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Stromberg. Next spring, the YTL Hotels & Properties hotel group from Kuala Lumpur opens its third luxury resort in Malaysia. Dato Mark Yeoh Seok Kah, Executive Director of YTL Corporation Bhd, announced further expansion plans during his trip to Germany. They reach beyond the borders of Asia.
Munich/Geneva. The only goal is raising the company value. That is why Kempinski Hotels & Resorts are now speeding up their expansion and will reduce their size again in the foreseeable future. CEO Reto Wittwer announces plain rules to his owners and prescribes a clearer language for himself as an operator. In addition, new business fields are opening up apart from the classic hotel business. Kempinski is tidying up.
Roissy/Paris Sales and marketing, e-commerce, distribution and IT are moving significantly closer for internationally better coordinated brand marketing. Hilton International has changed its structure in order to keep on track with developments. Jurgen Fischer, new President of the "Commercial Operations Group", explains the details.
Geneva. Sometimes its only a matter of weeks before the next announcement is made of a new Kempinski hotel. To date, the group counts 46 hotels, 29 hotels are under development. The Thai hotel company with German roots is however at the same time struggling with difficulties in sales and marketing.
Singapore. The Asian luxury hotel group Banyan Tree will in the coming three year for the first time set foot on to foreign markets: The group is to open eight hotels in Europe, the Middle East, South America and the Caribbean and expects great success for their "niche market concept" on a world scale.
Stuttgart. In fact, only few world cup sponsors manage to achieve high-name recognition during this sport event. At the same time, the football World Cup offers small companies of certain industry sectors the chance to benefit from this event even if they are not sponsors. Especially in the tourism sector, the cities where world cup competitions take place mainly benefit from the daily visitors.
Salzburg. The Austrian consortia Schlosshotels & Herrenhaeuser comprises fewer than 50 members. According to President Maximilian Eidlhuber, the consortia is, despite modest budget and sometimes even modest professionalism, a success. The success is, however, difficult to quantify. With no booking centre and no reservations system, concrete figures are hard to come by.
Appesbach am Wolfgangsee. Rain has ruined business once again this summer for many hoteliers in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. A small country house on Lake Wolfgang in Austria shows how to make money even on those rainy days. International connections with the consortia "Schlosshotels & Herrenhaeuser" play a part here.