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Eschborn. For the first time in Germany, Progros Einkaufsgesellschaft, headquartered in Eschborn near Frankfurt, has launched an online evaluation portal called pro-CHECK allowing customers to evaluate all suppliers of Progros.
Berlin. The Berlin hotel management company Grand City Hotels & Resorts assumes, with immediate effect, an advisory position for the small group of Mark Hotels in Berlin. With this "strategic alliance", GCHR lists nine new hotels in its portfolio.
Zurich. In Switzerland, spying in the form of so-called "Fichen" which were created by Basel council members of Turkish descent and who had been observed by police authorities, are currently being discussed in the media. The report "Hoteliers planen schwarze Liste" issued by the Swiss newspaper "Zuricher Tagesanzeiger" of July 2 added fuel to the fire while the issue was taken up by Swiss media the next day.
Frankfurt/M. Nearly 600 German hotels and hotel groups have already joined the purchase pool of the Progros Einkaufsgesellschaft mbH, founded in 1986 and based in Eschborn near Frankfurt am Main. The total purchase volume of the Progros hotels increased to about 330 million Euros in 2007. The turnover liquidated and mediated by Progros increased by more than 12 percent from 93.5 to 104.5 million Euros.
Zurich "Already, hundreds of millions of Swiss Francs have been invested in the Swiss hotel classification system. Now, a new marketing idea is on the table," hotel revue reported, the magazine published by the Swiss hotel association hotelleriesuisse. Guglielmo L. Brentel, President of hotelleriesuisse, presented a new architecture of hotel classification at last week's delegates meeting.
Munich/Berlin. As regards hotel transactions, private hotels are becoming increasingly the centre of attention of international investors. A new subsidiary of Treugast Solutions Group aims at helping family businesses to evaluate their real estate themselves by using new software.
Berlin. The budget sector does indeed seem to be red hot, according to a panel at the International Hotel Investment Forum Berlin in March. And it seems that no such discussion can take place without the orange tinge of easyhotel and the panel at IHIF was no exception. Sir Stelios Haji-Ioannou, Founder and Chairman of the easygroup was accompanied by champions to the cause - Helen Lalitte, Vice President Ibis Global Marketing, Reas Kondraschow, Development Director Whitbread Group's Premier Inn brand and Christian Michel, Regional Vice President Development, Wyndham Hotel Group International. Whilst easyhotel, Ibis and Premier Inn should need no introduction Wyndham's budget brands outside of North America include Super 8 and Days Inn.
Ithaca, NY/Wiesbaden. Pricing is one of the most difficult tasks facing the hotel industry. Hoteliers constantly search for the ultimate solution. According to a current German language study carried out by Cornell University/Centre for Hospitality Research, almost all hotels adjust their rates to take into account changes in occupancy. Depending on market segment, however, very different approaches - and results - were uncovered.