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Augsburg. Mini-messages about noteworthy events of the last week(s): Accor/Berlin, Aeroviaggi/Results, Arena/Pula, Artisa/Milan, Ascott/Vienna, B'mine/Frankfurt, BWH/Italy, Choice/Suburban Studios, Covivio/Club Med, DFI/Sheraton Esplanade, Mandarin Oriental/Homes, Drees & Sommer/AA Projects, Floating Hotels/Meyer-Werft, Garibaldi/Sicily, Isrotel/Greece, Motel One/Manchester, Munich/Tourism, Premier Inn/Stuttgart, Relais Borgo Scopeto/Tuscany, Rocco Forte/Palermo, Tuscany/albergo diffuso, Verkehrsbüro/Sale business travel.

Wiesbaden. The ongoing Corona pandemic and the related bottlenecks have had a greater impact on the German economy than on most other EU countries. It is worse than the EU average, and that is even without Ukraine figures.

Berlin. The pandemic has made online bookings even more convenient, especially for short trips. For travel information, users increasingly use social media, but read and book via different channels. For trips of 5 days or more, however, booking behaviour has changed significantly.

Berlin. In Germany, the number of hotel companies has decreased significantly in 2020 and 2021. Smaller establishments in particular are dropping out. This already reflects the consequences of Corona.

Worcester. Even in the global performance comparison 2021, Europe performed significantly worse than the US, which was more stable. China and the Middle East have also been up and down. Labour costs are an issue everywhere.

Augsburg. Mini-messages about noteworthy events of the last week(s): Allegroitalia/Florence, Best Western/Augsburg, Castiglion del Bosco/Rosewood, Centro/Nyce, Conrad/Sardinia, Edyn/Financing, GBI/eco, Kempinski/Istanbul, Leonardo/Eschborn, Meininger/Italy, Meliá/Tuscany, Piazza/Varese, Primestar/Munich, San Domenico/Cortina, Taj/Dubai.

Berlin. According to tourism researchers, the Ukraine crisis will only change the travel behaviour on a short-term basis. Just flights will become extremely expensive for now. Hotel rates are also increasing significantly but appear to have been accepted. And the hotel remains the most preferred means of accommodation. The destination becomes secondary. Results from the travel analyses, presented at the ITB this week.

Augsburg. Mini-messages about noteworthy events of the last week(s): Adina/Düsseldorf, Anantara/Dubai, Baglioni/Milan, Barcelo/Canaries, B&B/Piedmont, Centro/Friburg, Costa Smeralda/Porto Cervo, Ennismore/Trieste, Gallicantu Retreat/Sardinia, IHG/Ras Al Khaimah, MHP/Frankfurt, Minor/Thailand, Planetaria Hotels/Italy, Prizeotel/Bonn, Quellenhof See Lodge/South Tyrol.

Berlin. Germany's chief virologist is discontinuing his Corona podcast and the German government is lifting the risk status for all countries in the world - provided that no variant more dangerous than Omicron turns up anywhere.

Kiel/Berlin. After two years of pandemic, people in all European travel surveys show themselves hungry for travel as never before. Air travel is in demand again, especially to the Mediterranean. Short-term bookings, however, will remain long-term. The effects of the war in Ukraine cannot yet be estimated.