Germany

It has been a struggle that has lasted several years, but it has finally borne fruit. After demonstrating for almost a decade that rising air taxes and operating costs were endangering German air transport - and the country's competitiveness - the airline industry has finally convinced the German federal government. The government...

Some cities just don't speak to visitors. Düsseldorf is no exception. Perhaps this is the best reason to discover this city on the Rhine, one of Germany's largest metropolises. Perhaps the reason for Düsseldorf's relative lack of image is that the city has still not succeeded in...

From January to June 2025, the German Airports Association (ADV) recorded 99.43 million passengers at German airports. This is +2.8 % more passengers than the previous year. Nevertheless, passenger traffic is still 15.8% lower than in the same period of 2019. Total commercial aircraft movements, at 0.89 million,...

Richard Lutz, the boss of Deutsche Bahn (DB), is being pushed out because of the German rail company's recurring problems with train punctuality. The company has come under fire from users, but also from the German government, which has opted for this radical decision...

Lyft's ambitions for the European market are becoming clearer by the minute. The acquisition of Freenow, made official last April, promised the VTC platform a solid network on the Old Continent. Now Lyft is sending a promising technological message to European users. Lyft is planning to launch...

Almost the hundredth. The Motel One Paris-Porte de Versailles, which has just opened its doors, could have symbolised the passage of a milestone for the German hotelier. Instead, it was in Munich, in the city where it all began 25 years ago, that the group passed this milestone a few weeks ago with the opening of its...

Waldorf Astoria is heading north. This year, the Hilton Group's luxury brand is set to make its Scandinavian debut in Helsinki. The American hotelier has just signed a management agreement with M&L Group to integrate the Hotel Maria, soon to be renamed Waldorf Astoria Helsinki, into its portfolio. Located in the...

"Fabrice Collet, Chairman of B&B Hotels, is very proud of the work accomplished over the past 35 years and very enthusiastic about everything that remains to be built. The future of a group that was founded in Brittany in 1990 and has gradually established itself as one of the world's leading...

Flixbus is asserting its rail ambitions in Germany with an order for 65 high-speed trains for its subsidiary FlixTrain. Worth €2.4 billion, the order will be split between carriages assembled by the Spanish company Talgo and locomotives built by the German manufacturer Siemens. The contract also includes maintenance of the Talgo 230 trainsets...

"We are a nature and culture destination, with a strong urban identity due to Germany's decentralisation". This description, as told by the Director of ONAT in France, Bénédicte Richer, positions Germany as an excellent alternative for MICE organisers and French business travellers. Béatrice Richer, Director of the Office de...

On the fringes of the IMEX event in Frankfurt, German MICE professionals examined the figures for a market that has overtaken France in the Top 5 of the latest ICCA rankings. The Meeting & Event Barometer, the result of this detailed analysis of business tourism in Germany, is a compilation of data collected over the last...

As part of its expansion in Germany, the IHG group is to roll out a new extended-stay brand hitherto unknown in Europe: Candlewood Suites. Launched in 1995 by Jack DeBoer, one of the pioneers of the extended stay concept and the man behind Residence Inn by Marriott, the brand was taken over by IHG in 2004 and now boasts...

From 20 to 22 May, all eyes in the MICE and business travel sectors will once again be on IMEX Frankfurt. All the big names in business tourism will be at Messe Frankfurt. Once again this year, the promise of ambitious business meetings. Proof, if proof were needed, of the prospects opening up for...

It would be hard to find a more symbolic location in the heart of Frankfurt's financial district: the former headquarters of Deutsche Bank. Kimpton, the luxury and lifestyle brand of the IHG group, is part of the transformation of the office tower which, until the middle of the last decade, housed the staff of Germany's leading bank. The first...

German newspapers point out that the new German Chancellor, Friedrich Merz, who is due to take office on 1 May, is an unconditional air traveller. And that he would have a sympathetic ear to the air industry's recriminations about over-taxation in Germany, a factor that discourages airlines from landing...

The long-awaited reopening earlier this year of the luxury Radisson Collection Berlin, after a dramatic incident that ravaged its lobby and destroyed its flagship attraction, its gigantic aquarium, crowned the hotel group's expansion phase after a historic year in 2024. Its best year ever in terms of openings, as...

Marriott's dominance of the luxury hotel sector is well established. But the American group also intends to strengthen its position in the mid-range hotel sector, by attacking it from its most affordable angle. While its portfolio already includes a number of brands in this niche, such as Fairfield Inn, Four Points by Sheraton and Courtyard, on the...

Novotel continues to expand its network in Europe. This summer, the brand, which is present in 24 countries with more than 300 hotels in the region, will discover two new countries, firstly Croatia with a first hotel in Zagreb. Located on the eastern outskirts of the Croatian capital, around fifteen minutes from both the city centre and the airport...

Verdi, the German transport union, is striking again. After two regional strikes in Cologne and Hamburg ten days ago, a new 24-hour "warning" strike by airport security staff is scheduled for Monday 10 March. It affects 13 airports in the country. Also...

The German transport union Verdi is striking again this February with its demand for a pay rise in the sector. It's almost become a classic, since it seems that every year now, the first quarter of the year equals a transport strike in the country. It began last Friday...