News & Stories
Berlin Special real estate has now been given its own platform: On September 3-4, 2009, the InterContinental Berlin will host the "inspire conference", the first international event for real estate in the areas of "Hospitality + Leisure", "Health + Care", "Infrastructure + Logistics", "Education + Culture".
Basel. A Swiss trade fair company has created a unique source of information with an online database collecting together worldwide case studies on sustainable energy projects. The database provides registered users with an overview of successfully implemented and promising projects for efficient and secure energy supply - from "Green Campus" to sustainable energy for towns and countryside.
Dusseldorf. This year's "Business Travel Show" taking place on the September 24-25, 2008 for the fifth time in Dusseldorf next week will see approx. 140 exhibitors present their newest products and services for business travellers. In focus will be environmental protection, sustainability and social responsibility. Notable at the event will be how individuality and flexibility have been placed at the core of new services.
Hanover/Oberursel. The tour operators TUI and Thomas Cook have founded new hotel brands under the names of "Sensimar" and "Sentido" to be introduced in time for summer season 2009. Franchise models have been developed in respect of both models. Investments in further assets for the brand are not planned.
Frankfurt. The Spanish hotel chain Iberostar Hotels & Resorts is positioning its brand anew: with "Iberostar Grand Collection", the group wants to establish itself as a high-quality hotel chain. Moreover, the chain plans 100 new hotels - and is considering building up its own City Hotel line.
Dallas/Olpenitz. Prime Income Asset Management, a Dallas-based advisory and management company to real estate and energy sector companies, announced last week that work will begin this fall on Port Olpenitz, a 425-acre holiday resort located in the northeastern section of Schleswig- Holstein, Germany.
Munich. The planned MBA studies in business travel management which the Business Travel Organisation of Germany, Frankfurt wants to offer in conjunction with the Worms University of Applied Sciences, have just been delayed, as there are problems with the admittance criteria. However, the parties involved obviously do not seem to know themselves what is going on and are getting caught up in absurd contradictions. The "first academic course in the field of business travel" in Germany is turning into a farce.
Bonn. The Germans care for their love of travelling between the North Sea and the Alps - this is the result of a snap poll carried out by the German Tourism Association on the 2008 summer holiday season. The classical summer months of July and August are well frequented at the German tourism destinations. "For the fiscal 2008, DTV expects an increase of two or three percent in room nights," says Claudia Gilles, Managing Director of DTV.
Bern. The hoteliers did not really benefit from Switzerland hosting the Euro 2008. Although football supporters were attracted, those who are not football fans were scared off. In June, room nights dropped by 2.6 percent compared to the previous year. According to the Federal Statistical Office, the hotel industry recorded 3.2 million room nights - 2.6 percent less than the year before.