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Munich. The German online traveller doesn't change a lot. During the first three months of the year 2007 Spain stays first choice within the category most chosen countries. Turkey pushed Egypt from the second to the third position where it stayed after the survey in December 2006. Top city-destination during the first quarter 2007 is Rome, followed by Paris and London.

Frankfurt/M. All experts are agreed on one thing: The conference and congress branch in Germany has developed into an important economic factor for which growth prognoses remain positive. The tendency towards increased cost awareness and thrift, is, however, still an obstacle. At the MICE trade fair IMEX 2007 in Frankfurt, the findings of several studies on this subject were presented. Although differing in the details, the same trend is evident from them all.

Paris. More and more multinational companies are consolidating their travel programs. This enables them to reduce their total travel costs by 20 percent on average. Consolidating hotel spend results in average savings of 6.5 percent.

Frankfurt/M. The new trade fair year is running at top steam. And for hoteliers, this means detailed planning as to which trade fairs and events - MICE, hotel industry or business travel - they'll be taking part in over the coming months, either as visitor or exhibitor. A study shows: Companies are spending more money on trade fairs. In this article, hospitalityInside.com provides a little help and has summarised the most important trade fairs below.

Frankfurt/Dubai. For the first time, Frankfurt is to be venue for the "Emirates-Germany Business Summit". From 8 to 10 May, government officials and businessmen from Dubai are to meet with interested German entrepreneurs on the trade fair compound in Frankfurt.

Hanover/London. TUI and British First Choice are set to merge. TUI will assume all tourist activities - with the exception of certain hotel investments - to form a new company. The firm with the name TUI Travel plc will be based in Great Britain where it will apply to be listed on the stock market.

 

Karnataka/India.

Frankfurt/M. Business travellers really don't have an easy life. In particular the Germans see business travel as an irritating separation from family and friends. 70 percent indicate this to be the biggest disadvantage to the business trip. Others, on the other hand, welcome the trip as an opportunity to get to know foreign cultures. At the same time, environmental concerns are gaining in significance. The expectations of a hotel stay are high.

Berlin The mood at the ITB 2007 was more positive than it had been for a long time. Almost 11,000 companies from 184 countries exhibited their products, and for the first time the fair counted more than 100,000 visitors. Over 9,000 of those attended presentations at one or more of the 20 conferences of the "ITB Congress Market Trends & Innovations". It was as part of this that the "ITB Hospitality Day" took place: With 1,017 participants, it was one of the top three conferences held at the ITB. From the wealth of ITB information surrounding the congress activities, here a selection of some of the news from the hotel industry.