Carsten Hennig, born in 1970 in Bavaria, Germany, is founder and anchorman of HOTELIER TV & RADIO, World's leading newscast channel for hospitality management. Watch and listen to www.hoteliertv.
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HSMAI Region Europe announce the mentors of the HSMAI Region Europe Mentor Programme. Ingunn Hofseth, president & CEO, said: “We are happy and proud to announce that many of our very experienced and knowledgeable members have shown their interest in becoming a mentor in order to share their knowledge and
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The world is just good enough: US billionaire Donald Trump is never satisfied with easy-to-reach goals, which he shows currently at the election campaign for the White House. Even with his Hotel Collection the real estate tycoon is not even thinking about reducing the speed of the worldwide
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The travel industry witnessed a groundbreaking turning point in the hotel experience with the launch of SPG Keyless in the Fall of 2014, the industry’s first truly mobile and keyless entry system that allows guests to use their smartphone as a key to their hotel room doors. Starwood Preferred
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Global research and consulting firm Great Place to Work and Fortune magazine announced that Hilton has been recognized as one of the 100 Best Workplaces for Millennials in 2016. The list recognizes the 100 employers around the world who scored the highest among millennials, who make up more than 36%
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Quality management indicators and processes are key tools for the competitiveness of tourism destinations concluded the UNWTO Conference on Quality Management held last week in Bucharest, Romania. In that regard, participants to the conference called for an integrated approach to quality management as a priority in long-term strategic planning
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Hotel workers in Germany will get money from 2017 – The minimum wage will be increased to 8,44 Euro per hour. For hotels this means only easy additional burden. Minimum wage has been implemented in 2015 and amounts actually 8,50 Euro per hour. In Germany however, more and more
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With nearly 40 years in business, Rudiger Hollweg is one of the hotel veterans of the industry. Now he joined Grand Kempinski hotel in Shanghai, China, as general manager. 1 Rüdiger Hollweg Hollweg is responsible for 580 employees of the 686-rooms luxury hotel. The last two years he has
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Marriott International and Starwood Hotels and Resorts Worldwide announced they have received unconditional clearance from the European Union for Marriott to acquire Starwood in a merger transaction. 1 In announcing the decision in a press release issued by the European Commission, the Commissioner for Competition, Margaret Vestager, said, “This is
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Latest results from the Long-Haul Travel Barometer – an initiative of the European Travel Commission (ETC), the European Tourism Association (ETOA) and Eurail Group – reveal that travellers from overseas markets continue to be optimistic about their travel plans to Europe in the upcoming summer season. The strongest boost is seen
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60 square metres – With 120 million Euro renovated Peninsula Beijing now offers the largest hotel rooms of the Chinese capital. The number of rooms and suites has been decreased from 525 to 230. Among the 61 suites, the Peninsula Suite is with its 660 sq m a ‘palace’. And the
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Wynn resorts are hiring – Stunning Wynn Palace in the Cotai area of Macau will open on August 22, 2016. Wynn Palace is a luxurious integrated resort on Cotai, a new development by Steve Wynn, Chairman and CEO of Wynn Resorts, Limited. This is his second resort in Macau since the
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After #Brexit tens of thousands British bank employees would move to Germany. In Frankfurt, however, they will proceed selling financial products in the EU. If Great Britain is leaving the EU, banks would lose permissions to distribute their services on the European continent. In Frankfurt, where is the European Central