News & Stories

Augsburg. The keyword "News-Mix" will bring to you tiny bits of news about considerable events of the past week(s): Accor/Dubai Investment, B&B/Aachen, e-domicile/TUI Ferienhaus, Indigo/Bath, Kimpton/Glasgow, Mandarin Oriental/Oberoi, Marine Hotel/Scotland, Moxy/Bern, Signo Hospitality/Frankfurt, Zleep/Copenhagen.

Brussels. Only a few days after the European Commission ruled in favor of Paris' local regulations against short term rentals, Airbnb launched City Portal, a dedicated platform for municipalities. It should become the cities' new favorite toy to track and trace illegal rentals listed on the platform.

Berlin/Paris. Corona forces synergies: Plateno Hotels Europe slip under the roof of the Louvre Group. Their hotels are re-flagged.

Paris. Accor continues to unfold its strategic plan for the Benelux. Dozens of new properties are set to join the French group's portfolio by 2021. An opportunity to also introduce two new brands to the region: Novotel Living in Brussels and Tribe in Amsterdam.

Augsburg. The keyword "News-Mix" will bring to you tiny bits of news about considerable events of the past week(s): Anna Hotel/Munich, B&B/Villach, CDP Italy, Esplanade/Saarbrücken, Hessischer Hof/Frankfurt, Légère/Wiesbaden, Marriott/Europe, Hytt/Paris and Malta, Preferred/Members, Relais & Châteaux/Europe, voco/Paris.

London. Whitbread published its H1 results and announced to enter a consultation on proposals that could result up to 6,000 redundancies for the hotel and restaurant staff. On the other hand, the Group wants to pursue the growth opportunities both in the UK and Germany.

Beijing. Just as unobtrusively as it appeared, it has now disappeared: the Chinese insurance group Anbang, which in 2016 tried to thwart Marriott International's takeover of Starwood Hotels. The farce ended overnight. Now the Chinese state liquidated the entire company.

Augsburg. The keyword "News-Mix" will bring to you tiny bits of news about considerable events of the past week(s): Barceló/Sevilla, B&B/Vicar, Covivio/NH deal, Egerner Höfe/Concept, Four Seasons/Taormina, Hines/Project Dream, Locke/London, Mira/Siracuse, Radisson/Ulyanovsk, Stay Kooook/Bern, voco/Europe.

Milan. B&B Hotels aims to reach about 60 hotels in Italy before the end of 2023, starting from 42 properties today. Despite the ongoing pandemic, the French hotel company does not seem to slow down its expansion plans in the country.

San Francisco. How is Airbnb actually doing? The corona crisis initially put a damper on its planned IPO, but in the meantime the OTA is building on past successes, intensifying communication with its hosts and supporting them in the sensitive issue of corona hygiene. Less pleasing are probably the latest tax investigations in Hamburg.