News & Stories
Paris. IH&RA will cancel its 43rd Annual Congress and Human Resources Development Forum scheduled to take place in Buenos Aires, Argentina, 26-29 October.
New York. 86 percent of all U.S. business travellers put high-speed in-room Internet connections on top of their priority list, followed by free local calls. The minority asks for minibar and pay-per-view movies.
Augsburg. It is easy to compare tour operators at the moment: in these weeks, they all present their 2006/2007 winter programme. Offers increasingly contain high-quality hotels. In the course of the popular "building-block philosophy", more and more operators come up with "hotel only" catalogues and products. An overview.
Frankfurt/M. The DER group has now launched a new online portal for hotel reservations during trade fairs. The new website allows company clients to book individual hotel stays or room contingents for over 100 national and international trade fairs.
Vienna/Hanover. With 6,147 rooms, Magic Life Club is and remains Austria's biggest hotel chain. All the same, the concept of 4 years ago with comprehensive all-inclusive service and 9,300 rooms was much better placed. That past times were better times, however, is resolutely denied by Magic Life CEO Andreas Karsten.
New York/Paris. The Blackstone Group and Pierre & Vacances have reached a formal sale and purchase agreement with the owners of the real estate of seven Center Parcs resorts located in the Netherlands, Germany and Belgium. At the same time, Center Parcs has announced two new facilities in France and expressed its interest in the German market.
Frankfurt/M. Two decisions of the German Convention Bureau serve to secure its future existence. Chains and conference centres may now join its present 200 members.
Munich. The vacation country of Italy is not making friends among its own people: every week, a TV channel denounces profiteering and its makers. In a bar in Portofino, three cups of cappuccino even cost 28 euros. The consequence: the holiday behaviour of the Italians is changing. If they stay in the country, they can still be deeply disappointed as travellers will not find any reliable hotels thanks to their chaotic classification. A fact that displeases hoteliers themselves.
Frankfurt/M. While the demand of football fans for hotel beds did not meet expectations everywhere, business travellers are pleasing the hospitality industry with bustling revenues. Last year, German business travellers spent 11.3 billion euros for hotels all over the world, twelve percent more compared to 2004. Three quarters of this overnight expenditure remained in the country.