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Small hotel chains: Fleming's with nine hotels soon
A concept model, attractively realised
9.2.2007

Frankfurt/M. The expansion of the German hotel chain Fleming's continues to progress. By the end of 2009, six more hotels and two boarding houses will be added to the three hotels that already exist. They will be managed by HMG mbH & Co KG that also operates five Steigenberger hotels. The family Blodinger from Frankfurt is behind HMG and Fleming's.

Rough cut by CHE Europe
26.1.2007

London. Peter Cashman, Executive Director of Choice Hotels Europe resigns and plans to leave the group on 30 March 2007. At the same date company secretary Sam Marshall will retire as company secretary. This became public in a statement yesterday. CHE also announced to streamline the management and cut costs of one million Pounds Sterling. 

Kempinski Heiligendamm preparing for G8 summit
Marketing across the fence
19.1.2007

Heiligendamm. A twelve-million Euro fence will soon be encircling the Kempinski Hotel Heiligendamm. This week's TV footage showed the start of the construction work focused on June 6 -8, 2007. At this time, the luxury resort in Northern Germany will host the G8 summit, the meeting of the eight most influential heads of government in the world, and will therefore have to be properly sealed off. By the end of December, the hotel had already been the target of a "colour-bag attack". Maria Puetz-Willems talked with Kempinski's General Manager Torsten Dressler about the current status of the preparations, security issues and the summit's meaning for the resort and the entire destination.

Small chains: Sinn Hotels buy their third hotel in Germany
Sense or Nonsense?
12.1.2007

Donaueschingen. The first two hotel take-overs in Germany completed by the Sinn Group last year caused quite a stir: a hotel in Donaueschingen, closed for 12 years, and the Steigenberger Hotel in Mannheim, heavily in need of urgent investment, were the objects of the take-overs. So what was the plan and who makes up the team behind such investments?

Small chains: B&B to triple its number in Germany
Expansion through Village Hotels
22.12.2006

Wiesbaden. Eight years subsequent to their first step into the German market, the French hotel group B&B are now really pushing ahead. By 2009, the number of hotels in Germany is to be tripled. Back at home in France, meanwhile,  their expansion plans are no less impressive. The recently announced take over of 60 Village Hotels take the group to 173 hotels and covers most of the French market. Expansion into other countries is being looked into.
Choice remains Choice
1.12.2006

Munich. Our latest report about the structural changes at Choice Hotels caused some confusion among our readers regarding its reference to particular individuals. As hospitalityInside.com attaches great importance to transparency, we are happy to clarify any points here in order to avoid misunderstandings.

Complaints: Alcohol ban affects tourism
1.12.2006

Bahrain. For the second year in Bahrain, hotels have been ordered by the Ministry of Information's Tourism Affairs Directorate not to serve alcoholic beverages during the Muslim month of Ramadan. Now hoteliers complain.

Choice Hotels explain their new structure in detail
Brand growth on course
24.11.2006

Munich. Hans-Dieter Schiller, pathfinder for the expansion of Choice Hotels in Germany, will in future lead other brands in a new company of his own. His colleague Margit Koller became new Managing Director for Germany & Central Europe with Choice Hotels Europe and in future will report directly to the USA. The restructuring had obviously become necessary in order to increase the influence of the American franchise partner in continental Europe. The developments of recent weeks in detail.

Benchmarking in Austria: Kohl & Partner and Webmark 
Focus on resorts
10.11.2006

Vienna. With their first Benchmarking Symposium, the consultancy firm Kohl & Partners managed to attract almost 150 hoteliers, bankers and consultants. The interest is there, but so too is the insecurity. Kohl & Partners have been collecting data for the last 20 years, more recently also in the popular wellness sector. This month sees the beginning of a second benchmark system: "Webmark". A state supported system intended to motivate mid-sector holiday hoteliers into taking part by offering reasonable membership rates.

Benchmarking: The start of an international database - hotelcontrol
Key figures for the forecast
10.11.2006

Vienna . After two years of development, a new international hotel database will start on January 1, 2007: "hotelcontrol". For the time being, it will focus on continental Europe. The creators announced that they will analyse economic data in far more depth than existing providers did, and, above all, generate key figures for forecasts.

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