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Berlin. B'mine GmbH, based in Berlin, has now announced two concrete hotel projects, one in Duesseldorf and the other in Frankfurt. The peculiarity for the concept: The hotels have at least two CarLifts allowing guests to take their cars with them to the room, parking directly on the balcony.

Paris/London. AccorHotels is showing new interest in the economy segment. The group signed a partnership in France with master franchisor Dalmata Hospitality. The deal will focus on the revival of the Hotel F1 brand. In London, IHG introduced another new brand, voco – a brand created for conversions in the upscale segment.

Wiesbaden. The keyword "News Mix" will bring to you tiny bits of news about considerable events of the past week(s): Adagio/Amsterdam, Camp Zero/Champoluc, Capella/Expansion plans, Castello die Antognolla/Umbria, Deka Immobilien/Ruby Duesseldorf, Dr.Peters/Courtyard by Marriott Oberpfaffenhofen, Europe/Hotelchains, Forte Village/Investment, Ghotel/Bayreuth, Hilton Garden Inn Feldkirchen/Sale, Hyatt/Grand Hyatt Abu Dhabi, IHG/Holiday Inn Munich-Leuchtenbergring, Leonardo/Nyx Mannheim, Mandarin Oriental London/Fire, Orascom Development/Q1, Palladium/Bless Collection, Raffles/Warsaw, Radisson Collection/Georgia, Scandic/Restel, Terme di Saturnia/Renovation Wyndham/Spinn-off.

Berlin. Germany's hotel industry is recording its eighth consecutive year of growth. The upward trend continued in the first quarter of 2018. The industry still benefits from the good macroeconomic situation and growing popularity as a travel destination, conference and congress location. Nevertheless, the shoe pinches in many old and well-known places.

Wiesbaden. The keyword "News Mix" will bring to you tiny bits of news about considerable events of the past week(s): AccorHotels/AccorInvest, AccorHotels/Mantra, Aeroporti di Roma/Business City, ArabellaHaus/Future, Bluserena/Klalidria, Edition/Bodrum, Foncières des Murs/Covivio, GBI/niu Frankfurt, H.n.H./2017, Meininger/St. Petersburg, Moevenpick/Sfax, Orascom/Tamweel, Primestar/Hampton Frankfurt, Radisson Blu/Al Ahsa, SI-Centrum/Sale, TH Resorts/Simeri Crichi, Warimpex/Q1.

London. Compared to the rest of the world, Europe's hospitality sector is in good health. STR's latest report presented at the Phocuswright conference in Amsterdam a few weeks ago confirms that occupancy, ADR and RevPAR are positive almost everywhere.

Wiesbaden. The keyword "News Mix" will bring to you tiny bits of news about considerable events of the past week(s): Arcotel/Dresden, BNP Paribas/Europe, citizenM/Zürich, DoubleTree/QHotels, Hyatt/Dublin, Istanbul, Athen, Karma/Borgo di Colleoli, Kempinski/Singapore, LaSalle Hotels/Blackstone, Moon New Era/Schwaebisch Hall, NH/Q1, Palace Lucerne/Contract, Palazzo degli Angeli/Florence, pentahotels/Braunschweig, Pierre&Vacances/Normandy, Radisson/Park Inn Sambia, Shaner/CS Hospitality, Vienna House/Frankfurt.

Wiesbaden. The keyword "News Mix" will bring to you tiny bits of news about considerable events of the past week(s): AccorHotels/Atton, Raffles Boston, Acrona Living/Wetzlar, Berlin/Tourism, Best Western/Verona, Choice/Logo, Dormero/Deggendorf, GS Star/Arthotel Ana Vienna, HNA/NH, Hilton Berlin/Sale, Leonardo/Ulm, Marriott/Courtyard Paris, Meininger/Rome, Motel One/Q1, NH/Q1, Orascom/Sale Egypt, Pantera/Munich, Radisson/Park Inn Istanbul, Rimini Residence/Pesaro, Robinson/Structure, Sepp/Maria Alm, Sina/Capri, Staycity/Berlin.

Essen. The young and dynamic Novum hotel group, based in Hamburg, week celebrates its lifestyle baby, niu in these weeks – with a total of six parties. Yesterday, a celebration was held in Fuerth, the "World Premier" took place on Monday in Essen. The celebrations give the baby a face, though niu doesn't yet have a finished profile.

Venice. From January to December 2017, international visitors spent a total of 39.2 billion euros in Italy, corresponding to a 7.7% increase over the previous year. At the same time, Italian tourists who travelled abroad generated overall expenses of 24.6 billion euros. As a consequence, the national balance of payments of tourism activities recorded a positive result of 14.6 billion euros.