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TUI Hotels continue to grow

19.5.2006

Hanover. TUI Hotels & Resorts, Europe's largest holiday hotelier, head the World of TUI's hotel affiliates. In 2006, 279 hotels in 30 countries with a total of 165,000 beds were contained in TUI's hotel portfolio. By the end of 2008, 25,000 extra beds in over 30 new hotels are to be added.

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For download: Travel Management Guide

19.5.2006

Frankfurt/Eschborn. Carlson Wagonlit Travel, a business travel provider, has published a well-structured guide called "Effective Travel Management". Interested parties can obtain the document complimentary and in two language versions.

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The Swarovski bed boom

600 inhabitants and soon 1800 beds: Biberwier in Tyrol

19.5.2006

Biberwier. Tyrol's Swarovski family are in the process of changing the face of their tiny little village in the shadow of the Zugspitze: As of next year, the 600 inhabitants of Biberwier will see 1,800 beds, double the amount at present.

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In the sights of operators and tourists

Study Morocco: Top-class investment opportunities in North Africa

12.5.2006

Marrakesh. Marrakesh is booming. For three years, real estate prices have been exploding. Developers from France and England are pushing into Morocco and investing in property and timeshare residences, while VIPs and actors are building their second homes in and around Marrakesh. By 2010, the tourism plan is scheduled to make 80,000 new hotel rooms available. The terror acts including those in Casablanca in 2003 have dampened the euphoria a bit. Despite this, tourism is growing at a double-digital rate. A study about Marrakesh.

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A soul in old walls

Travel pleasures in Marrakesh: Riads set an example of hospitality

12.5.2006

Marrakesh. Sometimes they have only seven rooms and are hidden at the end of a long, narrow lane in the old part of the city or behind mighty walls: the riads in Morocco. Theses oases have been restored with a marked passion for detail and are always privately owned, often by Europeans, outstripping established hotels. In the past, they were guest houses for the rich and they were very few of them. Today, Marrakesh alone has thousands of "copies" and travellers have to carefully check their standard. Their success is a lesson for every hotelier.

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Hotel pearls in the operators' niche

The Mediterranean Experience: An address for jewels and classics

12.5.2006

Wiesbaden. Unknown hotels are located next to legendary ones as equals, hideaways next to hip hotels, and all of them come with a unique quality: the personal flair many travellers dream of. In times of "quality versus quantity", those organisers will assert themselves that manage to cultivate their niche. One of them is The Mediterranean Experience from England. 40% of its hotels are often not listed among other comparable operators, says the Managing Director of the company's office in Wiesbaden, Germany.

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Adrenaline boost for summer tourists

Alpine leisure attraction now in Brussels

12.5.2006

Brussels. The idea was originally conceived for the mountains, but it wasn`t until it was integrated into Brussels` adventure park that it really become popular: The "Mountain Glider" gives the mountain summer wings. 80 km/h is the speed with which enthusiasts shoot into the valley.

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Russians to boost Swiss tourism

5.5.2006

St. Gallen. This and next year, the number of overnight stays in Switzerland is to grow by one percent. Schweiz Tourismus wants to have significantly more Russian guests.

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Tickets and verve are decisive

Culture trips - the answer to the trend towards shorter breaks

5.5.2006

Augsburg. Culture trips are the answer to the trend towards shorter breaks for two or for three. The research group "Urlaub und Reisen" reports 17.2 million short travel breaks in 2004. And meanwhile trips to the theatre, to concerts, museums and exhibitions are more popular than the pilgrimage to the sports stadium. Event organisers and hotels have received this development with differing levels of success. But those directly targeting the right target group with creative offers are making good figures. Our photo shows a classical hotel in a classical cultural city, the Hotel Elephant in Weimar.

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"hotelforum" Munich is back

5.5.2006

Munich. The real estate conference "hotelforum" in Munich is back. Following the cancellation of last year's special congress as a result of timetable clashes, this year a two day programme is planned for the coming October including the award ceremony "hotel real estate of the year". Nominations are presently running.

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