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From Poitiers to Germany to the UK, residents left their own homes to book air-conditioned hotel rooms for several nights during the latest heatwave. Searches for rooms with air conditioning and pools surged across OTA platforms.
Romantik Hotels comprises 160 privately-owned hotels, and each can now create its own "Romantik": "MyRomantik". A group of pilot hotels helped develop this new MyRomantik platform for the members of the cooperative. All establishments now have digital, 24/7 access to knowledge, data, guests and hotels.
Fifty-one Marriott owners, holding nearly 1,000 hotels, want a bigger cut of Bonvoy revenue. Credit-card fee income is surging they say, reimbursement isn't. Marriott has made small adjustments, but owners say it's not enough.
Anti-G7 demonstrations are planned for this Sunday in Geneva. This "event" is causing hotel occupancy rates in Geneva to plummet – rather than driving them up.
A first in the German hotel partnership landscape: CPH Hotels will initially operate under the operational umbrella of Ringhotels until 2027. After that, the hotels can decide under which brand they wish to operate.
Cameras and AI are now making their way into the bins of professional kitchens: Together, they help to identify food waste in the bin in real time. Anyone aiming to save half of this earns $25,000 a year. The technology behind this comes from Winnow in Chicago. At the HITT Think Tank founder and CEO Marc Zornes set the pulse regarding food waste
Hyatt and Minor are launching a new mid-scale brand in Germany, and Europe, urban leisure is on the rise, whilst an increasing number of soft brands are flooding the market; branded residences are set to follow. A constant focus: franchising. Leonardo, Verkehrsbüro Vienna, Marriott, Accor and others on adapted strategies.
Villa Viva Hotels is a niche brand. It was founded by the non-profit organisation Viva con Agua, and now, the Solutions Group by Stephan Gerhard and a diverse shareholder gang are driving the expansion in Hamburg and Berlin.
Blackout! 45,000 households in Berlin experienced a four-day power outage for the first time. Emergency shelters were set up, but the hotel industry, as a partner for affected citizens, came late to the picture. Concerned hotel operators have only a small chance of compensation. The negative list is long. There is an urgent need for action. The next blackout will come for sure.
Market shakeouts, new international white label operators, up-and-coming regional operating companies - all in all, an increasing confusion of brands: For hotel investors in Germany, the search for operators is obviously becoming increasingly difficult. What do consultancies say to this?