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Hockenheim. Germany's Achat Hotels located in Hockenheim and the Sorell Hotels Switzerland hotel chain headquartered in Zurich began their collaboration on January 1, 2007.
Boston. U.S. hotel business has been good, growth phenomenal, profits hefty. However, the hotel industry is under fire by some media outlets, headed by the well-known newspaper The Boston Globe, a subsidiary of the New York Times.
New York. Consumer generated media — blogs, discussion boards, review sites, social network sites, etc., has remained a prevalent subject in hotel marketing discussions in the past year. Now, a new survey shows that the majority of U.S. hoteliers are viewing this much more as an opportunity than as a risk. According to the survey 81% of respondents said they viewed CGM as a good opportunity and are using it in many ways.
Munich/Frankfurt. The joint venture of Arabella Hotel Holding, Munich, with the American Starwood Hotels & Resorts will be extended for 30 years until 2037. ArabellaSheraton Hotelmangagement GmbH will therefore run under the name of ArabellaStarwood Hotels & Resorts as of January 1, 2007. Moreover, the group will be able to expand with six instead of the former three Starwood brands. The Munich-based company extended its Starwood licence with the brands St. Regis, Le Méridien and Westin. In this way, ArabellaStarwood can expand in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, on the Balearic Islands and in Southern Africa at a greater speed and more easily - with 3-star hotels right up to the international top class. The Mardavall Mallorca is becoming the first St. Regis in Europe. All brands will be operated under a new common sales and marketing umbrella. This is what the two joint venture partners announced this morning at a press conference in the ArabellaSheraton Grand Hotel Frankfurt.
Please, find more detailled informations and an interview with Carsten Rath, Managing Director of the Arabella Hotel Holding International, on the website.
Munich/Frankfurt. Theoretically, ArabellaStarwood can operate and market all Starwood brands. But in practice, it is regulated. Its own core name Arabella will be kept in parts of the marketing. Southern Africa offers a lot of potential for expanding with many brands. The new joint venture profile also offers a lot of potential to new managers. Maria Puetz-Willems talked with Carsten Rath, Chairman of the Managing Board of Arabella Hotel Holding, about the details of the new agreement.
The 'new' St. Regis Mardavall Mallorca
Munich/Frankfurt. The joint venture of Arabella Hotel Holding, Munich, with the American Starwood Hotels & Resorts will be extended for 30 years until 2037. ArabellaSheraton Hotelmangagement GmbH will therefore run under the name of ArabellaStarwood Hotels & Resorts as of January 1, 2007. Moreover, the group will be able to expand with six instead of the former three Starwood brands. The Munich-based company extended its Starwood licence with the brands St. Regis, Le Méridien and Westin. In this way, ArabellaStarwood can expand in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, on the Balearic Islands and in Southern Africa at a greater speed and more easily - with 3-star hotels right up to the international top class. The Mardavall Mallorca is becoming the first St. Regis in Europe. All brands will be operated under a new common sales and marketing umbrella. This is what the two joint venture partners announced this morning at a press conference in the ArabellaSheraton Grand Hotel Frankfurt.
Ascona. It seems as if a wind has caught the Swiss luxury hotels. The country's leading Grand Hotels are currently investing millions in order to regain access to the international elite. Be it Dolder Grand in Zuerich, Les Trois Rois in Basle, the Suvretta House in St. Moritz, the Resorts Bad Ragaz or the Tschuggen Group: All of them are in the hands of private patrons who give their real estate portfolios some splendour with these hotels. Three of the four Tschuggen Hotels owned by Karl-Heinz Kipp are currently being closed one after the other to receive a luxury renovation and enter the market again afterwards. Daniel J. Ziegler, CEO of Tschuggen Hotel Group and delegate of the President of the Board of Directors, Kipp, explain the strategy.
Berlin. On December 12, 2006, German Interhotel Holding GmbH & Co KG concluded an agreement about selling its 14 hotels including the operating businesses associated with them.
Lucerne. Last week the Rezidor Hotel Group opened their fifth hotel in Switzerland in Lucerne taking the group total to 274 hotels. Rezidor CEO Kurt Ritter, himself a Swiss national born of the countryside of Bern, gave further details about the group and about the initial public offer.