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In a surprising move, Accor sold its timeshare business this week to the US group Travel + Leisure for 48.4 million dollars. Nonetheless, the French giant is not exiting the segment on a licensing fee as it agreed.
Italy's tourism figures are better than before the pandemic, mainly due to international business. But operators are groaning under the crisis-ridden economy, and experts see a more difficult situation than with Covid-19. Hotel operators want to make their hotels more attractive with sustainability. And two niches show real potential.
Not everyone knows Lichtenberg. But they soon will. For years, a hospitality project has been simmering in the remote east of Berlin, which is now slowly taking shape as a complete work of art: The Flussbad The initial spark for Slowness in Germany and beyond. Claus Sendlinger, the founder of Design Hotels, is one of the people behind it. He is currently inventing a new hospitality campus - for a better life. The visionary thinks big.
Adina Hotels Europe has developed the hybrid brand MM:NT independently of Adina. It is still a laboratory product that will be launched as a test balloon in Berlin in February and offers several types of living under one roof, from windowless rooms to comfortable apartments. The parent company TFE is hooked. Which was not always the case.
The French financial group LFPI (La Financière Patrimoniale d'Investissement) has now also given investors in its German subsidiary LFPI Hospitality Group more room for expansion by taking over several companies since 2021. And the subsidiary is transforming from an owner-operator to a white-label provider.
With a total of 64 hotels, H-Hotels is one of the larger hotel groups with German roots. But now the owner Alexander Fitz and his CEO Thomas Haas are also rethinking: The chain will continue to grow in Europe's major cities - and with a much sharper brand profile. Quality instead of volume is the motto, preferably supported by clever technology and AI.
Motel One opened its first hotel in New York to great acclaim last December and thus introduced its next lifestyle brand The Cloud One. hospitalityInside author Sylvie Konzack checked in on a private visit to the hotel last week and was disappointed: This hotel is neither a Motel One nor The Cloud One.
To date, Premier Inn has invested over €1 billion in the German hotel market. The Whitbread subsidiary has embarked on a 20-year marathon: High scalability and high profit are the goal. Various ideas are constantly being tested out: room, breakfast, OTAs. The trigger is real estate. Mark Anderson, Managing Director Property & International of Whitbread PLC, was in chatty spirits.
Rosewood Munich has officially opened. This marks the first time that the Chinese New World Hospitality brand has entered Germany, right in its most lively lifestyle city, where laptop and Lederhosen (leather trousers) come together to create fantastic rates. The future of the first ultra-luxury hotel in town began with an understatement party. Plus: an interview with Nico Nussmeier, co-CEO of Schörghuber Holding, which owns the property, about the hotel risk.
The new ultra-luxury Rosewood Hotel Munich will not open until mid-October, with 1,000 euros as an entry rate. Marriott's Extended Stay brand Residence Inn, however, also fills the till with 150 euros per night. Arabella Hospitality SE advances to white label operator, with luxury classics and fresh franchise brands. With Rosewood and Marriott at its side, expansion in DACH and Spain is underway. CEO Karl-Heinz Pawliziki on the new strategy.