Openings and closures
Hotel news
What has opened, closed or changed at the six hotels and their casinos in the last year, each with a source. Last checked 20 October 2026.
- 20 Oct 2026
Baden-BadenPresale for the 2027 Pfingstfestspiele opens
Tickets for the Whitsun festival (5–17 May 2027) at the Festspielhaus went on sale at 9:00 on 20 October 2026.
Sources: Festspielhaus
- 5 Oct 2026
LindauHotel Bad Schachen closes for renovation
The Hotel Bad Schachen closed on 5 October 2026 for a comprehensive renovation and is due to reopen in 2028 or 2029.
Sources: Lindau tourism · Bad Schachen
- 25 Sep 2026
TegernseeAlthoff Seehotel Überfahrt keeps three Michelin Keys
The hotel holds three Michelin Keys for the third year running, one of six hotels in Germany with that rating.
Sources: Althoff press release
- 6 Aug 2026
TegernseeThe redesigned 4 elements spa reopens
The existing spa, completely redesigned, reopened on 6–8 August 2026 with a 28-metre indoor pool that the press release calls one of the largest hotel pools in Germany.
Sources: Althoff press release
- 10 Jul 2026
WiesbadenThe right-bank Rhine rail line is closed until 12 December
The Troisdorf–Wiesbaden line is closed from 10 July to 12 December 2026; the RE9 from Frankfurt to Eltville is cancelled, and replacement buses run between Mainz and Rüdesheim. Kloster Eberbach by train: to Eltville, then bus 172, hourly.
Sources: Deutsche Bahn · Kloster Eberbach: getting there
- 23 Jun 2026
TegernseeMichelin Guide Germany 2026
The 2026 guide was presented on 23 June in Frankfurt. Restaurant Überfahrt kept its star, Dichter at Rottach-Egern holds two, and Berlin has 19 starred restaurants, none of them new.
Sources: Althoff press release · Berliner Zeitung
- 18 Mar 2026
WiesbadenEnte opens at Kloster Eberbach
The one-star restaurant, for 46 years the kitchen of the Nassauer Hof, opened a temporary home in the abbey's Pfortenhaus with about 40 seats.
Sources: Tageskarte · Hommage Hotels
- 4 Mar 2026
TegernseeRestaurant Überfahrt reopens
The restaurant reopened on 4 March after the hotel's renovation; the hotel itself reopened on 27 February and the Überfahrer Bar, redesigned, in late February.
Sources: Althoff press release
- 1 Feb 2026
BerlinA new head chef at GOLVET
Nicholas Hahn took over the kitchen of the one-star GOLVET, about 450 metres in a straight line from the Grand Hyatt, on 1 February 2026.
Sources: Tageskarte
- 1 Jan 2026
WiesbadenA new concession and new caterers at the Kurhaus
Spielbank Wiesbaden began a new ten-year concession on 1 January 2026, and Gaul Catering took over Kurhaus events and the casino catering. The traditional Kurhaus restaurant is closed for a kitchen renovation and due to reopen in 2027.
Sources: Rhein-Main Kultur · City of Wiesbaden
- 31 Dec 2025
WiesbadenThe Nassauer Hof closes for a rebuild
The grand Nassauer Hof (Kaiser-Friedrich-Platz 3–4) closed after 31 December 2025 and is due to reopen in spring 2028 with 104 rooms instead of 159.
Sources: t-online · Hommage Hotels
- 14 Dec 2025
BerlinMore airport express trains to BER
Since 14 December 2025 up to four FEX trains an hour run, plus an hourly RE20; BER to Potsdamer Platz takes 19 minutes.
Sources: Berlin Brandenburg Airport
- Late 2025
Baden-BadenBrenners Park-Hotel & Spa reopens
After a two-year renovation the hotel reopened in late 2025 (the hotel dates it "2025 (late)"). It holds two Michelin Keys in the 2026 selection.
Sources: Tageskarte · Journal des Palaces
- Nov 2025
BerlinA new kitchen team at the Ritz-Carlton Berlin
Lukas Bachl is executive chef, Ferdinand Kretz chef de cuisine at POTS and Nikolaos Giannelis pastry chef, per a trade report of November 2025.
Sources: Tageskarte
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