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Away-from-Home Market Facts & Figures – Snapshot February 2010
50% of German luxury hotels with turnover losses in 2009
Hamburg/Germany – 12 February 2010
The fiscal year 2009 ended for the majority of the 220 luxury hotels in Germany in a negative way. 50 percent reported for some considerable decline in turnover.
Away-from-Home Market Facts & Figures – Snapshot November 2009
Annual turnover of German hotels is 16.59 bn Euros
Hamburg/Germany – November 03, 2009
The totaled 38,890 companies of the German hotel industry stand for an annual turnover of 16.59 bn Euros in 2008 (+0.5% to 2007), The planned VAT reduce from 19% to 7% for overnight stays amounts a tax cutting of approximately 1 bn Euros.
Away-from-Home Market Facts & Figures – Snapshot October 2009
42% of the German restaurants and hotels with specials offers for guest groups
Hamburg/Germany – October 05, 2009
No price war in German restaurants and hotels – specials offers are limited in the hospitality industry. Only 14% give price discounts (of 25% and more) for selected F&B offers. Nearly 19% hope on a sales boost by food vouchers or ‘2 for 1’ offers. 27% of the restaurant and hotel directors focus on limited in time offers (e.g. –10% price-off). 36% allow discounts for corporate guests and more than 42% are determined to reduce prices for groups. (Source: CHD Expert Germany – Hotel & Restaurant Survey September 2009)
Away-from-Home Market Facts & Figures – Snapshot September 2009
Over 50% of wine offers in Germany are from own territories
Hamburg/Germany – September 02, 2009
In Germany, wine from own territories is very trendy. White wine from the famous Rheingau or Rheinhessen regions are the most served sorts. 55% of the wine offers in German restaurants are from homegrown grapes. Over 66% of the restaurant chefs name white wine from Germany as the most wanted sorts. In comparison, only 4% of the chefs mention red wine from Germany as important business. Germany is not only a beer drinking nation, however. The turnover with wine in the majority of Germany restaurants (over 50%) rose in 2008 once again. (Source: Study of CHD Expert Germany – ‘Wine – success factor for restaurants- 2009’)
Germany is the largest catering market in Western Europe with an annual turnover of 14,67 bn Euro.Away-from-Home Market Facts & Figures – Snapshot July 2009
German catering market leading in Europe with 14.67 bn Euro annual turnover
Hamburg/Germany – July 16, 2009
Germany’s catering companies stand for 3.12 bn served meals with a market volume of 14.67 Euro annual turnover. With about 80,270 caterers, Germany is leading among the West European countries. In France the catering market has a volume of 13.09 bn Euro, in Great Britain 11.49 bn Euro. In Germany, 23% of all catering firms are business caterer (business & industry), 26% serve patients in hospitals and homes for the elderly and 11% stand for f&n supply of students and schoolchildren. The number of catering firms decreased by 1%.
(Data from 2007 / Source: FACET – Foodservice Annual Count and Expenditures Tracking Country Profile Germany)
Away-from-Home Market Facts & Figures – Snapshot June 2009
Europe Hospitality Ranking – Germany ranked first with 44,812 lodging companies
Hamburg/Germany – June 4, 2009
Germany is leading in Europe – in terms of hotel industry, too. With 44,812 lodging companies, Germany is on rang 1 of the Europe ranking by far of UK ranked on place 2 with 37,852 guest houses and Italy on place 3 with 36,776 accomodations.
Mr. Rolf W. Schmidt (left) & Mr. Thilo LambrachtFoodservice Market Experts increase European Business
CHD Expert Germany with new partners in oversea
Hamburg/Germany – May 20, 2009
Full steam ahead – The international market research institute CHD Expert Germany enforces the expansion on the global Away-from-Home markets. Several new customers of international market research and data mining projects have been acquired in the last months in Europe and North America. In the meanwhile, CHD has been renamed as CHD Expert (Germany) GmbH.
Away-from-Home Market Facts & Figures – Snapshot May 2009
35 new leading hotel projects in Romania, Bulgaria and Turkey
Hamburg/Germany – May 15, 2009
Tourism in South East Europe is booming. The holiday destinations Romania, Bulgaria and Turkey experience an increasing number of first class and luxury hotels – 35 new projects are under construction. In Turkey the number of new top hotels will rise by 19 (3,500 rooms).
