News & Stories

Wiesbaden. The keyword "News-Mix" will bring to you tiny bits of news about considerable events of the past week(s): Accor/India, Apulia/Garganico, B&B/Jena, Best Western/Nova Siri and Krautkrämer, Harry’s/Crowdfunding, Indigo/Stratford upon Avon, IHG/Atwell Suites, Immac/H+, Luxon by Geisel, Loftstyle/Hanover, Kempinski/Royal Villas Istar, NH Coll./Rome, NH/Q1, Nova Re/Verona, Orascom/Q1, Qatar Holding/Costa Smeralda, Radisson Blu/Nikosia, Radisson Residences/Vadistanbul, Revitalis/Hampton Kiel, RIU/Goldstrand Bulgaria, Rocco Forte/Savelletri di Fasano, Thomas Cook/Investments, Tivoli/Doha, Warmimpex/Airportcity St. Petersburg.

Berlin. Despite market adjustments, the segment of Serviced Apartments in Germany will grow by 60% until 2021. It seems that there are new openings every week. 17,000 units are to be added by 2021. Micro apartments are clearly en vogue and demand is rising. This is one of the results of 'Marktreport Serviced Apartments 2019', the ninth instalment of this report series, which will be available at May 24th.

New York. How did the hospitality industry fare this quarter? A new industry report analyzes trends across 5.3 million direct to website bookings, $1.7B in total revenue – and $2.74B in lost revenue due to cart abandonment. Relative to last quarter, bookings are up by 13% and revenue grew by 25%.

Dubai. This year's "Arabian Travel Market" in Dubai again served the hospitality industry as a platform for numerous announcements – from expansion plans to regional debuts and new hotel brands. This is the second part of the Middle East news that hospitalityInside.com has collected on site.

Wiesbaden. The keyword "News-Mix" will bring to you tiny bits of news about considerable events of the past week(s): aja/Bavaria, Althoff/Zurich and Collection, Banyan Tree/Angsana Corfu, B&B/Record Year, CommerzReal/Double Tree Lisbon, Holiday Inn Express/Lucerne, Hyatt/Andaz Vienna and Centric Italy, Hyatt/Q1, IHG/Q1, Indigo/Venice, Kempinski/Tbilisi, Novum Select/Augsburg, Niu Hide/Berlin, Radisson Collection/Milan, Scandic/Q1, Selina/Capital, TUI/Expansion, TUI Sensimar/South Tyrol, UK/Decline.

Frankfurt/Main. The luxury problem now has a price tag: thanks to its British parent Whitbread, Premier Inn can use 200 to 300 million pounds annually for expansion in Germany where the group sees potential for at least 50,000 Premier Inn rooms.

Dubai. This year's "Arabian Travel Market" in Dubai again served the hospitality industry as a platform for numerous announcements – from expansion plans to regional debuts and new hotel brands. hospitalityInside.com has collected interesting news from the Middle East and summarized them for you, with more to follow in the next issues.

Wiesbaden. The keyword "News-Mix" will bring to you tiny bits of news about considerable events of the past week(s): AccorHotels/Q1 2019, Jo&Joe/Paris, Allegroitalia/Apulia, Alpitour/Balances, Art-Invest/Ibis Styles Stuttgart, Azimut/Israel, B&B/Würzburg, Mannheim, Best Western/Rome, Casual Hoteles/Rome, CityStar/Pirmasens, Crowne Plaza London/Acquisition, Design Hotels/Additions, Essential by Dorint/Bremen, Fay Projects/Cologne, First Roma Dolce/Opening, Four Seasons/Megève, Mama Shelter/London, Lille, Paris, Marriott/Hotel Football Manchester, Motel One/Q1 2019, Novum/Hamburg, NYX/Bilbao, Park Plaza/Marken-Polish, Radisson/Tashkent, Radisson/Q1 2019, Rose Garden/Rome, Sofitel Rome/Reopening, Unico Hotels/Mallorca, Värde Partners/Milan, Terme di Chianciano/Spa, Therme Meran/Investment, Wyndham/Q1 2019.

Augsburg. The keyword "News-Mix" will bring to you tiny bits of news about considerable events of the past week(s): arcona/Wyn Sylt, Allegro/Turin, Art'otel/London Hoxton, Ascott/Frankfurt, B&B Villach, Neuss and Sicily, Falkensteiner/Becici Montenegro, Fattal/Venetia Palace Rome, Fraser Suites/Hamburg, GBI/Growth, GCH/Strandhotel Ahlbeck, ibis/Landshut, IHG/Open Lobby, InterConti/Lyon, Ikos/Estepona, Leading/Members, Luxe/Rome, Loftstyle, Minor/Marbella, PGA Catalunya/Expansion, Red-Sea/Resorts, STR/Middle East.

Frankfurt/Berlin. In the first quarter, the transaction volume in the German hotel investment market remained below the previous year's level or stagnated, depending on the perspective. Purchases of project developments are still increasing, large portfolio transactions are not taking place and the volume is shifting away from the top 7 cities.