News & Stories

Wiesbaden. The keyword "News Mix" will bring to you tiny bits of news about considerable events of the past week(s): Althoff/Ameron, Barcelo/Occidental Dubai, Choice/Cambria, CommerzReal/Special Funds, Curio Collection/Milan, Design Hotels/Members, Dormero/Offenbach, Dubai/Visitors, Dusit/Doha, Europe/Pipeline, Federalberghi/Barometer, Germany/Summer, Grandhotel Astoria Leipzig/Conversion, Hyatt House/Frankfurt, IHG/Ghotel, Logis/Umbrella Brand, Meininger/Milan, Munich/Andechser, prizeotel/Bonn, Radisson Blu/Cyprus, RIU/Spain Building, Starhotels/Bologna, Union Investment/Park Inn Krakow, Valmar/Istria, Villa Mir/Four Seasons Madrid, Warimpex/HY1, 700.000 Heures/Popup.

Hamburg. Having provided its own statistics related to Chinese outbound border crossings since 2015, COTRI China Outbound Tourism Research Institute has released its final data for H1 2018. Current figures from Portugal prove the importance of a direct flight connection to this growing source market.

Zurich. Horwath HTL has supplied detailed and up-to-date industry figures on the Swiss hotel market in cooperation with the industry association hotelleriesuisse. The market is now recovering and absorbing the previous supply relatively well. But the pressure is growing.

Wiesbaden. The keyword "News Mix" will bring to you tiny bits of news about considerable events of the past week(s): Arborea/Neustadt, Apollo/Fattal, Berlin-Tourism, Best Western/Sure, Dusit/Doha, Easyhotel/Switzerland, Heimathafen Hotels, Henri Hotel/Duesseldorf, Hilton/Luxury Soft-Brand, Hyperloop/Spain, Novum/Mainz, Palais Schwarzenberg/Vienna, One&Only/Rwanda, Patrizia/Results, Popup Youth Hostel/Cologne, Radisson/Riga, Dubai, Room Mate/Basque Country, Ruby/Frankfurt, Scandic/Sustainability, Trondheim, Six Senses Residences/Bangkok, Strand/Radisson Collection, Student Hotel/Dresden, TUI/airtours, Victoria-Virgin/Renovation, Vienna Hous Easy/Leipzig.

Berlin. Despite all the global and national political irritations of the first half of the year, the good travel mood of the Germans is unbroken, and they spend more money than ever. Domestic trips crystallize as one of the winners, day trips also increase. All in all, the hotel industry in Germany is heading for its ninth record year in succession.

Beijing. China has made various headlines in recent weeks: Airbnb sends over 10 millions of guests to the giant empire. Conversely, more and more Chinese are staying away from the USA – thanks to Trump's trade war. Nevertheless, data researchers are forecasting rising KPIs in the US hotel industry for 2018 and 2019.

Lucerne. Exactly a year ago, the newest Swiss mega resort, the Buergenstock, opened its doors. Its popularity up to now has surprised General Manager Robert Herr: It is far above expectations. Nevertheless, the fine tuning for the ensemble comprised of three hotels on high looking over Lake Lucerne is still a challenge.

Wiesbaden. The keyword "News Mix" will bring to you tiny bits of news about considerable events of the past week(s): 25hours/Frankfurt, AccorHotels/Nigeria, AccorHotels/Jo&Joe and Novaxia, Best Western Italien/Vicenza, Explorer/Lienz, Gaw/Hospes, Hard Rock/Davos, L’Agenzia/Valore Paese Fari, Headstream/Germany, Hilton/Al Habtoor Dubai, Garden Inn Bordeaux, Homelike/UK, Mandarin Oriental/Lake Como, Motel One/Munich main station, NH/Graz, Preferred/Members, Radisson/Gdansk, Room Mate/Rotterdam, Sardinia/Investment, Sicily/Sales, Sonnenalp/Wellness-Park, Tivoli/Algarve, Vienna Tourism/HY 1.

Rome. Currently, hotels are one of the most appealing asset classes in Rome. The overall value of hotel transactions amounted to 335 million euros last year, corresponding to 23% of the total hospitality investment in Italy and to 33% of total real estate investment in the Eternal City.

Wiesbaden. The keyword "News Mix" will bring you tiny bits of news about considerable events of the past week(s): Aeroviaggi/Hinea Beach Club Sicily, Atom Hoteles Socimi/Meliá Hotels, B&B/Modena, BW/Plaza Grevenbroich, Padua, Comfort/Monheim, Hilton/Garden Inn Padua, Hirmer/Bad Gastein, H.n.H./Results HY1, Hyatt Regency/Budapest, Kimpton/Frankfurt, LRC/Double Tree UK, Plaza/Ditzingen.