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Augsburg. The keyword "News Mix" will bring to you tiny bits of news about considerable events of the past week(s): AccorHotels/Potel & Chabot, GHC, Alpitour/Asset Italia, B&B/2016, Italy, Blu Hotels/Asiago, Dt Hospitality/Oman, Bangkok, EU/Tourism, Labranda/Marrakesh, Hilton/St Petersburg, Holiday Inn Frankfurt Airport/Primestar, Hyperion/Basel, ibis Styles/Magdeburg, Basel, Legoland, Moxy/Vienna, Marriott/Residence Inn London, Steigenberger/Linz, TUI/Strategy, Union Investment/USA, W/Marbella, Wyndham/Zeus Int. 

Berlin. 38 hotels in Israel, more than 80 properties in Germany and in other European countries: the Fattal Group, which operates most of its properties under the Leonardo brand, is on a rapid expansion course with its division Leonardo Hotels Europe.

Berlin. Pierre & Vacances subsidiary Center Parcs has big plans in Germany. Over the next five years, the number of parks in Germany is to double. At the end of next year, a large park is set to open in the Allgaeu, southern Bavaria.

London. Horwath HTL Italy was the trigger: Two years ago, the office in Rome came up with the first report about hotel chains in Italy - and despite all the work, the consultants enjoyed penetrating the tangle of local and international brands. This was inspiring to the colleagues in Europe and resulted in the first “European Hotels & Chain Report 2017”. It presents 13 European countries on 90 pages – solely with statistics on market penetration and with rankings of the national and international top 10 hotel groups, their brands and status in the respective market segments. The report is exclusively available to hospitalityInside.com and, today and next week, we will touch on some of the respective markets. Today: France, Germany, and Great Britain.

Augsburg. The keyword "News Mix" will bring to you tiny bits of news about considerable events of the past week(s): Abu Dhabi, Aman, Best Western/Asia, Coffee Fellows/Dortmund, Dt. Ferienhausverband, Dt. Hospitality/Muscat, Egypt, FTI/Egypt, Garmisch-Partenkirchen/Werdenfelserei, Generator Hostels/Queensgate, Hilton/Dead Sea, Jo&Joe/Biarritz, Lindner/Duesseldorf, Moevenpick/Muscat, Pierre&Vacances, Plaza/Weiden, Rezidor/HNA, Small Luxury, Strabag/Cologne Messe, Viva/Mallorca, Wyndham/Super 8 DACH.

Hamburg. "At the moment, our expansion is almost too fast," the managing shareholder of Hamburg Raphael Hotels, Hans Gerst says. The company already operates eight hotels in Hamburg and one in Schwerin. Now, two other major projects are planned. Not only the chains are growing.

Wiesbaden. The keyword "News Mix" will bring to you tiny bits of news about considerable events of the past week(s): A&O/Brand, Ameron/Frankfurt, ArtInvest/Leipzig, B&B/HPG Capital, Buergenstock, Capella/Bangkok, Dolder/Zurich, GHM/Sharjah, Hilton/Paris, IHG/ Warsaw, India/SIM, Invesco/Cracow, Jail-Hotel/Lucerne, Mama Shelter/Prague, Meininger/Milan, Moxy/London, NH Collection/Frankfurt, NYX/Prague, RIMC/Loerrach, Sachs/Kaiserslautern, SeetelHotels/Heringsdorf, Starhotels/Royal Demeure, The Student/Rome, Viu/Milan, Wyndham/H-Hotels.

Berlin. At this year's International Hotel Investment Forum in Berlin, Christie & Co published an overview of the German hotel market, analyzing six key cities – Berlin, Munich, Frankfurt/Main, Hamburg, Cologne and Duesseldorf. Conclusion: The market performs well and arouse interest of many new brands.

Berlin. Across the globe, people's travel decisions are determined by fear. Nevertheless, the number of foreign trips continued to climb steadily in 2016 and were 4% higher. The World Travel Monitor expects this growth rate to remain unchanged for 2017. What will change though will be the travel destinations. These are more than ever influenced by the fear of terror attacks. These were the findings of the travel and trend studies presented at the ITB by FUR, IPK, ADAC and Travelzoo, London. A summary of the current trends.

Berlin. At this year's International Hotel Investment Forum in Berlin, Groups as IHG, Hilton and Wyndham announced their plans for Germany. Meininger Hotels signed a second hotel in Milan and HRS informed about Magnuson hotels joining its platform.