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Pisa/Vienna. So far, 2017 has been a very good year for travel and tourism in Europe with very good growth in outbound trips and good performances by many destinations across the region. The 25th "World Travel Monitor Forum" by IPK Internatioanl in Pisa revealed first details. Christie & Co examined Europe's investment opportunities, checked the source markets and airport capacities. The forecast for 2018 remains positive.

Marseille. Founded by Olivier Carvin, French hospitality Holding Maranatha is in serious legal and financial trouble since last week. The group, which manages assets valued over 800 million euros and introduces itself as the 5th largest hotel company in France, was placed under court supervised administration last Thursday November 24.

Berlin. The market for Serviced Apartments is exploding, and hotel groups have begun to pile into the segment. The number of providers and operators is extremely varied, but here the big chains are soon likely to put the fear into the small operators. In Germany alone, the market is expected to count around 40% more units by 2019. The apartments themselves are getting increasingly small though. This is compensated by creative service offerings and snazzily designed public spaces. Here, the small operators lead the way. And that's precisely what they have to do, as the potential revealed by the segment is increasingly attracting the big market players.

Augsburg/Hamburg. Despite demand pressure on the German hotel market, C locations will not become the new B locations. The current INVESTMENT BAROMETER Autumn 2017 by hospitalityInside.com and Union Investment places clear emphasis on B locations. And in the case of a crisis, of all segments it would be the midscale and first class hotels that come under pressure. The current sentiment in the hotel and investment sector remains good. However, expectations as revealed by the individual indices have shifted somewhat when compared to the previous year.

Augsburg/Hamburg. Despite demand pressure on the German hotel market, C locations will not become the new B locations. The current INVESTMENT BAROMETER Autumn 2017 by hospitalityInside.com and Union Investment places clear emphasis on B locations. And in the case of a crisis, of all segments it would be the midscale and first class hotels that come under pressure. The current sentiment in the hotel and investment sector remains good. However, expectations as revealed by the individual indices have shifted somewhat when compared to the previous year.

Wiesbaden. The keyword "News Mix" will bring to you tiny bits of news about considerable events of the past week(s): 25hours/Florence, Banyan Tree/Dubai, Castello di Ugento/Salento, DER/Adeo Alpin, Dorint/Meissen, FICO Eataly/Premiere, Hôtel-Chalets de Tradition/SHE, Ghotel/Duesseldorf, Mövenpick/Egypt, NH Italy/Q3, Novum/Berlin, pantera/Serviced Apartments, Sardinien/Lighthouses, Principal/London, TH/Courmayeur Des Alpes, Tivoli/Doha, Valtur/Deal.

Munich. The Steigenberger Hotel Munich is expected to open on December 7, 2017 with a little bit more "Deutschness". In this case, German means Bavarian and is easily interpreted – as far as the press could glimpse in some lounges, one room and behind much packaging.

Wiesbaden. The keyword "News Mix" will bring to you tiny bits of news about considerable events of the past week(s): AccorHotels/Ivory Coast, Adina/Leipzig, Alpina Lodge/Tschiertschen, Art-Invest/Vienna, Bay. Versorgungskammer/Moxy Hamburg, Beachcomber/Club Med Seychelles, Bluserena/South Italy, Dt Hospitality/Intercity Flensburg, GBI/Smartments Berlin, Hampton/Rome, Hyatt House/Gebze, Ibis Styles/Aschaffenburg, Niu/Frankfurt, North Island/Relais & Châteaux, Orascom/Results, Preferred/Members, RIMC/Separation, Russia/Theme Park, Terme di Saturnia/Sale, Worldhotels.

Wiesbaden. The keyword "News Mix" will bring to you tiny bits of news about considerable events of the past week(s): Adagio/Orbis, Allegroitalia/Verona, Autograph/Dixon London, B&B/Italy, Belmond/Q3, Best Western Premier/Berchtesgaden, Bulgari/Dubai, Danieli/Venice, Dorint, Lenzerheide, Edition, Hilton/Astana, Imperial Group/Insolvecy, IntercityHotel/Deutsche Bahn, Kerzner/One&Only Kea, Marriott/Q3, Meliá/Q3, Moevenpick/The Hague, Sheraton/Kremlin.

Parsipanny. Wyndham is obviously selling its European Vacation Rental business and Airbnb is interested. AccorHotels and Expedia are also rumored to be potential suitors. In addition, meta searcher Trivago announced the technical integration of HomeAway’s vacation rental inventory into its hotel search platform this week. The segment is a very promising one…