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Culture trips - the answer to the trend towards shorter breaks
Tickets and verve are decisive
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.

"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.

Austria: Offers with depth are the trend
5.5.2006

Vienna. The Austrians, generally the first on the trail of new trends, have identified the authentic, individual offer with depth of content as particularly promising for the coming summer. At the same time, the national tourism organisation Oesterreich Werbung by no means intends to exclude the possibility of a campaign pitched against the negative developments of overnight stay figures.

Spanish resort chains leave their islands of origin
More to go abroad
5.5.2006

Madrid. Unlike most other countries, the majority of hotel chains in Spain were founded to serve vacationers in resort locations, especially the Balearic and Canary Islands. Together, they account for two-thirds of the country's total hotel beds. But: There are great differences in hotel size according to region. Today, Spanish beach resort chains, after learning the trade at home, have taken their expertise abroad, especially to Mexico.

Double sale and takovers: CWT grows to become business travel giant
28.4.2006

Minneapolis/Denver/Paris. The gap between the two biggest business travel management companies became yesterday an awful lot smaller: With two simultaneous fusions and takeovers Carlson Wagonlit Travelauf's influence on the American market grew massively. At the same time Accor sold its 50 percent share in CWT. And so CWT catches up on the market leaders American Express.

FOCUS India: Cochin - A German develops exclusive and boutiqey escapes
Icons of style in southern India
21.4.2006

 

Cochin. With his Malabar House in Fort Cochin and his exclusive refuges in the southern Indian federal state of Kerala, the German Joerg Drechsel has set a standard for Indian boutique hotels.

FOCUS India: A huge country with enormous potential
Low cost airlines are the key to tourism 
21.4.2006

Delhi. India's economy is booming and tourism certainly hasn't been left behind. Low cost airlines now supply the previously unreachable parts of the country with affordable connections and Indian authorities invest in mountain and coastal regions. Hotels are no longer focusing attention on the luxury segment, but increasingly beginning to invest in the budget chains. Demand exists for a further 140,000 rooms. A country with extraordinary potential.

FOCUS India: The Imperial New Delhi - Convincing luxury
A grande dame kissed awake
21.4.2006

New Delhi. The noise of New Delhi abruptly ends behind the entrance gate in the long driveway leading towards the Imperial New Delhi lined by 24 palm trees. After its all-encompassing five-year renovation, the city palace presents itself as one of the few grand hotels of the world that really deserve this name.

FOCUS India: The Ananda in the Himalayas - a resort seeking identity 
A place with origin yet without roots
21.4.2006

Rishikesh. The maharajah resides only once a month in the white palace on the hill, high above the smog settled in the Ganges valley. The Ananda in the Himalayas may be a long way away from resorts in the German Allgaeu, but the problems are the same: It's difficult to reach and difficult to convince guests to try what the resort primarily offers: Ayurveda. The Indians don't accept the form of ayurveda as we know it in the west and the Europeans prefer to go hiking. A pearl of the Himalayas, created with the help of Georg Rafael and led by Oberoi's grandson, tries to establish an identity.

Conferences at NH:  Confidential venues for top executives
21.4.2006

Berlin. As of today, five hotels of Spanish NH group will provide exclusive board meeting rooms with special equipment and service at an all-inclusive rate per person. NH Hoteles, which claims to be the third biggest business hotel operator in Europe, addresses top executives that want to hold confidential meetings.

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