Swiss is to further expand its Zurich-based network, adding new non-stop services to Gdansk, Poland, and Heringsdorf, Germany, in its 2019 summer schedules.

InterContinental Hotels Group has signed a deal with existing partner GS Star to bring 15 avid hotels to the German market. This marks a significant milestone launching avid hotels, IHG’s newest mainstream brand, in Europe for the first time.

The hotel will be integrated into Four Frankfurt, a large mixed-use development in the centre of the city by Groß & Partner, that will be comprised of four towers and will include residential and office facilities, as well as retail spaces and hotels.

Vienna House have announced a new hotel in central Leipzig that will open on July 6th. The hotel is the newest addition to Leipzig’s beautiful old town, ideally located near sights such as the gothic St. Thomas Church that has played host to influential musicians including JS Bach.

The countdown to the Oberammergau Passion Play 2020 begins in earnest today, with the first performance exactly two years away. Here Breaking Travel News takes a look at this once-in-a-decade event and the role it plays in tourism in Germany.

The German National Tourist Board, with its year end summary for 2017, is once more able to report a record result for incoming tourism for the eighth year in a row.