Berlin

The Hotel Bristol Berlin has unveiled the first 50 of 301 rooms and suites to be fully renovated, inspired by the British Roaring 20s.

A European holiday usually sees Aussies head for the popular tourist hotspots of France, Italy or Greece, but Germany now wants a look in, notably its capital, Berlin.

VisitBerlin will hold its first showcase in Australia since the pandemic in late October/early November 2023 as the destination’s visitor numbers continue to track north to pre-COVID levels.

JW Marriott has unveiled its second property in Germany with the opening of JW Marriott Hotel Berlin, joining JW Marriott Hotel Frankfurt which debuted in June last year.

“It’s the friends you can call up at 4 a.m. that matter,” said that eternal style icon Marlene Dietrich, born in Berlin in 1901. Change the word ‘friends’ to ‘room service’ and you see why Hotel Adlon Kempinski is super-special.

Radisson Hotel Group has kicked off 2022 with the highly anticipated launch of its newly redesigned German Radisson Collection flagship property in the heart of Berlin.

Making exclusive discoveries and doing one’s own thing in general – that is typical Berlin. From haute couture to haute cuisine to high culture, Berlin offers understated luxury citywide. Here is a selection of things visitors must see, eat and do in the German city.

Berlin’s long-overdue Brandenburg Airport has this week adopted the airport identifier code of BER ahead of its transition to become the city’s primary air gateway. The airport’s switchover from the previous three-letter code, SXF, is a crucial milestone ahead of this weekend’s opening of the new US$3.1 billion German facility.

One of the world’s largest annual travel shows, ITB Berlin, has been shelved for 2020 within days of its official starting date due to the “rapid spread” of coronavirus (COVID-19).

Qatar Airways’ passengers will be able to access a handful of new destinations in German via a codeshare partnership that has been struck with with Deutsche Bahn.

The 41-room Hotel Orania.Berlin, which opened only August 2017 at Oranienplatz in the Kreuzberg area, must have got a lot of things right – one guest has just checked in for a 22nd visit.

Add one more travel segment that Forbes Travel Guide (“FTG”) is now affording its star rating: river cruises.