News & Stories
Lucerne. What are the benefits of music festivals for the hotel industry? Even in Switzerland there are more and more cultural events. New ballrooms and festival halls are emerging and others are planned. The consequence: Hoteliers are asked for sponsorship and make a considerable contribution most of the time. But what are the concrete benefits of festivals? That is what hoteliers would like to know as well. However, they seldom join together in order to support corresponding studies with their own figures.
Munich. Fondstelegramm expects about 150 participants at its "Symposium 2006". On February 2, 2006, during a congress in Munich, the special industry service under the leadership of Stefan Loipfinger will present figures from the "Marktanalyse der Beteiligungsmodelle 2006" to the public for the first time.
Istanbul/Vienna. The Turkish entrepreneur Cem Kinay has bought the previously uninhabited island Dellis Cay, one of the Turks & Caicos Islands in the Caribbean for 50 million US-Dollars. According to the entrepreneur himself, plans are to construct 300 villas and two hotels, reports the Austria agency pressetext. Kinay intends to invest 500 million USD.
Bremen. TUI AG is selling its business travel section consolidated under the one hundred percent subsidiary of TQ3 Travel Solutions Management Holding GmbH to BCD Holdings N.V. in the Netherlands. There will be changes in management, while contracts with existing customers will be left unchanged for the time being.
London. Today's business travellers are surprisingly productive on the move. Advances in technology such as PDA, wireless access in airport lounges and hotels, and laptop connectivity, have made people feel as industrious as their office-based colleagues, but these technology improvements have also enabled travellers to enjoy more personal time as a result.
Cologne. With a new categorisation system and increased transparency of pricing, the launch of all-inclusive offers and numerous marketing campaigns, Pierre & Vacances affiliate Center Parcs wants to increase its guest numbers in 2006.
Munich. The Investment Forum Berlin has changed its dates for 2006, so does Expo Real in Munich: The famous real estate fair will take place from Monday, 23 to Wednesday, 25 October 2006.
Neu-Anspach. The bored expression on the face of the sales representative at the trade fair has the very opposite effect of that desired - already another potential customer walks by the stand. 75 percent of the trade fair budget is simply thrown down the drain - one of the reasons is because 70% of sales reps simply ignore the visitors. A company consultant, specialising in trade fairs, criticises the outdated views of the organisers as well as the exhibitors in her new book. Both simply throw away valuable opportunities with their lack of strategy. A look forward to the coming trade fair year and a survey of the hotel groups.