Autumn starts and it´s getting lively again at IUBH on Campus Bad Reichenhall. About 60 freshmen and 50 students, who returned home from their internships in foreign countries, initiate their study program at university and carry on the tendency of growth at IUBH.
The new Scandic Hamburg Emporio was eco-certified and award-winning for its sustainable building even before it opened. The flagship hotel, with 325 spacious, eco-aware rooms and a conference centre with fantastic views on the seventh floor, embodies Scandic's focus on the Nordics and Northern Europe. The biggest hotel chain in the Nordic region also meets Hamburg's environmental vision as 'European Green Capital 2011', with a hotel in the heart of the city where guests can expect unique solutions in terms of sustainability, accessibility and design.
Trust International founding hotel member Steigenberger Hotel Group is moving back to Trust International's centralized reservation system (CRS) after a five-year hiatus. "After venturing out to experience the CRS landscape, Steigenberger Hotel Group has decided to return to Trust," commented Richard Wiegmann, Trust International managing director.
The Swiss company Hospitality Connection has announced the entry of the International University of Applied Sciences Bad Honnef, Bonn, Germany to its exclusive online hospitality network: HOSCO. Hospitality Connection, based in Geneva (Switzerland), provides hospitality players including over 400 companies and 2300 students from 16 top-ranked hotel schools, with an innovative tool to meet and interact.
Decades after West Berlin attempted to woo tourists with the lackluster slogan “Berlin is worth a visit,” Germany’s capital has usurped Rome as the third most-visited city in Europe. Legions of hipsters and budget tourist groups now pour into the city, looking for cheap rooms and invading its streets and clubs. In many cities, that would make the hotel industry happy. Not here.
As part of its asset management strategy, Accor announces a sale and lease back agreement concerning the MGallery Mondial Am Dom in Cologne (207 rooms) for €20.5m and the MGallery Convent Hotel in Amsterdam (148 rooms) for €23.5m. The transaction includes a renovation program of €12.4m, €7.3m of which will be invested by the buyer.
InterContinental Hotels Group's (IHG) boutique hotel brand Hotel Indigo continues to grow in Germany, with the signing of Hotel Indigo Düsseldorf-Victoriaplatz following two successful openings in Berlin earlier this year. Hotel Indigo Düsseldorf-Victoriaplatz will operate under a franchise agreement with LFPI Hotels Management Germany GmbH. The 126 room hotel is a conversion from the Lindner Rhein Residence into a Hotel Indigo, and will open in 2013.
At a time of great economic difficulty for Europe, hotel performance is demonstrably weak when it is not on a downward trend, as is the case in Southern Europe. In this context, the findings of a study by hospitality observatory MKG Hospitality in Germany for the first half of the year are very satisfying. Whilst the country’s hotel sector traditionally lags behind that of other European countries when it comes to occupancy.
Also during this summer new top hotels will open their doors – for July a total of 76 new hotels worldwide are on register with TOPHOTELPROJECTS, the leading online and subscription based database for international hotel construction projects (www.tophotelprojects.com). Considered to be the most interesting new openings are the Kempinski Ambience Hotel in Delhi/India (480 rooms), the Jumeirah Creekside Hotel in Dubai/U.A.E. (295 rooms) and the theme hotel "Bell Rock" at the amusement park "Europa Park Rust" in Freiburg-Rust/Germany (225 rooms). In August 364 first class and luxury hotels are due to open and it is scheduled that 285 new properties will welcome their first guests this coming September. According to the TOPHOTELPROJECTS database analysis approximately 1,270 new built hotels will be added to the global hotel and tourism market by the end of this year.
More than 54,000 new upcoming hotel rooms will put further pressure on the performance on 16,000 already existing hotels in Germany: over the next three to four years more than 380 hotels will open their doors in Europe"s largest national economy. According to TOPHOTELPROJECTS, the leading information service for international hotel construction projects, In Berlin alone 32 new hotels will be developed and currently under construction, including the Waldorf Astoria (TOPHOTELPROJECTS Nr. 5291, 232 rooms, opening in July 2012) located in a prime location in Berlin City West next to the famous "Gedächtniskirche".
With more than 350 hotels all across the world, the Spanish Meliá Hotels International chain has now signed a lease agreement on a fifth hotel in Dusseldorf, which will open its doors in the middle of next year. The new four-star superior hotel, which will be operated by the Innside by Meliá design brand, will be located inside the eye-catching Colorium building in the popular Medienhafen area of the city - also the capital of the Federal State of North Rhine Westphalia.
