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New umbrella brand name for five Grand Hotels: Oetker Hotel Collection
Marketing boost for the pearls  of the pudding group
10.2.2006

 

Baden-Baden. It was the express wish of the owners to give their five luxury hotels a common as well as their own individual name: "Oetker Hotel Collection". Thus the Brenner's Park-Hotel & Spa in Baden-Baden, the Park Hotel Vitznau in Switzerland, the Hôtel Le Bristol in Paris, the Domaine du Château St. Martin in Vence and the Hôtel du Cap Eden Roc at the Cap d'Antibes, France, will share a common corporate design. In addition, a common database will be built up in order to intensify the customer relationship managements.

Innovative marketing ideas awarded
10.2.2006

Bonn. For the first time the German Tourism Association has identified the most innovative ideas in German tourism and has summarised them in their own innovation report. Amongst them are three examples from the hotel industry.

Leading Hotels continue to grow
10.2.2006

New York. With over 430 hotels in 73 countries, The Leading Hotels of the World have achieved the largest member base since the foundation of the hotel alliance. The beginning of 2006 saw 19 new hotels join their portfolio.

Jaume Tàpies: New blood arrives at Relais & Châteaux
More promotion for German hotels
3.2.2006

Frankfurt/M. Last November the 37 year old Jaume Tàpies from Andorra became the new president of the hotel association Relais & Châteaux. Now he commutes between his Spanish hotel and the French office in Paris. In an interview with hospitalitiyInside he explains his plans for the association, in particular for their activities in Germany. There only a restaurant, no hotel became a new member this year.
Kingdom Hotels and Colony Capital acquire Fairmont and Raffles
A new luxury global hotel giant coming up
3.2.2006

Toronto/Singapore. Fairmont Hotels & Resorts Inc. has entered into an acquisition agreement whereby a Canadian company owned by Kingdom Hotels International and Colony Capital will acquire all of Fairmont's outstanding common shares at a price of USD 45.00 per share in cash. The total value of this transaction, including debt and the combination with Asian Raffles Hotels, is expected to be approximately USD 5.5 billion. While Fairmont published a release on this, there was no comment by Raffles.

Sir Rocco Forte to shake up Germany's tired luxury hotels
The quality pusher
27.1.2006

London.
"The last two weeks are always the most stressful", Sir Rocco Forte sighs. All the same, the opening of his first German hotel is well within schedule. The Villa Kennedy in Frankfurt will open in four weeks' time on 1 March. Whether the ambitious Brit will see expected targets realised is still not clear. Certain is, his expectations are high. And his definition of luxury could give Germany's five star hotels a hard push in the direction of quality.
Dorint: Capital authorised, operating result negative
27.1.2006

Bad Neuenahr. At a special general meeting yesterday Dorint plc shareholders voted with 99.9 to authorise new capital. The first figures from the business year 2005 were also announced.

Ex-Starwood Chairman starts competing chain
27.1.2006

White Plains. Eight months after Barry Sternlicht abruptly resigned his executive chairman post at Starwood Hotels, he is launching an ultra luxury hotel brand that will compete head-to-head with his previous employer.

Martin Elsner about the three German Rocco Forte Hotels:
Advantage Rocco: Personality and people
27.1.2006

 

Frankfurt/M. In four weeks, the first German Rocco Forte Hotel will open right on time in Frankfurt, the second one located in Berlin is already delayed and will not welcome its first guests for the final of the World Cup as planned. The third hotel located in Munich will not open before 2007. In all cities, the British group relies on its interpretation of quality and design to bring about profitable friendships. Martin Elsner, Pre-Opening General Manager, about the positioning of the three German Rocco Forte Hotels.
Paramount Group of Hotels attracts attention by new acquisitions
Becoming a big player
27.1.2006

London. The acquisition, in December 2005, of three UK freehold properties by the UK-based Paramount Group of Hotels, has put the burgeoning hotel group in a new league. Within five years the parent company Dawnay Shore Hotels will either sell up, float the company on the Stock Exchange, or transfer its properties into a property investment fund. Before that time, however, its plan is to reach 50 hotels.

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