Away-from-Home Market Facts & Figures – Snapshot March 2009
26 bn Euro turnover of restaurants in Germany, Austria and Switzerland
Hamburg/Germany – March 04, 2009
The restaurant market in the German-speaking markets is prospering. The turnover of all restaurants, bars and cafes in Germany, Austria and Switzerland rose in the last year by average 0.6% (Germany) or 2.5% (Austria/Switzerland). In 2008 the turnover of German serviced gastronomy has been approximately 18.3 billion Euro, in Austria 3.5 bn Euro and in Switzerland 4.2 bn Euro. (Source: FACET – Foodservice Annual Count and Expenditures Tracking)
Away-from-Home Market Facts & Figures – Snapshot February 2009
11.5 bn Euro volume of business catering in Germany, France and UK
Hamburg/Germany – Feb 12, 2009
The volume of business catering in Germany, France and UK is still increasing. In Germany has been meals served worth of 4.47 bn Euro in the last year (compound annual growth rate/CAGR: +0.71%).
Away-from-Home Market Facts & Figures – Snapshot January 2009
1,588 bn Euro Away-from-home turnover worldwide
Hamburg/Germany – Jan 13, 2009
The global turnover in the most important Away-from-home Markets is 1,588 bn Euro. Nearly one third combines the USA. The U.S. spend per capita for meals served is 1,287 Euro per year.
Tophotelprojects.com®: Over 500 new top hotels worldwide will be opened in the next months
Every month about 150 new first class and luxury hotel projects will be revealed
Hamburg, Germany – December 16, 2008
Obviously luxury is still a selling point with new hotel construction projects. More than 500 new first class and luxury hotels with nearly 200,000 rooms will be opened worldwide in the next months. According to tophotelprojects.com® 28 percent of the hotel openings happen in Europe, 27 percent in North America and 41 percent in East Asia. Most of the 32 largest hotels (over 500 rooms) will open in Asia. The biggest is the Las Vegas Sands’ project Marina Bay Sands Hotel Singapore with 2,600 rooms (see photos).
Away-from-Home Market Facts & Figures – Snapshot December 2008
Over 994 million meals served in canteens in Germany
Hamburg/Germany – Dec 05, 2008
The business with meals at work in Germany is expanding. In 2007 has been more than 994 million meals served in the approx. 18,400 canteens (business & industry, health, welfare).
Tophotelprojects.com®: 7,000 new hotel rooms in Germany in 2008
Relaunch of leading web database for hotel construction projects – More than 160 new hotel projects added in November
Hamburg/Germany – November 27, 2008
In Germany the number of new hotel construction projects is increasing evermore. 60 new first class and luxury hotels with more than 7,000 new hotel rooms have been opened this year, e.g. the Capella Hotel Breidenbacher Hof in Dusseldorf/Northrhine-Westfalia or the Swissôtel in Bremen or design hotels like The George in Hamburg and Factory Hotel in Muenster. According to tophotelprojects.com® another 25 new hotels with over 2,600 rooms are scheduled to be opened until the end of this year. Tophotelprojects.com® is the leading online database for top hotel construction projects and provided by the market research company CHD Expert Germany.
Away-from-Home Market Facts & Figures – Snapshot November 2008
More than 220,000 commercial foodservice companies in Germany
Hamburg/Germany – Nov 17, 2008
In Germany there are 221,132 operating companies in the section of commercial foodservice - 82% in gastronomy, 18% in hospitality.
Tophotelprojects.com®: More than 270 new top hotel construction projects added in September
International database offers data of over 2,800 hotel projects worldwide
Hamburg/Germany – Oct 21, 2008
Tophotelprojects.com®, the international database for top hotel construction projects, have added more than 270 new luxury and first class hotel projects since September. Over 780 hotel project data sheets have been updated within the last six weeks. In total, tophotelprojects.com® offers 2,869 luxury and first class hotel projects around the world – each with all necessary project data and key contact persons for hotel suppliers.
Away-from-Home Market Facts & Figures – Snapshot October 2008
The Top 3 Away-from-Home markets in Europe
Hamburg/Germany – Oct 6, 2008
The Top 3 Away-from-Home Markets of Europe are Germany, Great Britain and France. In Germany the number of meals served in 2007 sums up to 9.2 bn average annual change rate since 2000: +2.4%. In Great Britain in the last year 8.9 bn meals have been served (+3.7%) and in France 6.8 bn (+2.3%). The three biggest Foodservice markets combined are larger than the next seven Away-from-Home Markets in Europe.
Tophotelprojects.com®: 7% growth of leading hotel projects worldwide
Number of luxury hotels increase 16% - Hotel project boom in Dubai
Hamburg/Germany – September 16, 2008
The opening of the Atlantis resort in Dubai (1,529 rooms) end of September marks the completion of only one hotel project of nearly 100 in the United Arab Emirates. Within the next five years, approximately 42,000 rooms will be added to the first class and luxury hotel market of Dubai. The number of leading hotels grows by 21 percent which is more than any other region of the world. According to a study of tophotelprojects.com®, the number of first class and luxury hotels worldwide is increasing by 7.1 percent (that means more than 2,570 hotels and resorts).
