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New Concierge Software for Increased Overview

29.4.2005

Basel. New software is to help to better organize concierge appointments and contacts.

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A real hotel as a real soap opera

Romantik Hotel Schwarzer Adler starring in five-part TV series

29.4.2005

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.

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Credit card for German Hilton HHonors members

22.4.2005

Frankfurt/M. From this summer on, the members of Hilton's bonus programme can collect points with their own Visa card in Germany as well. The "Hilton HHonours Credit Card" thus follows Great Britain, Japan and the USA.

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100 million euros for investments

Steigenberger Hotels make their hotels competitive again

22.4.2005

Frankfurt. Earnings from selling shares as well as concentrating on the core business "hotel business operation" have put Steigenberger Hotel Group back into the black. Investments of 100 million euros are to pave the way for a bright future. The majority shareholder has committed his support in this respect.

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Club Aldiana negotiates with Advent?

22.4.2005

Frankfurt/M. There are still numerous rumours afloat about Thomas Cook potentially selling its Aldiana Clubs. The American financial investor Advent International is considered to be seriously interested. The Spanish group Parques Reunidos, with which it would probably be possible to generate synergy effects, also belongs to it.

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Late Realisation

22.4.2005

The Steigenberger family has realised that cost reduction alone does not make a successful company. A commentary by Susanne Stauss on Steigenberger's new strategy.

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The group's structure is not settled yet

InterContinental expands with resorts in EMEA

15.4.2005

London. InterContinental Hotels will grow its resort portfolio but still looks at the business hotels as their flagships. Jennifer Fox, Senior Vice President InterContinental Hotels & Resorts, answers questions about a company that isn't still sure about its own future structure.

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The Image Designers

Public Relations of the politically disputed InterConti Berchtesgaden:

15.4.2005

Munich. Is it admissible to spend your holiday at a location like this? This was and is one of the most frequent questions posed to the public relations agency which is in charge of the opening of the "Hitler hotel" on Obersalzberg in Bavaria . When it comes to PR regarding the new InterContinental Resort Berchtesgaden, Wilde & Partner from Munich focused on openness - and was, nonetheless, sometimes disappointed.

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Dawning of a new age on Obersalzberg

InterContinental Resort Berchtesgaden: Correcting the image of "Hitler's hotel"

15.4.2005

Berchtesgaden. The first German resort of InterContinental Hotels is not an easy project. Due to its location on Obersalzberg near Berchtesgaden in the Bavarian Alps, it defies its link to Hitler and the past, while its design architecture successfully avoids the kitschy resort-hotel character typical for the Alps.

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Premiere on Austria's Ski Slopes

Corinthia Hotels

8.4.2005

Malta (April 8, 2005). The hotel group Corinthia Hotels International, Malta, is for the first time considering a move away from the sea and the city into the mountains.

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