News & Stories

Castelnuovo del Garda. The new Gardaland Magic Hotel at Lake Garda, Italy, started with a fully booked weekend. The third property of the Gardaland entertainment park has added 128 theme rooms which have been designed to welcome families.

Hamburg. The European Co-working market developed positively in 2018, mainly in the major cities, due to a number of major deals. One reason is the increasing flexibility companies are demanding. Real estate strategies must adapt.

Wiesbaden. The keyword "News Mix" will bring to you tiny bits of news about considerable events of the past week(s): News Mix with B&B/Kempten, Be Mate/Madrid, Choice/AMResorts, Design Hotels/Chapter Roma, Deutsche Hospitality/Zleep Aarhus North, Dorint/AccorInvest, Gorgeous Smiling/Bento Inn, Hilton/Curio Collection Alicante, Hyatt/Unbound Collection Budapest, Marriott/Aloft Madrid-Autograph Europa-Luxury Coll. Langley, Meininger/Cologne, Moon New Era/Bad Mergentheim, Novum/Niu Rig Lübeck, Occidental Fuengirola/Re-Opening, Plateno/7 Days Premium, Radisson Blu/Zakopane, Thomas Cook/Investments Spain.

Bern. Swiss tourism is booming: in the past winter season, the country achieved its best result in over 10 years. Surprisingly, the months of December and November developed particularly positively. Above-average growth was also recorded in the number of guests from certain countries outside Europe.

Wiesbaden. The keyword "News-Mix" will bring to you tiny bits of news about considerable events of the past week(s): Accor/Pullmann Aachen, Axel/Miami and Basque Country, Center Parcs/New Aquitaine, Deutsche Hypo/Bochum, Fergus/Cádiz and Ibiza, Gorgeous Smiling/Munich, HNH/Results, IBB/Eichstätt, IHG/Indigo UK, Israel Tourism, Marriott/Aloft Dublin, Meininger Salzburg/Sale, Romantikhotel im Park/Dr. Lohbeck, Rocco Forte/Rome 2, Sigmaringen/Castle.

Vienna. Austria's hotel industry experienced a surprising record winter 2018/19, but this was not reflected in results. More international guests arriving at winter sport destinations and visiting the City of Vienna drove figures higher, but in the background, increased employee costs, among others, continue to reduce the profitability of hotels.

Paris/Hochheim am Main. The expected sale of B&B Hotels to Goldman Sachs is nearing completion, as sources tell hospitalityInside.com. In the meantime the hotel routine continues, and B&B Germany is equipping its hotels with new terminals for touchless payment.

Madrid. International tourism continued to grow over the first quarter of 2019. Though at a slower rate when compared with the last two years. Nevertheless: The forecast stays positive. Big winners of the first quarter 2019 were the Caribbean and North Africa.

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Paris. Accor has been busy lately signing partnerships and opening hotels. Just this week, the group concluded a partnership to expand the Jo&Joe brand with Key Asset Management, another one with meetago to facilitate MICE bookings, and the group found time in between to accelerate the expansion of the Raffles brand – this included finding a new COO Luxe.