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Wiesbaden. Best Western Italia gets a new CEO and a new COO, the Belmond Splendido in Portofino a new general manager. Willem van der Zee now works for Pandox, Arlett Hoff - long with HVS London - moved to SV Hotel in Switzerland. Daniel Eickworth, who left Hirmer Immobilien, is now with Freiberger Holding, and Hirmer has hired Frank Siegfried as developer and asset manager. Tina Haller, formerly of KPMG, is now responsible for the assets of the Munich entrepreneurial family Inselkammer. Mads Wolff is GM of 25hours Dubai. Carolin Beuster has taken over Global Sales at Althoff Hotels, Daniel Brettschneider manages the Essential by Dorint Stuttgart/Airport. and Fabian Zschweigert is now Head of M&A Central and Northern Europe at B&B Hotels. DER Touristik presents its three-member Executive Board.

Thessaloniki. Luxury resort provider Sani/Ikos Group is welcoming a new major shareholder, Singapore-headquartered global institutional investor GIC, to join its management team. The transaction values the Sani/Ikos Group at €2.3 billion.

Munich. Economic worries are likely to dampen the mood at Europe's largest trade fair for real estate and investment in Munich. This was the result of a survey conducted by Messe München among participants in the run-up to Expo Real.

Washington. Recovery for the business travel sector was promising but was short-circuited in 2022 by several factors including inflation, the war in Ukraine, Covid, supply chain disruption and more. As a possible recession is looming, businesses are likely to cut costs. Cautiously optimistic, experts in the sector believe the sector will recover, slower, but will recover by 2026 as hoteliers and airlines will adapt to the new trend that sees business travellers being replaced by digital nomads.

Frankfurt. The situation improved in 2021 but is not back to normal yet: The business travel volume and the spendings increased again in Germany in 2021, but are still far away from the 2019 levels. This is also caused by the permanent changed travel behaviour. At the same time, the companies' requirements towards holistic sustainability concepts of travelling employees are increasing. The pressure on the hotels is mounting tremendously.

Munich. Join in! The 9th sentiment test of hospitalityInside and its cooperation partner Union Investment is still running until 24 October. Three questions on the transaction and investment market need your answer! Vote online here right now.

London. With the Queens' death, hotels in London have been fully booked despite hoteliers doubling or even tripling their rates. But with all due respect for the principle of supply and demand, the hoteliers may have gone a little too far this time: they cancelled pre-booked rooms to resell them at a higher price, leaving hundreds of tourists stranded or forced to rebook another room at a higher fare. A new low for British hoteliers?

Vienna. And waltz please! Viennese hoteliers are happy about a July with strong turnover, overtaking July 2019. The summer has also stabilised again nationwide, even if international tourists were still missing from some countries.

London. The travel and tourism industry has recovered from the pandemic. That’s what the latest report from the WTTC explains, predicting that even over the next 10 years, the sector will outpace the global economy. China, the US, France, India, and Germany will be the winners unless a global recession kills these predictions in the egg. But Italy, not mentioned among the WTTC winners, can also count itself among the winners: Its international audience is back!

Augsburg. Mini-messages about noteworthy events of the last week(s): Ambienthotels/San Marino, Anantara/Amsterdam, Dt. Hospitality/Hamburg, Generator/New York, Golden Palace/Turin, Hilton/Dubai, Hyatt/Bulgaria, Les Collectionneurs/Italy, Limehome/Düsseldorf, Londra Palace/Venice, Marriott/Milan, Motel One/Vienna, Numa/Rome, Radisson/Poland, Santa Cristiana/Numana, Scandic/Munich, Staycity/Dublin, Venaria Reale/Luxury Hotel.