Germany is Europe’s largest Foodservice Market
Study of CHD-Expert shows: Growth in Western Europe continues
Hamburg/Germany – Sept 12, 2008
Strong growth in the European Foodservice industry: In nearly all Western European countries the Away-from-Home Market expands. Only in Italy the Foodservice branch shows a light decrease. According to an international study of CHD Expert, the most meals will be served in Germany. Great Britain and France are ranked second and third on the Top 10 list of European Foodservice markets. The market research group CHD Expert recently published a market overview of all relevant Foodservice figures of all European countries. The so-called “FACET – Foodservice Annual Count and Expenditures Tracking” is now available; prices are on request.
Tophotelprojects.com®: The Top10 Hotel Projects in Germany
Over 400 new hotels will be opened until 2012 – Two hotel projects with more than 1,000 rooms
Hamburg – August 14, 2008
The German hotel market growth continues. 410 new hotel construction and renovation projects are currently in progress. The largest hotel projects with more than 1,000 rooms are both located in the state of Brandenburg in Eastern Germany. The largest city hotel project is the Scandic Hotel Berlin with 572 rooms. According to tophotelprojects.com® approx. 66,000 hotel rooms will be constructed or renovated in Germany within the next five years.
European Study: Lowest Prices for Dining in Germany
CHD Expert Group publishes average ticket levels in Western European countries – Maximum meal rates in UK
Hamburg, Germany – June 25, 2008
Similar to the hotel rates, in Germany the price level for food and drinks in restaurants and bars is comparatively low. According to an European study of CHD Expert Group, the average ticket in full service restaurants in Germany is 14.50 Euro – 40 percent below the price level in UK. In the british restaurants the guest has to pay 23.60 Euro in average. For the study, the international market research group interviewed thousands of restaurants, bars and bistros in each country: UK, France, Spain and Germany.
All about the Away-from-Home market – CHD Expert launches webshop for studies and address packages
15% discount and one iPod Shuffle MP3 player for each order until end of May
Hamburg/Germany – May 23, 2008
The Away-from-Home market is booming – and with the help of CHD Expert all suppliers of the Hospitality and Foodservice industry work up to great success of their marketing and sales strategies. The international market research group started now a new online shop for studies, reports and address packages. For each order until May 31 the discount is 15% – and in addition every requester will get one MP3 player of Apple (iPod Shuffle 1GB) for free.
CHD Expert: Goals for Foodservice!
How to save money with soccer championship goals – Special discount on studies and address packages of the Away-from-Home Market
Hamburg, Germany – May 14, 2008
Save money with the European soccer tournament 2008: For each goal CHD Expert Germany grants a discount of 0.5% on all studies, reports and address packages of the German Away-from-Home Market. The discount for approximately 80 goals will be 40%. In comparison: During the European soccer tournament four years ago 97 goals has been shot – the discount would have been 48.5%!
Survey by tophotelprojects.com®: 40% of all new first class & luxury hotel projects have 150 to 300 rooms
More than 2,000 hotel projects worldwide scheduled to open by 2014 – The majority being luxury hotels – 60% of the largest hotel projects are located in the U.S.
Hamburg/Germany, May 06 - 2008
Most hotel projects are mid-sized: According to a study by tophotelprojects.com® 92% of all scheduled first class and luxury hotels are planned with a maximum of 500 rooms. The majority (42%) will be opened with 150 to 300 rooms. Only 2% of these projects are have more than 1,000 guest rooms and suites. At 6.500 rooms the largest hotel project is the “Asia Asia Hotel” in Dubai/UAE. Over one third of all new hotels are located in Europe, but 60% of the largest hotels (with more than 2,800 rooms) are under construction in the USA. For this study, the hotel experts from tophotelprojects.com® analyzed more than 1,800 hotel projects worldwide.
New Study of CHD Expert Group: Focus on Main Investments in German Hospitality Industry
Two out of ten hotels plan renovation of guest rooms – Strong modernization continues in foodservice industry
Hamburg/Germany, April 30 - 2008
In Germany, the focus of guest’s attention on clean and well designed hotel rooms and trendy restaurants push the investments in renovation and modernization. According to a new study of CHD Expert Group, about 20 percent of the comfort, first class and luxury hotels plan renovations within 2008. In comparison with 2007 the percentage of investment plans fall from 29 percent. The main reasons are turnover losses (3% in 2007 in the hospitality and restaurants industry) and dull sales due to the smoking ban impact on the gastronomy. But the foodservice industry continues expanding: More than 60 percent of the canteens plan investments in new kitchen equipment and FF&E for the guest areas.
