Tag: Service industry
Thousands of holidaymakers flee the flames on Rhodes
Forest fires in Rhodes Hotels and guesthouses had hoped for a new record in tourist numbers – but then the flames came. (Photo: dpa) Athens Day seven of the devastating…
Thousands of holidaymakers flee the flames on Rhodes
Forest fires in Rhodes Hotels and guesthouses had hoped for a new record in tourist numbers – but then the flames came. (Photo: dpa) Athens Day seven of the devastating…
Viktoria Schütz’s difficult journey into her parents’ company
Victoria Schuetz The 38-year-old studied global management and marketing and lives in Berlin and in the Rhön. Dusseldorf Deguma-Schütz is a machine builder in the 5,000-inhabitant village of Geisa in…
Car drives into crowd – at least seven dead
emergency services at the scene of the accident The fire department has not released any details about what happened. (Photo: AP) Brownsville, Washington Seven people died in a serious accident…
Five injured in building collapse in Marseille
Marseille city center According to Mayor Benoît Payan, people could still be under the rubble. (Photo: dpa) Marseilles Five people were injured when a building collapsed in downtown Marseille on…
Dispute over Peter Dussmann’s inheritance
Dusseldorf For 20 years Angela Dussmann was a model daughter. The only child of the big businessman Peter Dussmann did an excellent Abitur, was interested in music and literature and…
Dussmann subsidiary appeals in inheritance dispute
Catherine von Furstenberg-Dussmann The family had fallen out with the daughter because of her husband. (Photo: dpa) Dusseldorf The dispute between Catherine von Fürstenberg-Dussmann and her daughter Angela Göthert over…
Widow achieves stage victory in inheritance dispute with daughter
Catherine von Furstenberg-Dussmann The entrepreneur has been Chairwoman of the Board of Trustees of the Peter Dussmann Foundation since 2011. (Photo: Dussmann Group) Dusseldorf Catherine von Fürstenberg-Dussmann is rarely seen…
Doubts about the state are growing
New Year On New Year’s Eve, there were clashes between rioters and the police in several cities in Germany. (Photo: dpa) The state does a lot for security. But the…
Thyssen-Krupp: Hacker attack on materials division
Thyssen Krupp headquarters in Essen Criminals are said to have attempted a cyber attack on the data of the industrial group. (Photo: Reuters) Eat According to its own statements, the…
USA bans Huawei devices from the market – national security at risk
Huawei The Chinese smartphone manufacturer can no longer sell new devices in the USA. (Photo: AP) Washington The US government bans the sale and import of communication devices from Chinese…
Chemical accident in Mannheim causes problems for helpers
Firefighting work in the Mannheim harbor A container filled with 200 barrels of hydrosulfite has to be unloaded after a chemical accident in Mühlauhafen. (Photo: dpa) Manheim A chemical accident…
Security checks at airports: don’t nationalize them straight away!
Hamburg Airport At the airports, the rush is particularly high in the summer travel season. (Photo: dpa) Chaos reigns at many security checks at German airports. That is why the…
Security checks at airports: don’t nationalize them straight away!
Hamburg Airport At the airports, the rush is particularly high in the summer travel season. (Photo: dpa) Chaos reigns at many security checks at German airports. That is why the…
Cargo plane crashes in Greece
crash site The aircraft is said to have been the Antonov An-12. (Photo: AP) A cargo plane with eight people on board crashed late Saturday near the northern Greek city…
More and more overtime at German airports
The number of overtime hours has increased drastically among civil servants working at German airports. This emerges from a response from the Federal Ministry of the Interior to a request…
Services as a reserve for growth
Global trends Handelsblatt author Thomas Hanke analyzes interesting data and trends from all over the world in the column. (Photo: Klawe Rzeczy) Starting next Sunday, the heads of state and…
Garmisch-Partenkirchen: Several dead in a train accident
Garmisch-Partenkirchen At least three people died in a train accident near Garmisch-Partenkirchen. A total of 60 people were treated with injuries, 16 of them serious, said a spokesman for the…
Dussmann posts record sales – and intends to continue growing in technical services
Dusseldorf The Dussmann Group has announced the highest turnover in its 59-year company history. Last year, the key figure rose by 11.2 percent to 2.31 million euros, as can be…
This AI is designed to protect the lives of Bundeswehr pilots
Fabian Schmitt (left) and Yannick Brand The founders of Hattec took part in the Timber Express. During the multinational exercise, soldiers from different countries practice networking weapon systems. (Photo: Bundeswehr)…