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Frankfurt/M. The number of international travellers coming for holidays or on business to Germany is still growing. As the German National Tourist Board announced at the ITB in Berlin 48.2 million overnight stays by foreign visitors were recorded between January and December 2005 at hotels with nine or more beds and campsites in Germany. This means an increase of 6.4 per cent on 2004. The GNTB is forecasting that, with further annual growth of around three per cent, there could be a total of 58 million overnight stays just in hotels with nine or more beds in 2015.
Berlin. Horst Schulze's luxury hotel group Capella founded in 2005 in Atlanta wants to reopen the Gunter Sachs Stately Home in Velden on Lake Woerther in spring 2007. Derelict for 12 years, the residence is to be restored to former glory as city hotel just like Breidenbacher Hof in Dusseldorf.
Berlin. The upwards trend continued for hotels in Germany in 2005. The number of overnight stays rose last year by three percent, occupancy by 2.4%. Room rates, on the other hand fell again, this time by almost 1 percent point. From 2007 the massive increase on VAT will also make a difference. The German Hotel Association announced results from a detailed report at their annual press conference yesterday.
London. Hotel rates in Liverpool witnessed the strongest year-on-year growth in average rates according to major travel management company BTI UK's annual hotel survey.
London. Eleven Courtyard by Marriott hotels owned by Chiltern Mondiale, a syndicate of private investors, went up for sale for £110 million. Supporting documents abut the properties, known as a teaser document, has been sent out to between 30 and 40 partners deemed suitable.
Frankfurt/M. Exotic and long-distance travels are only booming among young target groups at best. The majority of Germans prefer a green, sunny vacation nearby. This and other astonishing findings are the result of the first tourism study "Menschen unterwegs".
Dallas. The small but fine collection of Rosewood Hotels & Resorts has after a long while now seen three new additions to its portfolio. New Mexico, California and Florida are the new locations.
London. During the year 2006 ten new InterContinental Hotels & Resorts are currently scheduled to open around the world. In Europe a resort in Spain and a business hotel in the capital of Serbia, Belgrade, will open under the brand name.
Bonn. The number of overnight stays in German hotels increased once again in 2005. The upwards trend in tourism continues. The German Tourism Association presented the figures for 2005.
Augsburg. France is the most mature budget hotel market in Europe, InterContinental with its budget brand, Express by Holiday Inn, is the most rapidly expanding group overall. In the UK and Germany new brands are coming up. Spain and Italy are the laggards in terms of budget hotel development. Recently, American Cendant group, the world’s largest hotel franchiser, is gearing up for a major push into Continental Europe. A research in facts and figures about the business with the budget hotels.