Snapshot of hotel markets: U.S. still strongest expanding
Tophotelprojects.com provides project details of major new first-class and luxury hotels worldwide – 286 new hotel projects added – 584 hotel projects updated
Hamburg/Germany, April 14, 2008
Where are the fastest growing hotel markets? Tophotelprojects.com is the leading data provider for first class and luxury hotel projects being developed in all major global markets. Tophotelprojects.com tracks the development of more than 1,700 key hotel projects around the world and constantly updates each projects progress and key personnel contact details.
Ranking of the fastest expanding hotel markets
(Only first class and luxury hotel projects until 2012, sorted by number of rooms)
Study of CHD Expert: Expansion of Trade Fairs for Hotels and Restaurants in Germany - Leading Trade Fair is Internorga in Hamburg
Hamburg/Germany – December 18, 2007
In February and March 2008 the German hotel and restaurant managers are keen on trade fairs. In Hamburg, Stuttgart and Berlin four trade fairs invite them to presentations of innovative hospitality goods and new F&B ideas. According to a study of CHD Expert, for 40 percent of the German hotel and restaurants managers the Internorga in Hamburg is the favoured trade fair. With nearly 1,000 suppliers and over 100,000 visits the Internorga is one of the leading trade fairs in Europe.
Tophotelprojects.com: Over 50 New Conference Hotel Projects for MICE Market Germany
Six new meeting and business hotels scheduled for Berlin
Hamburg, Dec 06 - 2007
In the internationally well-known trade fair metropolis of Dusseldorf recently opened one of the largest conference hotels in Germany: The Maritim hotel near the airport has 533 rooms and a conference centre for more than 5,200 guests. The meeting hotel is one of six new large hotel projects in the city. In the next years international hotel chains like Global Hyatt and Meliá will put their feet in the Dusseldorf conference scene.
New Study of CHD Expert on Smoking Ban: Hard Cuts for 28% of German Pubs and Restaurants
Survey of 550 restaurant manager in Lower Saxony and Baden-Wuerttemberg shows: Over 70% can't invest in own smoking lounges
Hamburg/Germany, November 27, 2007
For more than 28 percent of the German pubs and restaurants in Lower Saxony and Baden-Wuerttemberg the smoking ban means hard cuts in turnover with guest declines of over ten percent.
Booming market for hotel projects in Germany:
Over 220 high-grade hotels under construction
Growth of hotel market by over 37,000 new rooms until 2013
Hamburg/Germany, October 11, 2007
Germany's hotel market expansion will not stop. In the next five years 179 first-class hotels and 49 luxury hotels with more than 37,000 rooms will be opened in Germany. According to tophotelprojects.com, one of the leading online databases for international hotel projects, most of the top hotel projects are planned for the major cities of Germany.
Tophotelprojects.com: The Largest Hotel Projects in Austria and Switzerland
Over 350 top hotel projects in the Alps region - Special conditions
Hamburg, September 28 2007
The hotel market in Germany, Austria and Switzerland is booming. More and more top hotels will open in the next years and not just in the urban areas.
Tophotelprojects.com: The Top 8 Hotel Projects in PR China
4,000-room hotel will open in Macao in December 2008 - Hotel development boom caused by the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games
Hamburg, August 21, 2007
On 08.08.2008 at 08:08pm the opening ceremonies of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games will begin. The Olympiad has an outstanding importance and influence on tourism development in the Public Republic of China and many hotels will be opened until August next year: 109 hotel projects (from 80 to 3,500 rooms) are counted by tophotelprojects.com, the leading online database for global hotel projects. Tophotelprojects.com, a subsidiary of the international CHD Expert Group, globally features more than 1,100 hotel projects.
F&B Supplier In Cheery Mood: Economic Trends In The German Out-of-home Market At New Heights
Representative survey of Marktplatz Hotel / CHD Expert among marketing executives of the foodservice industry in Germany - Sales forecasts for second half-year rising
Hamburg, 15 August 2007
The Germans more and more like to go clubbing, to travel around in their own country and to consume away-from-home. Correspondingly the market trend of the hotel, restaurants and foodservice business rose explicitly in the first half-year 2007 in comparison to January - July 2006. According to Marktplatz Hotel / CHD Expert Group, 76 percent of the leading food and beverages suppliers in Germany observe a substantial rising market trend in the first six month of this year.
Tophotelprojects.com: The Top 3 Hotel Projects In Germany
Largest hotel project with 800 rooms will be opened in 2011 near Luebeck at the Baltic Sea coast - Currently over 260 important hotel projects in Germany
Hamburg, August 02, 2007
One of the largest hotels in Germany will be opened in 2011 near Luebeck at the Baltic Sea coast. The hotel will have 800 rooms and is part of the brand new leisure project "Priwall Waterfront". Developer is the German-Danish joint-venture Planet Haus GmbH, a specialist for holiday cottages.
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