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Bremen/Frankfurt. With the brand "TQ3 Events made by airtours" the travel giant TUI responds to increasing demands in the field of meetings, incentives, congresses and events.

Podgorica. The small country of Montenegro has ambitious plans: a tourism master plan which envisages mega bed numbers has been passed, there are incentives for investors and by the end of this year all hotels in the young south east European state should have been privatised.

Podgorica. To be there right at the beginning of the development immediately appealed to Dieter Heinritz. For the last four years the former German hotelier has been out in Montenegro as a management consultant. He views the development with a more critical eye than the way it is officially presented.

Podgorica. The following report shows the most important facts and figures for Montenegro`s development in tourism and the hotel trade. Information is drawn from the ministry for tourism and the World Travel & Tourism Council:

Augsburg. The budget airline boom continues. Single operators are disappearing from the market very quickly while others are becoming well established. This is also having some effect on the regional hotel industry. In the last issue, hospitalityInside looked at the effects on Carinthia in Austria and on Stockholm, this week we investigate Hannover and Cologne.

San Juan, Puerto Rico. The new US passport requirement jeopardizes 2.6 billion US$ visitor export earnings. 188,000 travel and tourism jobs in the Caribbean could be at risk.

Munich. After the Pope-pretzel, the Pope-beer and the Pope teddy bear, there now comes the Pope package deal for the travelling pilgrim. A four page special-flyer follows "in the footsteps of Pope Benedict XVI".

Villach/Lake Ossiach. "No-cost flight to alpine wellness" is the punchy slogan on the website of the low cost carrier Hapag Lloyd-Express, and: "Exclusive to HLX customers"! The Falkensteiner Hotel Urbani at Lake Ossiach in Austria has let itself into this venture. It pays for its customers' flights.

Cologne. “Weekend lovers 2” is the name of a successful travel guide of the Cologne based Dumont Travel Publishers which has published its second edition within one year.

Augsburg. The low cost carrierer's boom continues. Single operators are disappearing from the market very quickly while others are becoming well established - with a growth rate of up to 114 per cent in passenger traffic. This is also having some effect on the regional hotel industry. This issue of hospitalityInside looks at the effects on Carinthia in Eastern Austria and on Stockholm, while next week's issue will look at the effects on Hannover and Cologne in Germany. Interestingly, foreign regions clearly seem to be profiting more than German regions.