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Vienna/Rome. In Austria, an ÖHV study has just brought light into the dark of the hotel energy statistics. In the next three to five years, 47% of the association members want to become independent from fossil fuels – if they are able to survive the high costs until then. The hoteliers fear that their energy costs will quadruple. In Italy, some are already expecting hotel closures in winter, if ski lifts are closed down. By July, the bills for electricity and gas had already tripled.

London. Several of Europe's largest hotel markets, led by Berlin, outperformed 2019 levels in gross operating profit per available room. In air travel, Southeast European destinations benefited, while the majority merely reduced their deficit.

Augsburg. Mini-messages about noteworthy events of the last week(s): Bergdorf Montestyria/Mariazell, B&B Hotels/Aalen, BWH/Vevey, Dt. Hospitality/Oman, Edyn/London, Federalberghi/Energy Costs, Forsters Posthotel/ Donaustauf, GSH/Stuttgart, Grand Hotel San Pellegrino/Italy, Hilton/Celle, ITA Airways/Sales, Marriott/Northern Italy, Nordic/Oslo, Relais & Châteaux/France, Scandic/Helsinki.

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.