mini messages about noteworthy events of the last week(s): Achat/Stuttgart, Althoff/Urban Loft Berlin, Beyond Green/Piemont, B&B/Offenbach, BWH/Italy, Camping/Super Success, Casa Cook/Mykonos, Excelsior/Venice, Golden Palace/Turin, Grupo AST/Abruzzo, Hilton/Krakow, Hyatt/Sardinia, Lefay/Balance, Mangia's/Sicily, Maritim/Crowdfunding, Marriott/Munich, Miramare/Tuscany, Orascom/Vail, Pandox/Brussels, Portovenere/Liguria, Soravia/Essen, Union Investment/25hours Copenhagen.

Brussels. After eight years, HOTREC has published a new position paper on the regulation of the short-term rental market. This is intended to help launch the forthcoming binding legal framework at EU level.

Berlin. It took longer than in many other markets, but with the lifting of Covid 19-related restrictions at the end of May 2021, most German markets showed the first positive signs of recovery. This now presents a full-year summary in compact form.

Madrid. Just in time for the start of the peak travel season in many parts of the world, UNWTO reported this week: Europe and the Americas are leading the recovery! Europe saw 350% more international arrivals than in the same period in 2021, but still hasn't reached 2019 levels.

Augsburg. Mini-messages about noteworthy events of the last week(s): Amundi/Fund, Apulia/Mattinata, Belmond/Orient-Express, Bright Ventures/Rosenheim, B.W. Hotel/Fellbach, Hambacher Schloss/Insolvency, JP Hospitality/Trieste, H-Hotels/Salzburg, LHP/Naples, Mandarin Oriental/Lucerne, Precise/Bad Saarow, Relais & Châteaux/Amalfi, Sonnenhotels/Bad Hofgastein, Stay Fancy/Renco, Trullo Mò con Dunia/Apulia.

Wiesbaden. The pandemic has taken a slice out of Germany's hotel pipeline. 10 to 15% of projects announced in 2019 are now no longer expected to materialise. A-cities have lost the most ground. For existing hotels, this could be an opportunity; they are more sought after by both investors and operators than before. The cards are certainly being reshuffled right now.