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Alpitour World plans to commit around 80-90 million euros every 12 months over the next five years. Its hospitality division will benefit from 58 million in 2026 alone.

Wind patterns determine the layout of the terraces, and diagrams illustrate thermal comfort. And ideally, the stone used for building should be local. At the 9th HospitalityInside Think Tank (HITT), the renowned Japanese architectural firm Kengo Kuma & Associates showed just how to plan for a smaller footprint.

The Spanish Fergus Group focused on conversions, renovations and the repositioning of assets from an early stage. To date, over 60 million euros have been invested in the repositioning of existing hotel properties in Spain under the tent Hotels brand.

Liran Wizman built some of Amsterdam's most celebrated hotels using a sell-and-lease-back formula that worked brilliantly… until it didn't. With more than 30 million euros in confirmed rent arrears across five properties, and Pandox moving to freeze his bank accounts, landlords across Europe are running out of patience.

In the wake of the Iran conflict, the property market and Europe remain weak. The deterioration in credit conditions points to a significant decline in investment appetite in the coming quarters. In the construction sector, rising costs are set to become the biggest challenge.

Despite the U.S./Iran conflict which began on 28 February 2026, the region’s hotel construction pipeline proved resilient in the last month of the quarter — closing Q1 at a record high of 717 projects and 177,110 rooms.

Deka Immobilien faces a second major operator default in the Netherlands: The German institutional investor finds itself in court again, this time against Revo Hospitality Group, whose Dutch Mövenpick subsidiary has accumulated 4 million euros in overdue rent on a lease that runs to 2052 and commits 281 million euros.

Deka Immobilien no longer wishes to discuss the 23 million euros in rent arrears owed by the (former) operator, Sircle Group – headed by Liran Wizman. This week, it introduced an unnamed, tourism-focused operator from Turkey. Wizman is nevertheless permitted to continue running the W restaurants. Deka Immobilien did not provide any explanation for this.

Expo Real is setting the course for the future. From this year onwards, Expo Real (5–7 October in Munich) is expanding its title to include the field of infrastructure: "International Trade Fair for Real Estate, Investment and Infrastructure".