Articles tagged “berlin”

Berlin is preparing for a busy summer tourist season, despite the war raging just a few hundred miles away. Several airlines are launching new flights throughout Europe in anticipation of strong summer demand to visit the German capital.

This is a cruel blow for an event that was designed to instill confidence in corporate travel, after the Global Business Travel Association's successful U.S. edition in Orlando.

Even if tourism companies are struggling to resume operations paused by Covid — let alone approach pre-pandemic levels — they must devise new ways to reach audiences interested in their products, even those tourists in their backyards. Especially if they've been popular, like many refugee-led tours have been.

Since May, Bastian Neumann-Semerow has been filming a video series for the airline on all aspects of the Covid-ready flying experience. Make no mistake, it’s an envious job.

An upside for cities like Berlin that tighten short-term rental supply through regulation is that they're less prone to price and occupancy shocks when something like the trade fair ITB Berlin cancels at the last minute.

Until Airbnb becomes more forthcoming about the information in its listings, which would enable cities to enforce their local regulations, the company will continue to face opposition from municipalities that want to limit its growth.

American Airlines is once again expanding its seasonal service to traditionally less-trafficked destinations in Europe where tourism growth is reaching new highs.

Despite the latest court ruling loosening restrictions on short-term rentals in Berlin, there are still plenty of questions left regarding what the city's laws on home-sharing really mean.

Cities often tell us more than we know what to do with, but with the right thinking this surfeit of intelligence can be turned into an exceptional opportunity to distinguish destinations.

Berlin is projected to be a hipster haven filled with young creatives and partiers; however, the majority of its tourism wealth comes from well-off travelers interested in a mix of what the city has to offer.