20th IHIF Berlin: Deal makers are happy, operators do not gain any foothold
Berlin (March 17, 2017). Somehow, it was just like last year. Only when the subject was broached again did some of the IHIF participants furrow their brows with worry: at the end of this European election year, they will know more, whether 2018 will cause a crash in the (hotel) property and investment segment or not... Until then, brokers, bankers, investors, and operators were and are running breathlessly in circles, keeping the huge money wheel in motion. The hotel asset class is booming, operators are earning good money, but the industry has not found its way into the future yet.
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Berlin (March 10, 2017). No trace of bad tidings, except for the fact that the run on hotel properties is driving the rates further up and opportunities are getting scarce. At the 20th IHIF Berlin, the CEOs of small and large hotel brands were as confident as ever before, and investors that had already obtained an object, were spoilt for choice to find the right operator among many capable ones.
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Download IHIF Whitepaper about investments 2016 in the German-speaking market
Berlin (3.3.2017). When it comes to German-speaking hotel markets, Rupert Simoner, CEO of the Austrian Vienna House hotel group, describes it succinctly: "Germany is hot, Austria is lukewarm and Switzerland remains select," he says. With respect to investment, he is right: This is exactly how the German-speaking hotel market fanned out in 2016. Development in the "hot" German market even runs anti-cyclical toward the trends in EMEA and worldwide.
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Dedicated Professional wins IHIF "Young Leader Award"
Berlin (February 24, 2017). The International Society of Hospitality Consultants (ISHC) and the International Hotel Investment Forum (IHIF) announced the recipient of the 2017 Young Leader Award; Director of Acquisitions and Strategy at Meininger Hotels, Eva Bachmann.
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Once more the "Young Leader Award" presents promising ideas at IHIF
Berlin (February 3, 2017). To be among the top executives is at all times of significant importance to newcomers to the sector. Whoever then even receives an award during the International Hotel Investment Forum (IHIF) in Berlin is twice as proud. That's why the "2017 Young Leaders Award" once again takes place in the plenum during the congress at the InterContinental Hotel Berlin, 6-8 March.
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IHIF celebrating its 20th anniversary - hospitalityInside new media partner
Berlin (January 20, 2017). As the International Hotel Investment Forum (IHIF) Berlin celebrates its 20th anniversary in 2017 (from 6th – 8th March), the conference programme will reflect on how the sector has changed during that period, how it is likely to evolve in the years to come and how to succeed in new market conditions. hospitalityInside.com will be a media partner of this international event for the first time this year, which always begins two days before ITB.
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