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The confusing geopolitical situation was certainly addressed at this year's IHIF EMEA in Berlin. It obstructs many plans in the hotel industry. Nevertheless, the industry is in good spirits but is being more sensitive in its strategy. At the IHIF itself, there were fewer and different participants and a conspicuous number of gaps between exhibitors.
You have to stay the course during the crisis. Millions of Indian travellers will fill the midscale and economy hotels and Accor will guide them to new experiences off the beaten track. Luxury guests are getting younger and younger. Lifestyle is the new cash cow. With 25hours and other Ennismore brands, Group CEO Sébastien Bazin now wants to finally conquer the USA. Maria Puetz-Willems met him in Berlin.
Accor/50,000 more rooms, Cheval Collection/expansion, Hyatt EMEA/More Lifestyle, IHG/Conversion, Leonardo/Partner search, Meliá/Kempinski Bahia, Marriott/More Four Points Flex, Motel One/Europe, Radisson/Individuals, Room Mate/Consolidation and expansion
Accor/Handwritten, BWH/Erlangen, Italy, Bzar/Pipeline, Design Hotels/Members, Disney/Investments, Eldorado/Newcomer, Ennismore/Toulon, Eurazeo/Pescantina, GHM/Chedi Hospitality, Hiive/Langeoog, Hilton/Pipeline, Holiday Inn/Passau, IHG/Vignette Collection, Garner, Kerten Hospitality/Rome, Limehome/Cologne, Stuttgart, Barcelona, Madrid, Loginn/Cologne, Marinella/Genua, Premier Inn/Berlin, Radisson/Krefeld, Raffles/Italy, Rumania/Pipeline, The Alpina/Gstaad, The Social Hub/Rome, The Standard/Brussels
In the second half of 2024, the German hotel investment market began to pick up, a trend that has continued so far this year. There is therefore justified hope that the volume from 2024 will be exceeded.
The popular tourist city of Salzburg has also become a hotspot for renting out private apartments, especially via Airbnb. The city's controls are now having an effect - many of the "holiday apartments" are back on the housing market.
B&B/Homburg, BWH/Padua/Velbert, COTP/Bochum, Coffee Fellows/Kehl am Rhein, Commercio e Pellegrino/Trevinvest, Crystal Hotel/Ifa Am Hotels, Dormero/Spain, H-Hotels/Erfurt, Hilton/Sicily, Hoxton/Florence, IHG: Six Senses Portugal/Kimpton Frankfurt/Indigo Menorca, Ipartment/Fürth, Istanbul/Tersane, Limehome/Milan, Milan/Family Cecchi, Nobu/Amsterdam, Nusco/Hyatt, Pandox/Sweden, Park Hyatt Vienna/Sale, Radisson Blu/Montpellier, Relais & Châteaux/Turkey, Swisspeak/Wallis, TH Group/Börse, Venice/Tourist Fee, Whitbread/Premier Inn
The share price of Dalata, Ireland's biggest hotel chain, surged by 16% last Thursday, as the company announced a strategic review to boost shareholder value, which does not exclude the possibility of a sale.
Adina/Hamburg, Arosa Kulm/Conversion, Art'otel/Rome, Atmosphere Core/Borgo Monchiero Heritage, Dama Living/foundation, Dormero/Aalen, Mönchengladbach, Dubai/visitors, Ginobbi Group/Private Residences, Gruppo Una/sale, Holiday Inn/Dresden, Hyatt/Centric, IHG/Berlin, Exeter, Leonardo/Baden-Baden, Minor/Porto, Moxy/Hohenlohe, Novotel/Malta, Croatia, Pacini Group/Rome, Pandox/Pullman, Radisson/Ankara, Ruby/Copenhagen, Schroders Capital/Monaco, Sina/Milan, Van der Valk/Calais, Wyndham/EMEA
Controversy is all over social media following the announcement that Airbnb co-founder Joe Gebbia has joined Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE). This decision has sparked outrage among Airbnb hosts and users, with many calling for a boycott of the platform. Financial experts are monitoring the situation very closely.
