News & Stories

Augsburg. Stay with Extended Stay: Accor is planning a major multi-brand Serviced Apartment offensive. Not only with the "Apartment & Villas" website launched yesterday, but also with the new "Living" touch among the classic hotel brands in the top segment.

Augsburg. The performance of Serviced Apartments was one of the few positive surprises in this year's covid-19 pandemic. Their occupancy rate triumphed over that of classic hotels. Now more and more hotel chains are following and wooing the classic guests with tempting offers and home office rooms.

Augsburg. Under the keyword "News-Mix" you will find mini-messages about noteworthy events of the last week(s): Best Western/Loftstyle Eningen, Harry's Home/Tefls, Human/Italy, IHG/Holiday Inn Paris Porte de Clichy, InvestiRe/Pantheon Iconic Rome, Maalot/Rome, Oetker/Woodward, Orascom/Loan, Staycity/shareholder, UMB/Frankfurt.

Wiesbaden. Insolvencies, change of operator, new franchise brands: The Corona Autumn 2020 is gaining momentum. This week's focus: Change of owner and operator at Dorint's main store in Mönchengladbach, insolvency at Brendal and Star Inn Hotels in the headlines.

Augsburg. The keyword "News-Mix" conceals mini-messages about noteworthy events of the last week(s): Aman/Rosa Alpina, B&B/Bamberg, Deutsche Hospitaliyt/Intercity Graz, IHG/Crowne Plaza Budapest, Kempinski/Switzerland, Radisson Red/Cologne.

London. The Serviced Apartment market continues to grow in the United Kingdom and Germany. The segment seems to defy every lockdown. A survey of 34 major operators, investors, etc. underpins the continuing upswing. Nevertheless, details are changing.

Lausanne. Perhaps, unsurprisingly given the dire circumstances impacting the hotel sector, only 113 hotels were sold worldwide from April through June 2020, representing an 86.7% drop from the second quarter of 2019. The new European Hotel Transaction Price Index will dive deeper into the hotel transaction markets.

Hamburg. The corona pandemic has a strong impact on the entire German hotel industry. Nevertheless, hotel investors are apparently remaining calm and positive: they expect rising top yields in A cities, and the holiday hotel industry is becoming an asset class for institutional investors.

Augsburg/Hamburg. Despite the corona pandemic, there is still a lot of liquidity in the German hotel real estate market. Accordingly, the interest in the asset class hotel basically remains strong. Individual priorities have changed: A well-diversified hotel portfolio is the primary condition for a continued commitment in the hotel industry, as are more flexible contracts. This and more is revealed by the current hospitalityInside INVESTMENT BAROMETER 2020, which the specialist publisher carries out every autumn together with Union Investment. 

Hamburg. In the real estate investment market for temporary living in Germany, the transaction volume has declined noticeably in the course of the year to date. However, investor demand is largely stable, but is increasingly differentiated in sub-segments, e.g. between Aparthotels and Serviced Apartments.