Hamburg, 2nd May 2012The speed of new hotel construction has note decelerated: TOPHOTELPROJECTS, the leading service for international hotel construction projects, reports that despite some delays caused by the financial and economic crises there are still 52 new hotels with more than 25,000 rooms in the construction and development pipeline. The most recent top hotel projects are three new Starwood properties.
Steigenberger Hotel Berlin Director Torsten K. Schulze has assumed additional managerial responsibility by being named as the General Manager of the Steigenberger Airport Hotel Berlin, a new 322 room hotel located at Berlin-Brandenburg International Airport. This position is in addition to his role as General Manager of the Steigenberger Hotel Berlin at Los-Angeles-Platz. After originally training as a hotel clerk, Mr. Schulze is able to offer proven expertise built up over many years in the international hotel business. The establishments at which he has worked include the Kempinski Hotel Libertador in Buenos Aires/Argentina and the Kempinski Hotel Checkers in Los Angeles. Whilst in the USA, Mr. Schulze also studied at Cornell University in Ithaca/New York.
Listing the most present hotel brands worldwide Best Western the unchallenged front runner: with more than 4,100 hotels and 308,000 rooms under the identically named umbrella brand the hotel chain is worldwide the number one - ahead of hotel brands such as Holiday Inn, Marriott, Comfort Inns & Comfort Suites, Hilton and Holiday Inn Express.
Horst Schulze is one of the most important hoteliers of our time. The German descent business man represents the principles of the luxury hospitality like no one else. Heading the Ritz-Carlton group for many years in the past he has created the widely known principle "We are Ladies and Gentlemen serving Ladies and Gentlemen". Today Schulze runs one of the most prestigious international hotel groups with his Capella Hotels. According to TOPHOTELPROJECTS, the leading data research service for international hotel construction projects, he is currently developing five further top hotels and resorts.
There is a secret of success since 25 years: best city location near central stations or airports, business chic or gadgets and satisfactory comfort – with 33 properties the InterCity Hotels by the Steinberger Hotel Group are a guarantor for a felicitous hotel stay in Germany and Austria. Now six further business hotels arise in Germany. One of these is the 412-room hotel at the central station in Berlin (TOPHOTELPROJECTS Nr. 10076). In Middle and East Europe up to 15 new hotels are expected to be built in the medium term. These facts have been derived from a data analysis by TOPHOTELPROJECTS, the leading data research service for international hotel construction projects.
Solid, family-run and listed on the stock exchange: This combination is rare in the top hospitality. Meliá Hotels International is owned by the Spanish Escarrer Juliá family and currently operates 350 hotels with the further expansion focus, which includes 16 new hotels with more than 5,000 new hotel rooms, in hot spots such as London, Paris, Barcelona and Frankfurt. The latest hotel project is the Meliá La Defense in Paris (TOPHOTELPROJECTS Nr. 13429). This 369-room hotel is expected to open its doors 2014 and is constructed by the Union Investment Real Estate.
The InterCityHotel Group has joined forces with colleges of art to launch a special and unique project in which art students create tailored photographic works for InterCityHotels. Since 2008, all new InterCityHotels have featured specially produced photo art designed to match in with the respective hotel and its surrounding environment. In 2011, this successful project was extended to include existing InterCityHotels and hotels which have recently been renovated.
In Munich airports they have installed a couple of NapCabs. Minimal charge € 30 per stay of 3 hours. A bit less classy than the Sleepbox 01 of Moscow’s Sheremetyevo International Airport. Napcabs are actually prefabricated boxes at the Munich Airport Terminal which has simple provisions like a bed and a work desk which you can rent for as short as 3 hours or for as long as 12 hours. You basically purchase some time via a touch screen using your credit card. The concept is quite familiar if you know Day Stay and Yotel capsule rooms but without the other person and the restroom.
At last week's 15th International Hotel Investment Forum, a team of students from the École Hôtelière de Lausanne competed and won the 5th Annual IHIF Student Strategy Challenge. The Ecole hôtelière de Lausanne as well received a cheque for $30, 000 from Questex Media. The contribution signifies Questex Media Group's ongoing support of Ecole hôtelière de Lausanne and their recognition of the contribution the school makes to the hotel industry.