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Augsburg/Hamburg. For a while now, numerous voices have warned of a deterioration in sentiment on hotel markets. The hospitalityInside INVESTMENT BAROMETER survey conducted at the Expo Real provides solid confirmation of these forecasts. For six years now, HospitalityInside and Union Investment have asked industry insiders about their own situation and for their expectations for the next six months. The results are then used to compile the INVESTMENT BAROMETER. All indications point downwards.

Augsburg. The keyword "News-Mix" will bring to you tiny bits of news about considerable events of the past week(s): a&o/Dresden, Accor/Italy, Accor/Q3 Central Europe, Andalusia/Investments, Ascott Reit/Ascendas, Barcelo Corraleja Bay/Fuerteventura, CDS/Italy, Choice/Franchise, Dt Hospitality/Potsdam, Eduardian/London, Ensana/Wellness-Center, Gruppo UNA/Turin, Hilton/Q3, Hotusa/Turkey, IHG/Q3, Kempinski/Caribbean, China, Kursaal Bern/Swissotel, Landal GreenParks/UK, Mandarin Oriental/Lucerne, Meininger/Liverpool, Novum Hospitality/Erlangen, Palladium/Spain, Italy, Pandox/Netherlands, Germany, Preferred/Members, Reuben Brothers/Rom, RIU/Morocco, Rocco Forte/Italy, Room Mate/Madrid, Scandic/Helsinki, Q3, Sercotel/Spain, Sheraton/Milan, TUI Blue/Expansion, Vienna/Q3.

Vienna. Two winters full of snow and economic optimism caused a flood of new beds in Austria's winter sports regions after several quiet years. Nearly all of them will open at the start of this winter season. Among them are almost no hotels, apartments are predominating.

Bucharest. Having benefitted from predominantly business-driven demand in the past, the Romanian capital is currently establishing itself as a popular tourist destination. Both supply and demand are showing a positive growth trend, leading to a continuous improvement in the performance of Bucharest's hotel market. A development that did not go unnoticed even by investors and operators.

Augsburg. The keyword "News-Mix" will bring to you tiny bits of news about considerable events of the past week(s): Autograph Coll/Reims, B&B/Q3, Barefoot/South Africa, BW/Stockholm, Club Esse/Cala Gonone, Domero/Braunschweig, Garibaldi/Valledoria, GSH/Kevelaer and Eindhoven, Gruppo UNA/Milan, HanseMerkur/Neu-Ulm, Havenhostel/Stade, Magic Mountain/Salzburger Land, Marriott/Costa Blanca, Rotterdam, Jeddah, Novum/Sant Cugat and Esslingen, Omnia/Loan Hotels, One&Only/Rwanda, Radisson/Perm,  Rosewood/Venice, Sleepipe/Zug, Staycity/Berlin, Frankfurt.

Berlin/Singapore. International travel from the Far East continues to grow: after an increase of seven percent in 2018, Asian international travel continued to increase until August 2019. Travel within Asia is an important growth driver.

Vienna. The urban lifestyle trend has also reached the Austrian Verkehrsbüro Group: Their Austria Trend Hotels have now presented details of the new "Bassena" brand.

Munich. Within two years to 100 hotels. Martin Smura, CEO Kempinski, is heavily revving up. The 12.18 investment company is his co-driver, and both companies aim at adding 20 new resorts and city hotels. An extremely ambitious goal in these times.

Munich. "We wanted to buy a new safe for a hotel," reported Andreas Erben, CEO at GSH/Gorgeous Smiling Hotels at Expo Real. "But at the moment, all safes are sold out, the waiting time is eight months." In other words: Money is worth nothing anymore. The economy is at the edge right now. It smells like 2007/2008. But nobody wanted to hear about that at Expo Real this week in Munich. In the hotel asset class, the mood was still "very good". The remaining concerns were just washed down during the numerous parties.

Augsburg. Under the keyword "Expo Real-Mix" there are mini-messages about noteworthy results of the biggest real estate investment fair in Europe: GSH/takeover, IHG/Deals, Me and all/Leipzig, Meininger/Paris, Plaza/Hamburg, Radisson/Rostock, SV Hotel/Munich.