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Kitzbuehel. The 150-room five-star hotel which will be operated as A-rosa resort near the golf court "Schloss Kaps" in the famous winter skiing area of Kitzbuehel, Austria, will be built by the closed hotel investment fund Dr. Ebertz + Partner OHG of Cologne. "We will be quite happy, if we finish this project at par," explained Herbert Ebertz.
Kitzbuehel. There has certainly been no lack of spruce palace hotels with red-white shutters in the famous skiing area of Austrian Kitzbuehel so far. But on its honourable way to becoming a A-rosa resort, Kaps castle is going to receive more than just an annexe: 100 rooms plus 50 suites. The German hotel brand raises everybody's expectations.
Munich. Sir Rocco Forte strongly believes in Germany's economic power. His speech to the guests of the foundation stone laying ceremony last Friday encouraged the Germans.
Chicago/Frankfurt. The Independent Corporation will perform business under the name Preferred Hotel Group in future. Further news of the American company that has been led by President and CEO John Ueberroth for about a year now: The three current portfolios Preferred Hotels & Resorts, Summit Hotels & Resorts and Sterling Hotels present themselves with a new logo and will be expanded with the brand "Boutique" on June 1. The sales section has been restructured and expanded.
Hong Kong. The advertisement campaign is so successful that it is due to make a second round: The Asian hotel chain Shangri-La has published the travel tipps of their travellers in a series of newspaper advertisements. A clever image idea.
Male. The first resort on the Maldives had not been completed when General Manager Tom McLoughlin was already talking about expansion. With Per Aquum Resorts & Spas he wants to go to those leisure destinations, that have nature and a cultural heritage. In his hotel concepts, he creates a contrast to this with a highly modern design.
London. After a due-diligence-process of nearly two years Lehman Brothers and Starwood finally announced their plans for a joint venture between Starwood and Le Méridien Hotels & Resorts yesterday. This new development will probably also have an impact on ArabellaSheraton Hotels in Munich.
Innsbruck. They all play their own everyday roles from the janitor to the owners. The romantic hotel Schwarzer Adler in Innsbruck, Austria, provides the scenery and the actors for a five-part soap opera. It was broadcast on the German private channel ProSieben this week.