News & Stories

Atlanta/Arlington. Interstate Hotels & Resorts, one of the larger independent hotel management companies in the United States, integrates Noble Management Group, the hotel operating business of lodging and hospitality investment organization Noble.

Berlin. About one month after the taking over by Google, DailyDeal is changing its conditions for advertising partners. Main subject: unredeemed vouchers are being paid back by the business.

Las Vegas. From its annual Americas Investors & Leadership Conference in Las Vegas, IHG announced a new global repositioning strategy for Crowne Plaza Hotels & Resorts.

Neustadt. Insolvency procedures have been opened against both former managing directors of the Deilmann cruise line. The cruise line and her flagship "MS Deutschland" are not affected by it.

Amsterdam. Five years after the premiere with the citizenM Amsterdam-Schiphol, the Dutch "luxury budget” chain is operating a total of three hotels: at Amsterdam airport as well as downtown and in Glasgow. Due to the crisis, the company has focused expansion on London and New York. According to CEO Michael Levie, the company has eleven projects in the pipeline at top locations all over the world. On the website, the group speaks of 20 planned hotels that are to be erected within the next five years – at airports with more than 15 million passengers per year and cities with more than 500,000 inhabitants and the necessary bit of leisure time, lifestyle and/or business. Our correspondent Sarah Douag met Michael Levie in Amsterdam. An update on a promising hotel group we have heard very little about in the last while.

Munich. Asian chains keep a lookout after their own hotels and consortium possibilities in Europe while on the other hand, Europeans prefer being active in Asia as operators or franchisors. Those who would like to be involved in moving the continents together successfully should know the rules of the game. The talk on the subject "Asian Chains: How does business pay off in Europe?" at the 10th "Hospitality Industry Dialogue" during the Expo Real 2011 made it clear where the differences and mutual expectations lie with a few figures.

Bad Salzuflen/Cologne. At the end of September, the Maritim Hotel Company from Bad Salzuflen took over HMS International Hotels with which a master franchise contract for the development of foreign hotels had existed since 2004.

Vienna. One week ago, the moment had arrived. With an evening celebration at Hellbrunn Palace near Vienna, 33 “minor” hoteliers celebrated the birth of their new group called “Private City Hotels”. They want to grow internationally as well.

Paris/Munich. The restructuring of the Accor economy brand, ibis, has profound reasons: The European market leader has already lost too much in this segment in its second most important market, Germany, to Motel One and B&B Hotels. "We must find our way back to real market leadership in Germany," Grégoire Champetier admitted in a conversation with hospitalityInside.com at Expo Real in Munich. A sign for this is also the fact that Accor has appointed its German Chief, Peter Verhoeven, as Head of Europe for the new mega brand, Ibis, as well as for its sub-brands. The restructuring from a marketing perspective.

Frankfurt. The new Jumeirah Frankfurt joins the city’s 5-star hotel phalanx. But does it know that it has entered a fiercely fought-over market? Expectations of the Arabian chain of superlatives of its first hotel in Continental Europe are high in all aspects. This makes the plain result all the more surprising. In a hidden corner, behind the former main police station, which is teeming with tourists and smelling of fried sausages, the hotel highrise provides 25 floors of peace and discretion. However, leisure space remains luxury. The public rooms have been kept to a minimum size. The only oasis: the guest rooms themselves, which are admittedly highly attractive. General Manager Dagmar Woodward aims to lead the city’s RevPar ranking in future.