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Madrid. The UNWTO calls for tourism restart to overcome the crisis and published a report with "Global Guidelines". A brand new report on the current status of countries before and during the restart was published yesterday by Horwath HTL. The fear of travelling is decreasing. But Germany has extended the travel warning for 160 non-EU and non-Schengen countries until the end of August. The German Alliance of Independent Travel Companies now wants to take legal action against the Foreign Office.

Stuttgart. The star of the asset class hotel is sinking. Investors, owners and operators want to counter this trend with more digitalization and sustainability, says a current survey by Drees & Sommer. Another survey of operators, however, sees the trend much more positively.

Wiesbaden. The keyword "News-Mix" will bring to you tiny bits of news about considerable events of the past week(s): Center Parcs/De Haan an Zee, CityHub/Financing, Grand Hotel Bauer/Sale, Orascom Egypt/Q1, Six Senses/Rome, Urban Loft/Berlin.

Kiel. Corona is also polarising travel behaviour this summer. The number of people unsure about whether or go on holiday or not has more than doubled. But "we are still a society of travellers," Prof. Dr. Martin Lohmann concludes from his research – even if 2020 sees level of movement similar to those of the 1980s. But in crisis situations, people stick to familiar patterns – and continue to get in their cars. As part of the usual annual short-trip survey, the academic director of the FUR Travel Analysis this year posed extra questions as regards corona. This week, he gave provided some initial insight in an exclusive interview by hospitalityInside correspondent Fred Fettner. Lohmann offers consolation for countries who are placing their hope on Germans with travel in their blood: "Once a country opens its borders, the Germans will come." Business as usual? Not exactly.

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Berlin. Since reopening, 81.5% of restaurants and cafés in Germany do not earn any more money. The desire to consume has so far failed to materialise, the halved revenue is too much to die for and too little to live on. The latest survey figures from the German Hotel and Restaurant Association speak for themselves.

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Berlin. Even though the corona crisis has entered its next phase and many hospitality businesses in Germany are slowly getting back on track, experts agree: the sector will experience a wave of insolvencies in which at least 30% of businesses fall by the wayside. Initial surveys on this do not augur well.

Berlin. The effects of the Corona pandemic on the hospitality industry are devastating. As the Federal Statistical Office announced on Wednesday, revenue fell by almost half in March. The hotel and restaurant industry turned over 45.4% less in real terms in March than in March 2019. April is likely to be worse.

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