Topic Tourism

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Austria becomes all-year destination
25.10.2024

Every second Austrian hotel is now open longer than it was just a few years ago. Generous opening times generate more added value. More and more businesses are switching from seasonal to year-round operation. Austria is thus becoming an all-year destination.

Samih Sawiris' plans for the Swiss mountain valley are difficult to realise
Andermatt, the valley of obstacles
25.10.2024

Instead of family-run businesses, a billion-franc foreign investment has been driving the development of the Swiss village of Andermatt – for 20 years now. Growth looks different. There are still major obstacles and fears of "cold beds", given the growing skyline in the Alpine valley.

German travel industry: one high and many lows
18.10.2024

Tourism in Germany can look back on a successful year: turnover is 12% up on the previous year and the number of travellers rose by 8%. However, there are also pain points such as mass tourism, the planned amendment of the Package Travel Directive at European level and cuts to flight schedules at medium-sized airports in response to increased charges.

A professional ambience for bleisure travellers pays off
New format: Workation hotels
18.10.2024

Does new work push the workation and bleisure boom? Universities as well as tourism organisations see a growing tourism market with respective demand for this. At the same time, there are already some workation providers, which see much more than a desk and a strong WiFi in this trend.

Tourism in the Alpine region: high spirits
27.9.2024

There is still no reason to celebrate, but the mood in the Alpine tourism industry is significantly better than last year. This was the result of a recent survey comparing Austria, Germany and South Tyrol. 

Effective regulatory clamp down on short-term rentals
Airbnb in Austria under control
30.8.2024

Austria's hotel industry believes that it now has the problem of Airbnb and similar platforms largely under control. The role of short-term rentals is still a legal grey zone. The current focus is on legal controls and penalties as a deterrent. The same applies outside the cities regarding the discussion about illegal holiday homes.

Paris Olympics sets RevPAR records
Hotels on the winners' podium
23.8.2024

The Olympic flame has gone out - time to take stock. In Paris, the surrounding area and the other host cities, the Olympics ensured good turnover in the hotels. The hosts in the capital had to compensate for the lack of tourists before the event and in some cases had to adjust their prices.

Taylor Swift: Despite terror in a frenzy of joy
23.8.2024

170,000 Taylor Swift fans put Vienna's hotel industry in high spirits. But then, the cancellation of all three concerts hit hard. Threats of terrorism instead of Swift songs. And a fantastic reaction: the city and its inhabitants saved the mood and strengthened the sense of community.

The Swiss accept tourism
12.7.2024

The majority of Swiss people are positive towards tourism in their own country and consider it an important economic driver. Only a small group of Swiss people are concerned about the negative effects.

Paris Olympics: The calm before the storm?
5.7.2024

The Olympics seem to have thrown a monkey wrench into the Parisian hotel sector. Of course, it was anticipated that the weeks leading up to this summer's Olympics would see a drop in the normal level of tourist arrivals and hotel performance. But it dropped drastically. 

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