News & Stories
Bern. After comprehensive renovation work, the famous Hotel Schweizerhof in Bern will celebrate its official reopening this Friday, June 24. In 2005, the hotel on Bahnhofplatz 11 with its 162 years of history closed its doors for the last time - and almost nobody expected them to open again. But they were proved wrong: The Qatari Diar Real Estate Investment Company based in Qatar came on board as investor, acquiring the property at the heart of the Swiss capital from the precarious Rosebud group and finishing the renovation work.
Vienna. The crown jewels of the Viennese hotel industry have changed ownership: Sacher Boss, Elisabeth Guertler has bought the Hotel Bristol Vienna. The Hotel Imperial Vienna as well as the Goldene Hirsch in Salzburg go to Starwood Hotels & Resorts. Furthermore, the American hotel operator will also manage the three properties. With this, movement comes once again to the luxury hotel industry in the Austrian capital. Then the Bristol shall shine with a new brilliance. The new positioning and the backgrounds.
Berlin. The area around Berlin Central Station is slowly coming to life. The first three hotels are now rousing interest from other project developers. One developer is planning two further hotels with a total of 400 rooms.
Doha. In the Arabian emirate of Qatar, a Swiss architect is planning a project with an investment of three billion Swiss francs – a Matterhorn in the desert.
St. Gallen. A planned hotel project in Bad Rans/Saint Gallen, Switzerland has been put on ice. The developers could not pay their invoices. Moreover, the investment volume had been already trimmed by approximately 30 million CHF.
Munich. Two standard works on the subject of hotel development have been on the market for some time and there is now an additional third study. Hartwig Bohne, lecturer on hotel and resort development at Carinthia University of Applied Sciences has planned for the thick books.
Berlin. Whether the large project at Berlin's Central Station will result in a Sheraton Hotel - as announced a year ago – is currently an open question. Starwood appears to be flexible as far as Berlin is concerned – also because the situation with regard to the former InterConti has again changed.
Velden. For many months, Hypo Alpe Adria Group has had Schlosshotel Velden up for sale. After several attempts, the bank from Carinthia got rid of its millstone at Lake Woerthersee.
Vienna. As of immediately, hotels are no longer part of the core business of the Austrian company B & C Industrieholding. After the sale of the Radisson Blu in Vienna, the Starwood Grand Hotel jewels are now to be sold.
Berlin. Suddenly, on the construction site on the ninth floor, you stand before a real door made of dark-brown high-grade wood containing a bell and an electronic entrance. This means: you have to take off your shoes as the beige-coloured marble floor does not tolerate any concrete dust... Waldorf Astoria, which is currently under construction, has been leading many curious guests into its mock-up room for weeks now.