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Berlin. German tourists remain an important travel benchmark: This year, they make earlier reservations again, Spain and Italy remain the most popular destinations. Overall, travel behaviour is set to change very little compared to 2019. But German tourists are not entirely predictable, after all, 42% are planning to visit a destination for the first time. And despite the continuing climate debate: The number of long-haul flights continues to rise with passengers "preferring to compensate than to do without". As regards incoming tourism, caution is advised. Coronavirus could mean significant damage to Germany if the planned three million overnight stays made by the Chinese do not materialise this year. Two important tourism analyses with their summer forecast.

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Berlin. A very recent survey shows: Growth in the German hotel market has slowed in 2019. The construction boom of the past few years is leaving its mark, especially in the segment of 2- and 3-star hotels, which has been hyped for years.

Berlin. The new Kempinski CEO Martin Smura is committed to a rapid expansion of the group. He stressed this recently in speeches in Budapest and Berlin. By the end of 2020, the portfolio is already set to expand to take in a further ten hotels.

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Madrid. With a turnover of 107.6 million euros, the Room Mate Group has achieved the best annual accounts in its history. The company has an ambitious expansion plan for 2020, with the opening of 10 hotels and 16 apartment buildings in the next 18 months – including the first hotel under the new brand Room Mate Beach.

Vienna. Austria's transaction market has a new record result for 2019. Hotel properties worth EUR 1.26 billion were traded, 40% above the previous record from 2016. Demand is unbroken.

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Innsbruck. The Austrian residence group B(l)ackhome will in future dispense with its black façades - and will preferentially expand into Germany, South Tyrol and Switzerland. Extended stay remains the focus, and for this employees will need to be hired.

Madrid. 1.5 billion international tourist arrivals were recorded in 2019 globally, a 4% increase on the previous year which is also forecast for 2020. This calls for such growth to be managed responsibly.