Since the beginning of 2011 the Hilton Mainz has presented itself in new splendour. Not only the 431 rooms and suites were completely refurbished but some of the conference rooms were newly created. They now present themselves as luxurious and very modern and have a breathtaking view over the Rhine.

In order to keep an eye on the profitability of the hotel, its owner, the Mainzer Aufbaugesellschaft (MAG) has mandated Feuring Hotelconsulting GmbH with the operational asset management. Feuring’s main task will be to advise the owner on strategic and operational issues both in terms of the property itself and its management. The aim is to find the ideal position for the hotel on the market and through this to ensure, the hotel is operated successfully and efficiently.

Another hotel in Mainz changed owners. The Hilton Mainz City hotel with 126 rooms and five conference rooms is located in the middle of the town which was home to Gutenberg. It is only 30 minutes away by car from Frankfurt Airport and stands out with its friendly and private atmosphere.

These were good reasons for Azure Property to buy the attractive hotel property. The London and Luxembourg based Azure is specialised in international hotel transactions and plans to expand on the German market.

Feuring advised the owner, the municipal Mainzer Aufbaugesellschaft (MAG), on the structured sale of the hotel and negotiated the sales contract with Azure.

In 1963 Feuring developed and realized the first Hilton hotel on the European continent for an American investor. The hotel had its own Beach Club and – by the standards of the time – disposed of some very comfortable guestrooms and a large conference centre, which was unique in Marbella.

Some time ago, after undergoing major refurbishment measures, the hotel was repositioned as the Hotel Don Carlos. However, the original overall structure of the hotel was hardly changed at all.

Another top-class address: In 1908, the Grand Hotel du Cap Ferrat opened its doors in one of the most coveted spots on the Cote d’Azur, on the utmost tip of the Cap Ferrat peninsula. In the days of the Belle Époque it became a very popular place to meet amongst celebrities. Even today, the hotel with 44 rooms and nine suites is still captivating with its exceptional charm and breathtaking sea views.

The comprehensive restructuring measures are a perfect combination of modern elements and the stylish elegance and incomparable atmosphere of the historical architecture. Feuring provided its advisory services to the owners in terms of restructuring, operating and selling the hotel and beyond this, was responsible for positioning it in the upscale market segment.

The American hotel giant Starwood Hotels & Resorts launched its brand Westin Hotels & Resorts on the European market by taking over the Grand Hotel Berlin and the Hotel Bellevue in Dresden. The Westin hotel chain was originally established by the American carrier, United Airlines, and within the Starwood portfolio covers the four- and four star plus segment superior to the Sheraton brand.

Feuring negotiated and finalised the contract between Deutsche Interhotel AG, the former operator of the Grand Hotel Berlin and Hotel Bellevue in Dresden, and Westin Hotels & Resorts.

The Grandhotel Schloss Bensberg is a Baroque hunting lodge dating back to the early 18th century and can call the young Goethe one of its former guests. Since the year 2000, the classic grand hotel in the upper luxury hotel segment has taken in a top position in the hotel market in Germany. Feuring was responsible for looking into the key business figures and the configuration of the hotel and took up negotiations with several interested operators. The choice was made in favour of Althoff Privathotels.

Althoff is considered to be the guarantee for exceptionally high quality standards and was also very familiar with the local area. The so-called Steering Committee set up by Feuring during the conversion proved to be very useful as a coordinating instrument between the operator, owner as well as the architects and engineers.

The hotel, which was previously run by Marriott, changed the operator in summer 2012. The former Renaissance Cologne Hotel is now run under the name Lindner Hotel City Plaza Cologne. The Dusseldorf-based Lindner Group has been managing the 236 room hotel with a top location in the centre of town since August 1st 2012.

Andreas Krökel, member of the board of managers at Lindner Hotels AG, explained the decision with the following words: “The Lindner Hotel City Plaza is the ideal addition to our congress hotels in Hamburg, Dusseldorf and Frankfurt, which have a similar position and address the same target groups. This way, we can offer our business guests an additional hotel in another German city.”

Feuring advised the owners of the property when the lease agreement with Marriott ran out and helped negotiate the new conclusion of an operating agreement with Lindner Hotels AG.

