Category: Industry News

Milan Malpensa Airport inaugurates its third satellite area with the expansion of Terminal 1 to accommodate 30 million passengers a year. The new area, which involved an investment of  EUR 300 million (the largest since 1998), will increase Terminal 1’s passenger capacity in a bid to host as many as 30 million passengers a year.

Italy and Europe have registered a decrease in the cost of hotel room rates due to the weakness of the euro. This information was revealed by the updated monitoring service provided by hotel.info. As far as Italy’s main cities are concerned, rates in Milan have remained more or less stable (0.08 % compared to 2011). Milan, boasting an average room rate of 105.10 euros per night remained the most expensive destination in Italy while the remainder of the Lombardy region registered a 2.18% decrease.  

Valentine’s Day Package at the Regina Hotel Baglioni

No place is more romantic than the Eternal City for lovers!

Indulge in a romantic week end for Valentine’s Day and enjoy a luxury and welcoming hospitality in the privacy of your room surrounded by the scent of rose petals, strawberries and champagne.

Pamper yourselves with an aphrodisiac candle-light dinner, delight yourselves in a dreamy horse carriage tour among the precious inheritance the history left to the Eternal City.

The package includes:

Three night stay in double room 

Daily Buffet breakfast

Four Course Candle Light Dinner at Brunello Lounge & Restaurant, beverage included 

One hour horse carriage tour 

Welcome with rose petals, Champagne & strawberries

Free upgrade upon availability at time of check in

Free late check-out and early check- in upon availability

10% discount at Brunello Lounge & Restaurant

Terms and conditions

10% VAT and 3 Euro City Tax per person per day excluded

Unused package amenities are not refundable

For cancellation up to 2 days prior to arrival date no penalty will be applied; in case of late cancellation or no show the full package will be charged as penalty

The new DORMERO Hotel Stralauer Platz is located between river Spree and Ostbahnhof railway station. 265 rooms, a restaurant and a wellness centre are scheduled for completion by spring 2014. What’s more, the four-star superior hotel will have more than 600 square metres of event space at its disposal.

Beside a Steigenberger Superior Hotel at the new capital city airport, the brand plans to build another property in Berlin. In the so-called Europacity at Berlin´s main train station a first class hotel with 339 rooms, a large conference area and wellness offerings is to be developed. The first guests will probably be able to check in during the first half-year 2014. 

The German flagship of InterCityHotel GmbH will be built in the direct vicinity of the main railway station, with impressive dimensions: the 30 metre high building will have more than 412 guest rooms and ten conference rooms. It is scheduled to open in autumn 2013. 

A new design hotel will see the light of day in autumn 2013, close to the Zoologischer Garten, as part of the large-scale project “Bikini Berlin”. The Hamburg “25hours Hotel Company” plans to build 149 rooms on 7,000 square metres. One special feature of the hotel is the rooftop bar on the 10th floor offering 360 o panoramic views of the city. 

307 individually styled rooms close to Berlin’s Museum Island – that’s what the new Leonardo Boutique Hotel Berlin will have to offer from 2013. The hotel, which will be completely made of metal and glass, is being constructed on Berthold Brecht Platz and will also come with a modern 160 square metre conference area. What’s more, guests will be invited to take advantage of the diverse spa and wellness offerings. 

The new Winters hotel “The Wall am Checkpoint Charlie“ is to impress already with its façade, marked by a special wall design, as suggested by the name. Inside, 145 rooms are available with modern furnishings, free-of-charge W-LAN and a conference room. The opening will be in spring 2013. 

In autumn 2013 is the opening month of the Steigenberger Superior Hotel at capital airport BER. Directly in front of the terminal, guests will have access to 322 rooms with a spacious wellness area. For meetings and congresses a total of 1,500 square metres event space is available.