News & Stories

Hamburg. This November, Hamburg-based Novum Group will open the first hotel under its new niu lifestyle brand in Essen. The new brand is to become Novum's signature brand and is aimed at systematically push the profile of the hitherto rather heterogeneous group upwards. niu will not be marketed under the Novum umbrella brand.

Wiesbaden. The keyword "News Mix" will bring to you tiny bits of news about considerable events of the past week(s): Best Western/Stuttgart, Deutsche Hospitality/Steigenberger Sharm El Sheikh, Golden Tulip/Istanbul, Hilton Garden Inn/Kolobzerg, Holiday Inn/Freiburg, Meliá/Shareholders, Moevenpick/Basel, NH Collection/Brussels, Raffles/London, Sofitel/Dubai, Thanos/Pafos, Wyndham/Trademark Collection, Yotel/Amsterdam.

Brussels. HOTREC's annual report for 2016 is out. The document outlines the work and lobby activities carried out over the past months. Among all the battles it had taken on, the entity worked closely with EU institutions to help define guiding principles to level the playing field in the tourism sector.

Wiesbaden. The keyword "News Mix" will bring to you tiny bits of news about considerable events of the past week(s): Ascott/DoubleTree Manhattan, Best Western/Riyadh, Blackstone/Anbang, H12/Expansion, IBB/Eichstaett, Leonardo/Hamburg, Edinburgh, Lindner/me and all Stuttgart, Novum/Essen, Plaza/Bruchsal, RIMC/Yard Berlin, Ritz-Carlton/Astana, Ruby/Lissi Wien, Underwater Lodge/Ponant.

Washington. Is "the hotelier Donald Trump" already making provisions in case he is impeached? On Monday, Trump Hotels announced a new midscale brand. However, if Donald Trump and his Hotel CEO Eric Danziger treat their guests the same way as journalists, it will not become a success story. At a US conference, the CEOs of Loews Hotels and Marriott also warned that Trump is a threat to hotels' prosperity.

Zurich. At the beginning of 2015, the Swiss National Bank abolished the minimum rate of the Swiss Franc against the euro and, in October 2015, the group Best 3 Star Hotels of Switzerland was founded.

Vienna. Nearly no other industry has been under as much pressure as the private hotel industry in the past years. This applies for Vienna as well. However, the private hotel industry seems to be developing quite well there – as long as a higher number of rooms are available – as revealed by a current study.

Munich. With every new budget hotel, small details reveal how fierce the competition has become. Therefore, the first hotel of the "urban economy lifestyle" brand gambino, which opened on Tuesday in Munich, took the guests by surprise with a "slow snack machine", a vending machine that can only be operated via app. All rooms are small gems.

Wiesbaden. The keyword "News Mix" will bring to you tiny bits of news about considerable events of the past week(s): Deutsche Hospitality/Tunisia, Dorint/Dortmund, H.n.H./Hilton Garden Inn Milan, IHG/Indigo Warsaw, Mama Shelter/Dubai, Novum/niu Haarlem, R Collection/Lake Como, Restis/Umbria, RIU/Edificio España, Switzerland/VAT rate, Small Luxury/New Members, Student Hotel/Florence, Warimpax/hotel sale.

Wiesbaden. The keyword "News Mix" will bring to you tiny bits of news about considerable events of the past week(s): AccorHotels/Italy, Alltours/Allsun, Belmond/Cap Juluca Anguilla, Deutsche Hospitality/Cairo, IHG/Kimpton Amsterdam, Lindner/Scharbeutz, Serenissima/Nova Yardinia Apulia, Venice Fund.