Europe Hospitality Ranking – Germany ranked first with 44,812 lodging companies

PRLog (Press Release) - Jun. 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. France however is on rang 4 with “only” 27,914 lodging companies. Regarding the number of new hotel projects (only first-class and luxury hotel projects), Germany is on rang 1 (214 projects with 43,378 guest rooms) followed by UK (127 projects/22,899 rooms) and Spain (46/10,076). In Italy are 41 hotel projects (7.070 rooms) under development and in France only 29 projects (5,444 rooms).
(Source: FACET – Foodservice Annual Count and Expenditures Tracking; tophotelprojects.com – International Hotel Construction Project Database)


More facts about the Away-from-Home markets:
May 2009: 35 new leading hotel projects in Romania, Bulgaria and Turkey
April 2009: Italian Hotels leading in Europe with 8.0 bn Euro turnover of food & beverages
March 2009: 26 bn Euro turnover of restaurants in Germany, Austria and Switzerland
February 2009: 11.5 bn Euro volume of business catering in Germany, France and UK
January 2009: 1,588 bn Euro Away-from-home turnover worldwide

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