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London. Westin meanwhile add subtle aroma to its hotels, so too does Moevenpick, Swissôtel and the new Holiday Inn... Little by little, the hotel industry is discovering the art of temptation through the nose, often combined with appropriate music. The famous London department store Harrods, a shopping heaven par excellence, went one step further this spring and transformed its sales halls and elevators to a world of five senses.
Linz. At first, they occupied middle management positions in the Viennese chain hotel industry: Manual Pree, his partner Nicole Egger and old school friend Dietmar Doppelmair. Now the three 28 year olds are held together by a common ambition: to provide Linz with an extraordinary hotel. And Linz’s trio seem to have managed it. Working under strict listed building protection criteria, they gave the "Landgraf" a new and modern interior. A youthful success story.
Geneva. In Dublin, Global Hotel Alliance yesterday announced that it will welcome JurysDoyle as its tenth member later this year, after JurysDoyle has completed a re-launch process, which will include a comprehensive revamp of its brand identity.
Parsippany. Wyndham Worldwide Corporation will acquire US Franchise Systems Inc. and its Microtel Inns & Suites and Hawthorn Suites hotel brands, together totaling more than 29,000 rooms, from a subsidiary of Global Hyatt Corporation.
Munich. Ten new countries and more than 30 new destinations in the Asia-Pacific region: Besides the large number of hotels in European and American destinations, represented by a professionally produced short video on the hotel search engine TVtrip.de, there are also videos about the hotels in Asia available now.
Budapest. Due to the EU membership, the Hungarian government had to cut down on the budget and mainly reduced its support of tourism. The two Corinthia Hotels in Budapest are suffering the effects. They no longer count on the activities of the Hungarian tourism office, but on their own - a new collaboration with Wyndham, a partial shareholder of Corinthia. An example of a volatile Eastern European market.
Frankfurt. The Penta hotel name returns - as "pentahotels". Many people remember Penta along with the name of Kempinski as Lufthansa hotel brand in the 1980s and 1990s. For two years now, Peter Voit has developed a new lifestyle concept for pentahotels on behalf of the Cheng Group in Hong Kong. With the new concept, Voit wants to get a hold on major cities in continental Europe and Eastern Europe. In order to establish the brand convincingly, the company hired the architect Matteo Thun from Milan as interior designer. The existing eight hotels will all be modified and converted.