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London. Massive increases in bookings wherever a Marriott hotel opens... The chain reads the desire to travel from the numbers in its booking channels. It is also focusing on multigenerational travel and exclusive rentals of entire hotels.

Berlin. Ten percent occupancy and little prospect of improvement in Germany. The new nationwide "Corona emergency brake" allows little leeway. The suspended insolvency filing requirement should now be extended.

Augsburg. Under the keyword "News-Mix" you will find mini-messages about noteworthy events of the last week(s): Accor/Newcastle, Barefoot/Tegernsee, Blu/Misurina, Chedi/Record, Cosi/Spain, DER/Alps, Design Hotels/Moscow, Deutsche Hospitality/Icons, Deutsche Hypo/Berlin, Domus Stay/London, Edition/2022, Grecotel/Takeovers, Hyatt/Circle, Immero/Leipzig, Italy open-air, Koncept/Franchise, Krone/B_Smart, Laqua/New start-up, Lefay/Re-Start, Lohbeck/Acquisition, Louvre/Residences, Marriott/Doha, Nobis/Mallorca, PremierInn/Wuppertal, Radisson/Amsterdam, Romantik/Barbarossa, Ruby/London, SanDomenico/Cortina, TUI/Capital & Castelfalfi, Valamar/Places, Wyndham/2021.

Cologne. The hotel industry in the DACH region is groaning under the permanent lockdown and insufficient Corona aid. Now, the hotel groups almost loose their temper. Dorint, Lindner, H-Hotels, Leonardo, Dormero, Centro, GSH-Group and Althoff Hotels gave facts and figures in a joint press conference yesterday. Hopefully, it is not too late.

London. "We will need until 2025 for the last ten percent of recovery," predicts Robin Rossmann, Managing Director STR, after the company's first "Global Data Conference". However, 90 percent should already be recovered by the turn of the year 2022/23. He remains optimistic, even for Europe – the region, which has sadly come last so far.

Berlin. Even more extensive bridging aid is to ease the resentment of companies at high risk of insolvency. In addition, a competition is developing between two tracing apps, Lufthansa is testing a vaccination passport on U.S. flights, employers in Austria and Germany are requiring employees to vaccinate themselves, and a look abroad reveals the same yo-yo game of loosening and restricting as in Germany.

Augsburg. Under the keyword "News-Mix" you will find mini-messages about noteworthy events of the last week(s): Accor/Sofitel Hamburg, Adina/Vienna, AG Hotels/Florence, Apaleo/Financial Injection, BWH/Crafted, Cosi/Franchise, GBI/Consulting, Gekko/Gerbermühle, Hilton/Rome, Hyatt/Biarritz, IHG/Voco, Leonardo/Warsaw, Lux/Southern France, Marriott/UK, Radisson/Africa, SixSenses/Ibiza, Sporthotel Fontana/Sale, Venice/Resorts.

Milan. The latest ranking by hotel company turnover in Italy has changed within one year completely. In 2019, Starhotels was the largest group with the highest turnover, last year it was Alpitour.

Geneva. Kempinski Hotels is terminating the cooperation with the 12.18 group announced at the real estate fair Expo Real 2019.

Berlin. Mallorca is to blame. Because thousands of Germans simply flew there to go on holiday. Because you can't do that in your own country. Since then, the government has been trying to square the circle, socially, politically and legally.