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The accession to power of Chancellor Friedrich Merz's German Conservative party in Germany had raised many hopes in aviation circles. The new government had indeed promised to restore air transport to its natural place in the German ecosystem. A few half-hearted measures have certainly been taken by the new government such as…

The Hyatt group intends to establish itself even more firmly with business travellers passing through Berlin. Not that the American hotelier has lacked appeal until now, with the Grand Hyatt Berlin a stone's throw from Potsdamer Platz, its ballroom capable of accommodating 850 people and its 9 meeting rooms. All this adding to others...

Meininger has resumed its investment policy. Have the group's development priorities changed? Are you targeting business destinations more? Ajit Menon - In reality, we maintained our investment momentum during the pandemic, opening ten hotels in three years. However, the subsequent economic climate has presented significant challenges:…

And one, and two, and three Scandic hotels in Frankfurt. The hotel group has just officially announced on Wednesday the arrival of a new recruit on the German hotel scene. Expected in 2027, it will clearly target business customers. Its proximity to Messe Frankfurt already guarantees it continuous demand in the business tourism market. CEO Jens…

While SNCF refuses to offer its competitors' services on SNCF Connect (see box), the railway company is opening up to international travel by allowing passengers to book German and Swiss trains on its platform, following agreements with Deutsche Bahn and CFF, the Swiss Federal Railways. This partnership...

Closed to the public for 12 years due to asbestos, one of the world's most iconic conference and convention centres is set to be reborn as a centre dedicated to arts, culture, events, and even... conventions! It was a time when the city of West Berlin, isolated by the wall, was receiving…

A perfect harmony between Mozart and Beethoven. The Radisson Blu brand has taken over the management of the main business hotels in the legendary composers' birthplaces, one after the other. In Salzburg, it's the former Wyndham Grand Salzburg, with its 1,785 m² of event space and a ballroom that can accommodate 1,000 people, and in...

"After more than 30 years of intensive use since its inauguration in 1994, Terminal 2 was in need of a deep refurbishment": this is how Fraport management summarises the challenge of this transformation, which was initiated by Frankfurt Airport on 9 June. It added: "thanks to the recent inauguration of Terminal 3 and the capacities...

Cross-border invasions continue in Europe as part of the opening up of rail competition. While SNCF will enter the Italian market in 2027 with its low-cost brand Ouigo, the Italian company Italo has just announced its intention to establish a presence in Germany in 2028 in order to compete with Deutsche Bahn (DB). The…

A five-star development: IHG is set to take over several Penta Hotels to transform them into one of its brands, Holiday Inn, voco, and Garner, by early 2027. This development follows the conclusion of long-term franchise agreements with investment companies Ogilvy Management and Ironstone Group, who have taken over a…

The milestone of 150,000 rooms in Europe has been passed, with a total of over 1,200 hotels open or under development in some forty countries: the IHG group, already among the main players in the hotel industry on the continent with Accor and Louvre Hotels, has further expanded its footprint. Over the course of...

A strike rarely comes alone in Germany, with the VERDI transport union also announcing several public transport strikes until Friday. Meanwhile, Berlin airport is completely blocked this Wednesday. Four states are affected by the walkouts: Bavaria, Hamburg, Saxony, and North Rhine-Westphalia. In Bavaria, nine cities are...

The social climate in Germany is decidedly tense. A few days after the strike which forced Lufthansa to cancel half of its flights, it is Berlin airport that will bear the brunt. Following the call for a strike launched by the ver.di union, the management of Brandenburg Airport was forced to cancel all of…

Updated 12 March at 10:00 AM Lufthansa's management had barely had time to savour the announcement of record results for 2025 before Vereinigung Cockpit abruptly brought the company back down to earth. Literally. Following the movements launched this week in Belgium and Italy, the German union has also issued a call…

From 7 September 2026, Deutsche Bahn, in partnership with Brussels Airlines, will launch its new high-speed rail link between Brussels Airport and Cologne. The link will offer passengers fast and direct access to the more than 180 destinations served by the Belgian airport. The first train will leave Cologne on 7 September at...

The BDL - Bundesverband der Deutschen Luftverkehrswirtschaft (Federation of the German Air Transport Industry) - has just published its annual review of German air transport. It's a gloomy assessment, even if there are signs of a timid recovery. The findings are bitter indeed. According to Joachim Lang, Managing Director of the BDL,...

Turbulence ahead at Lufthansa: the German airline will have to deal with a major last-minute strike this Thursday 12 July. The pilots' union Vereinigung Cockpit (VC) launched its call on Tuesday. And according to its leaders, "This industrial action will disrupt all flights departing from German airports between 00:01 and...

Updated on 14 January at 8.30am Germany Kennedy 89 - Frankfurt (open) At the turn of the year, the Hyatt group added a new address in Frankfurt, even before the opening of a 189-room and studio Hyatt House on Goetheplatz in the second quarter of 2026. Before that, at the end of December, it was the turn of...

Without triumphalism, but nevertheless with a healthy dose of optimism. This is what the press release from the German Airports Association ADV suggests, as it has just presented its traffic forecasts for the year ahead. The association estimates that passenger traffic growth should be around 4.2% this year. This represents a 0.7 point...

Business travellers visiting Germany's 7th largest airport clearly missed the Lufthansa lounge in Stuttgart. Heiko Reitz, Hub Manager Munich and CCO of Lufthansa Airlines, has this to say: "Many privileged customers sorely missed 'their lounge' in Stuttgart during the closure. So I'm all the more delighted that we can...