With new cases of novel coronavirus reported daily in countries across the globe, many travelers are wondering if they should cancel or postpone existing plans and hold off on booking trips. “Should I cancel my trip to Rome and Florence?” one CNN re…
Deutsche Hospitality And Gross & Partner Announce A Spectacular Hotel At Frankfurt Airport
Frankfurt’s newest quarter Gateway Gardens is about to gain a conference and meetings centre. Steigenberger Hotels AG and the property developer Groß & Partner have signed an agreement to create one of Germany’s largest convention hotels within the …
Statement From Scandic Hotels: Guest Safety – Coronavirus
Scandic Hotels continue to thoroughly monitor the development of the Coronavirus around the world. We follow the guidelines and recommendations of local, national, international health authorities and governments. Due to the Chinese travel ban, gues…
Meliá Hotels International’s Statement On The Novel Coronavirus
The well-being and safety of the Meliá Hotels International customers and staff is vitally important, and that is why we have decided to update our booking cancellation policy in the light of the Coronavirus (2019-nCov) that originated in Wuhan in C…
Nature Eco Residences Santorini – A New World Opens In May
Nestled into a cliffside on the crescent shaped island of Santorini, Nature Eco Residences is set to open early May 2020. Here, near the ancient city of Akrotiri, guests can expect sights of midnight-blue waters from the caldera and sheer lava cliff…
Statement from Wyndham Hotels & Resorts: Coronavirus
The safety of our guests, owners, team members and partners around the world is a top priority. We are recommending that our hotels around the world follow the guidelines established by the World Health Organization (WHO), the U.S. Centers for Disea…
Tribute Portfolio Continues to Grow Its Global Family of Characterful Hotels with First Outpost in Frankfurt, Germany
Tribute Portfolio, Marriott International’s newest collection of characterful independent hotels, continues to expand its European footprint with the opening of Gekko House, the brand’s second hotel in Germany and first in Frankfurt. The 128-room ur…
Hyatt Hotels Highlighted at First ASFONA 2020 Owner Board Meeting in Chicago
Chicago – ASFONA, the hotel industry’s only independent non-brand affiliated hotel owner/operator association, held its first Board Member meeting of 2020 in Chicago with a focus on Hyatt Hotels and the company’s impressive global brand portfolio. T…
Europe Hotel Transactions Bulletin – Week Ending 28 February 2020
HVS Hodges Ward Elliott acts for KKH on the sale of The Madrid EDITION to Archer Hotel Capital KKH Property Investors have reached an agreement to sell The Madrid EDITION, on a turn-key basis, to Archer Hotel Capital for €220 million (€1.1 million p…
Hotels in crisis can still win: How to adjust strategies without jeopardizing your future
The rise of Chinese travel in the last two decades means that the proportion of travelers affected by the COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak has surpassed the 2003 SARS health crisis. But the hospitality industry has been through crises before – and prov…