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Global Hotel Alliance with new member

6.6.2008

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.

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Wyndham acquires Microtel and Hawthorn Suites

6.6.2008

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.

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The hotel search engine TVtrip expands in Asia

30.5.2008

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.

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Management contracts & local staff, a principle

Vienna International: CEO Rudolf Tucek on strategy and expansion

30.5.2008

Munich/Vienna. The presentation of the first angelo Hotel in Germany was trendy and colourful. After Prague, the new addition in Munich, which opened just four days ago, is the second hotel of the design hotel brand under the direction of the Austrian based companies Vienna International and Warimpex Finance and Investment plc. In Berlin an andel's Hotel is also in construction - a representative of the second design hotel brand of both companies. But not only Germany is seeing the expansion. Vienna International, which currently counts 45 hotels and resorts in ten countries, still sees lots of potential for the concept. Rudolf Tucek, Chief Executive Officer of Vienna International, explains the Group's strategy; aims which are by far not known to everybody.

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A tiny bit more

Next budget design concept to refine what's there already: Prizeotel

30.5.2008

Bremen. When Dieter Mueller, main shareholder of Motel One, introduced his first 2-star rooms eight years ago, they appeared like copies of Etap in a slightly different colour - the brand of Accor, his former employer. Then, Mueller added a touch of budget design to the Motel One concept and created a new generation of 2-star accommodation. Since then, Motel One has been on its way to the top. Now, Mueller's former Sales Manager Marco Nussbaum is further developing the budget design concept: Bremen will see the first Prizeotel. It is planned to become an entire hotel chain starting off in Germany. But Prizeotel does not aim at concentrating on the rate only. Instead, it wants to back up its rates with sustainability and value. In order to secure the design, the company hired a designer from New York already renowned in the scene, who will design the first and future Prizeotel based on a "signature concept". And the guests will check-in via mobile phone. With this step, the budget design concept gets another chance in Europe, presented for the first time here at hospitalityInside.com.

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Half of the time inside the hotel

Homosexuals and lesbians represent strong target groups in tourism

23.5.2008

Salzburg. Be it organised gay weeks, garish parades or homosexual togetherness: the homosexual-lesbian community, which is both keen to travel and free-spending, is highly sought after by the tourism industry. The Americans have meticulously analysed the market in the meantime, while more and more destinations discover the new clientele in the German-speaking countries, and adjust themselves to it with event weeks and street parties. The hotel industry strongly benefits from the new development.

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The power of collaboration

Corinthia Hotels in Budapest count on themselves, not on their city

16.5.2008

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.

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Rebirth as a lifestyle brand

Former Penta Hotels to become new pentahotels

16.5.2008

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.

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Bye-bye print media

Marketing campaigns on the Internet - Fascinating, but short-lived

9.5.2008

Wiesbaden. The Internet community is growing and rapidly revolutionising marketing. The net serves as a means of addressing target groups that have not been reached before, and at the same time, it is an experimental field for new company strategies. Example: Ritz-Carlton. However, the world of the Internet is significantly more short-lived than anything else we have known so far.

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Power for going abroad

First press conference of Steigenberger under Witschi as new CEO

9.5.2008

Frankfurt/M. At this year`s conference on financial statements in Frankfurt, Steigenberger presented the conclusion of a successful business year. However, there were no strategic announcements of André Witschi, the new Chairman, as the industry had hoped for. Witschi emphasised the company`s expansion policy with the Steigenberger brand abroad.

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