This market pulse provides an overview of the tourism and hotel market in Berlin, Germany. It discusses recent tourism trends, challenges encountered in pushing average rate and provides a summary of the extensive hotel pipeline.
Tina Yu, Senior Vice President of KSL Capital Partners was awarded the prestigious ISHC Young Leader Award at the International Hotel Investment Forum (IHIF) with an audience of over 2000 senior leaders from 80 countries worldwide. The International Society of Hospitality Consultants (ISHC) presented Yu the award in partnership with Questex Hospitality Group, the organizers of the IHIF conference.
A management change is in the pipeline at the Steigenberger Hotel Berlin on Los Angeles Platz near the Kurfürstendamm. Gondra Wettley, who recently received a "General Manager of the Year Award" from Deutsche Hospitality in recognition of her outstanding achievements, will depart to enjoy a well-deserved retirement before the end of the year. So as to facilitate as smooth a transition as possible, arrangements have already been made to appoint a successor in the person of Richard Engelmayer. Mr. Engelmayer has worked for the company for 25 years and is General Manager of the Steigenberger Airport Hotel in Frankfurt am Main since May 2013.
Gabriele Maessen will take over the reins at the Steigenberger Hotel am Kanzleramt in Berlin with effect from April 2018. She will also be responsible for Steigenberger Hotels in the East Region as Area General Manager. Alongside the Steigenberger Hotel am Kanzleramt, her remit in this latter capacity will include the Steigenberger Hotel Berlin, the Steigenberger Hotel Sanssouci in Potsdam, the Steigenberger Hotel de Saxe in Dresden, the Steigenberger Hotel Esplanade and the Maxx Hotel in Jena.
Gabriele Maessen will take over the reins at the Steigenberger Hotel am Kanzleramt in Berlin with effect from April 2018. She will also be responsible for Steigenberger Hotels in the East Region as Area General Manager. Alongside the Steigenberger Hotel am Kanzleramt, her remit in this latter capacity will include the Steigenberger Hotel Berlin, the Steigenberger Hotel Sanssouci in Potsdam, the Steigenberger Hotel de Saxe in Dresden, the Steigenberger Hotel Esplanade and the Maxx Hotel in Jena.
HospitalityUnited.Club, a consortium of travel technology companies hosted an exclusive party in Berlin on 7 March, 2018. The high energy event, sponsored by Agoda, Amadeus, Fornova, InnoVel, LiveOS, Newhotel Software, Roiback, RateTiger and Sojern brought together peers from the hospitality industry at Funkturm Restaurant located in the historic Radio Tower in the German capital.
This summer sees the opening of an exciting new property in the center of Hamburg— Tortue, an ode to time, life and new perspectives. Taking its name from the French word for "turtle", the hotel expends the joy of taking one"s time and proffers a certain Gallic savoir-vivre; a stylish translation of the French occupation of this city between 1806 and 1814, when none other than Napoleon lived on the same street. In this temple to the art of life, led by Design Hotels™ Originals Marc Ciunis, Carsten von der Heide, and Anne-Marie Bauer, guests are welcomed to another realm, where the outside world has no choice but to wait.www.designhotels.com/tortue-hamburg
Successor at the Steigenberger Airport Hotel will be Stefan Frank, who will be joining Deutsche Hospitality on 1 July. Mr. Frank has gathered many years of professional experience at the InterContinental Hotels Group, where his most recent role has been Pre-Opening General Manager and Area General Manager for the brand InterContinental Hotels in Eastern Europe covering Sofia, Moscow, Kiev and Bucharest.
An Oman based investor's group led by Al Zaman Group of Companies has acquired a portfolio of four IntercityHotels across Germany sold by Invesco Real Estate, the global real estate investment manager.
STR's preliminary February 2018 data for Munich, Germany, indicates performance declines. Based on daily data from February, Munich reported the following in year-over-year comparisons:
ITB Berlin Daily: A look ahead to the next ITB China in Shanghai +++ Zambia emphasises the importance of developing sustainable tourism +++ Luxury lifestyle attitudes are changingThe Social Media Newsroom of ITB Berlin has online news from the world's leading travel trade show at http://newsroom.itb-berlin.de/en.
The first day of the 21st International Hotel Investment Forum (IHIF), taking place at the InterContinental hotel in Berlin was opened by Questex President and Chief Executive Officer Kerry Gumas. Gumas welcomed over 2,300 people to the event from over 80 countries, representing the largest delegation in the history of IHIF. Gumas highlighted that the conference programme would be split into daily themes this year. Day 1 would focus on the economics of hotel investment, Day 2 would explore the view from the C Suite and the final day would explore innovation, investment and new business opportunities.
The Social Media Newsroom of ITB Berlin has online news from the World's Leading Travel Trade Show at http://newsroom.itb-berlin.de/en.
protel hotelsoftware, a hospitality distribution software development and technology company that is enabling hotel partners worldwide to deliver real, tangible ROI while increasing guest-satisfaction standards, partnered up with carathotels and their new property in Düsseldorf to build an innovative, strong cloud PMS alliance with the first established protel.I/O hospitality platform integration.
The tourism sector's role and responsibility in contributing to sustainabledevelopment on a global scale was the central message delivered at the opening of the 2018 edition of the ITB Berlin travel trade show by Zurab Pololikashvili, Secretary-General of the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO). Speaking in the presence of German Chancellor Angela Merkel, tourism ministers from around the world and the leaders of the tourism sector, Mr. Pololikashvili stressed how tourism not only needs to consolidate current growth rates, but "to grow better".
Deutsche Hospitality is presenting a new hotel brand. MAXX by Steigenberger will be joining Steigenberger Hotels and Resorts, Jaz in the City and IntercityHotel in its portfolio in future. The group launched its new Deutsche Hospitality umbrella brand just under 18 months ago with the intention of instigating further hotel brands. This latest addition represents a robust continuation of the course of growth the company has embarked upon and targets a part of the market that was previously vacant.
The European hotel market is on track for growth thanks to a rise in tourist demand in Europe in 2017. The number of travellers rose by 8% year-on-year to 671 million, putting the growth in demand in Europe at four times that of the global market. Average room occupancy in Europe has risen by 2.4 percentage points to 72%. Average room rates have likewise increased by 3.1% to EUR 111 overall.
Hand-picked circle of international buyers with high spending power – ITB Speed Networking and evening events provide an opportunity to meet – Mecklenburg Vorpommern, the official partner of the ITB Buyers Circle and at the forefront of activities, to offer tours after the convention, starting on FridayThe meeting place for senior buyers from the travel industry: this year marks the seventh occasion that the ITB Buyers Circle will be welcoming 1,000 senior buyers from around the world who have been hand-picked based on a qualitative application procedure. Buyers from SMEs, start-ups and global players will all be taking part. Members of the ITB Buyers Circle will benefit from numerous additional services that make it easier for them to do business at the World's Largest Travel Trade Show. This includes early access to the exhibition grounds as of 8.30 a.m., use of fast lanes at the entrances and an exclusive shuttle service on the grounds. Separate rooms for appointments and workplaces with free Wi-Fi are also available at the Marshall Haus.
Even greater demand for places in the Medical Tourism segment, now in its second year – New location in Hall 21.b – Presentations and lectures on new trends and developments at the Medical Tourism Pavilion – The Health Tourism Industry Conference is the official partner
Over 80 hotel company CEOs will attend IHIF 2018 taking place at the InterContinental Hotel in Berlin next week. This represents the highest number of hotel company CEOs to attend the event in its 21-year history.