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Brussels. Almost 30% of EU residents have booked a room in a private residence, or an apartment or house via a sharing economy platform. But who are the heavy users? Who is still restrained? And who are the typical hosts?

Salzburg. Staff shortages are forcing people to get creative, at least on the entrepreneurial side. Yet cost-cutting measures in the wrong area annoy guests, as the practical examples we bring you today make abundantly clear. On the other hand, the 4-day working week is no problem. Not even legally. But far too few hoteliers are making use of this useful work-life balance tool. Positive example: the Hotel Aviva in Austria. It has been practising a 4-day work week since 2018.

Geneva. In mid-September, the Kempinski Group announced that the Supervisory Board of Kempinski AG had prematurely extended Bernold Schroeder's mandate as Chairman of the Management Board of Kempinski AG and confirmed his role as CEO of the Kempinski Group. With this announcement, the company has now drawn a line under the recent leadership change, which began with the surprising departure of CEO Martin Smura on 10 December 2020. A review.

Munich. "What's left of hotel DNA after the pandemic?" A lot - and a lot of it is new. There's a desire to forget to pain of corona, and the growing optimism of a recovery of the market is accompanied by new opportunities and trends. Six established hoteliers and newcomers whetted investors' appetites for the new diversity with their insights and concepts.

Berlin. On 1 November 2021, the German government will make use of a paragraph that denies wage payments to the unvaccinated in case of quarantine. In addition, the country continues to debate intensively about the sense or nonsense of 2- or 3-G regulations. But at least there are now hopeful economic forecasts for the hospitality industry.

Chicago. The ranking of the world's largest hotel chains by number of rooms shows virtually no change for the top ten, according to the American Hotels Magazine's latest edition. However, the editors have chosen to exclude the hitherto fast-expanding Indian upstart, Oyo, from the ranking.

Düsseldorf. The German tour operator Alltours will exclusively welcome vaccinated or recovered guests in its allsun hotels from the winter season onwards. Hoteliers distance themselves from it. And the government wants to rethink its risk ratings.

Madrid. NH Hotel Group unveils a far-reaching turnaround plan focused on efficiency, Europe and new initiatives to attract business travellers. Nevertheless, the savings continue.

Munich. "Digital is powerful, face2face is valuable." This is the last sentence of Accor's current video of the survey among its employees. According to this, a single face-to-face meeting has the radiant power of three video or telephone conferences.

Hamburg. Across the DACH region, business travel needs to return. Four hotel groups - 25hours Hotels, Accor Northern Europe, Motel One and Vienna House - are therefore initiating a marketing campaign and encouraging colleagues in all three countries to join in via crowdfundig and benefit themselves.