News & Stories
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 A company consultant, specialising in trade fairs, criticises the outdated views of the organisers as well as the exhibitors in her new book.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.
Augsburg. For hoteliers they are both horror and hope at the same time: they drive the whole hotel industry crazy with their extra wishes, but with their budgets they compensate for all the annoyance. The new travel designers resemble grand travel agency shipping clerks: they specialise in upwardly mobile and high-class clientele for whom they fulfil every wish. To do that you need the right hotel partners: they must be flexible, fast, discrete – just perfect. And with a little bit of luck both sides can earn a lot of money.
Zurich. Kuoni Reisen Holding AG is selling its US subsidiary Intrav to the English operator First Choice Holidays plc for 82 million CHF. The sale will be carried out in January 2006.
Hamburg. The journey runs through fascinating countries and regions, and one destination is a stop off at a social project sponsored with part of the travel price. A man in Hamburg has developed a new socially orientated travel concept.
Augsburg. A hotel manager from Austria has become unpopular. Children under the age of twelve will no longer be accommodated at his hotel beginning May 2006, said Roland Ballner recently from Hotel Cortisen on Lake Wolfgang. Others say: Children are the guests of the future and families are essential in terms of turnover. Taking a stroll through resort hotels, it is apparent that solutions in theory and practice can be found.