March 15, 2022

A fruitful year 2021 for ECM!

Dear colleagues, It gives me great pleasure to present the annual ECM report of activities 2021. In the recent hard times, we especially felt that we […]
March 16, 2016

Record €23.7 billion spent on hotels in Europe in 2015 as transactions reach highest level ever

In 2015, European hotel transaction volume totalled €23.7 billion, a record level and an increase of 66% on the previous year, according to the annual European Hotel […]
March 11, 2016

Living like a local is the key to ‘Stepping Out of the Crowd’ for Millennials

New report from PATA describes how destinations can capitalise on the boom in outbound travel from Asia The Pacific Asia Travel Association(PATA) has released a new unique […]
March 9, 2016

Long haul travels at the end of 2015: Europe keeps its competitive edge after Paris attacks

The latest results from the Air Travellers’ Traffic Barometer1 produced by European Cities Marketing* and ForwardKeys** reveal that, during Q4 2015, all international arrivals maintained their […]
March 7, 2016

European cities continued to attract growing numbers of tourists despite a troubled year in Europe: bednights up 4.2% in 2015

European Cities Marketing announces 4.2% growth in city tourism in 2015. London, Paris and Rome take top slots: China grows by 32%, Italy and Russia struggle […]
November 30, 2015

European Cities Marketing and MKG confirm the good health of the hotel industry in Europe since the beginning of 2015

The results from the latest ECM-MKG European Destinations Observatory report* are in.  With an occupancy rate of 71% throughout the European Union at the end of […]
November 17, 2015

International arrivals growth in Europe from all subcontinents during Q3 2015

The latest results from the Air Travellers’ Traffic Barometer* produced by European Cities Marketing and ForwardKeys bring to light that Europe is feeling better: after more […]
September 24, 2015

Growth in European cities’ hotel industry well established for the first semester 2015

The results for first semester of 2015 from the ECM-MKG European Destinations Observatory report* confirm the long-term growth for Europe’s hotel industry. With an occupancy rate […]
August 25, 2015

Europe shows recovery signs in terms of international arrivals after a slow down during first semester of 2015

The latest results from the Air Travellers’ Traffic Barometer1 produced by European Cities Marketing and ForwardKeys highlight that Europe shows recovery signs: after a flat growth in […]