By this time, Feuring had already worked closely together with Le Méridien Hotels & Resorts for several years. Feuring had launched Forte Hotels plc, the predecessor of Le Méridien, and was responsible for the development of all the company’s hotels in Germany and also developed or advised on a number of other international Forte projects.

In the case of today’s Le Royal Méridien Bristol in Warsaw, the political and economical turmoil in Poland between 1980 and 1990 contributed to the fact that it took nearly ten years for the hotel to be completed: The project was started at the time of Lech Walesa’s arrest when he was still a trade union leader and was completed shortly before his election as President of Poland. Feuring initiated the co-operation between Forte and the Austrian project developer and supervised the entire development.

At the beginning of the nineteen-eighties, the Parkhotel Frankfurt was completely re-developed. As part of these measures, the old part of the building was extended by an extra wing of rooms. A few years later the hotel was sold to an institutional investor who wanted to realign his product portfolio and as a result the former operator stepped out. Feuring very swiftly found a new much more suitable operator whose portfolio was perfectly in line with the Parkhotel Frankfurt.

Meanwhile, the hotel is performing really well on the Frankfurt hotel market and is being run to the full satisfaction of the investor.

Feuring has been involved in the hotel several times in the course of its life cycle. Amongst other things, Feuring took care of the development, restructuring, contract negotiations, funding and operator procurement.

Frankfurt still offers everything it needs to successfully run a new top class hotel. The Dubai-based luxury hotel chain, Jumeirah Hotels & Resorts, was also convinced of this and in 2011 opened its first five star hotel on the German market in Frankfurt. Spread over 96 metres height and 24 floors, business travellers and tourists will find 218 luxurious rooms and exquisite suites with a unique view over the Frankfurt skyline.

Feuring Hotelconsulting advised Jumeirah Hotels & Resorts on the realisation of the hotel project. Part of Feuring’s advisory services were to do expert studies on the regional and trans-regional hotel market and its environment, on the design of the hotel and the way it should be equipped, as well as on the economic parameters. Feuring also advised on the negotiations for the operating agreement.

Paris is one of the top hotel markets in Europe. With 141 Euro, the room yield in the four- to five star hotel sector is far above the 100 Euro limit and is a guarantee for good income returns. Similar to London and Milan, forecasts for top class hotels in the French capital are very positive and the average room rate already lies at 211 Euro.

Based on this positive market performance, the Country Inns & Suites hotel (now: Park Inn Paris-CDG) located at the major airport, Paris Charles de Gaulle, quickly found a new owner. Feuring advised on the sale of the hotel to a British investor on behalf of IBI Real Estate. The property was sold within as little as six weeks, the all-important factor for the speed of the transaction being Feuring’s far-reaching contacts to investors.

The Le Méridien Grand Hotel Nuremberg is a much frequented, traditional four star hotel with the charm of the Belle Époque and to the present day is the leading hotel in Nuremberg.

It is centrally located in the immediate vicinity of the medieval part of Nuremberg and the main railway station and benefits from the city’s good urban infrastructure.

Feuring took on the entire project management and was successful in securing Trusthouse Forte plc both as the investor and operator of the hotel.

When the Marriott hotel Leipzig opened its doors in 1998, ten years had gone by since the group had officially opened a hotel in Germany. The hotel with its 243 four star rooms is part of a project that also comprises several thousand square metres of offices and retail outlets.

The main reason for the mixed use of the property was its location in the north of the historic part of the city, directly opposite the main railway station on the inner city ring road. Consequently the hotel can be very easily reached by guests travelling by both car and train.

Feuring took on the overall configuration of the project, the procurement of Marriott as the operator and supervised the development right up to the hotel opening. Beyond this, Feuring brokered the sale of the hotel to an exit investor

The resort is located on the clips of the north coast of Mallorca and is surrounded by the most breathtaking countryside. It has a fantastic view over the Mediterranean, the picturesque fishing village Port Soller and the UNESCO world heritage Tramontana mountains.

The hotel stands for Jumeirah’s ambition of operating one of the leading hotels in each particular market segment, in this case in Mallorca.

Feuring supported the hotel operator, Jumeirah, in negotiating the contracts. The hotel opened its doors in 2011.