The reunited capital at cruising altitude: BER past 26 million passengers, 29.4 million hotel nights, a 56-project pipeline that leads the DACH region — and prices that still behave like a German city, not a world capital. Eight studies, one hub.
Berlin enters the TIO metropolis series as Europe’s volume champion: 12.4 million guests and 29.4 million overnight stays in 2025 across more than 700 establishments — holding its top-tier rank on a flat German travel year, with 41% of nights booked from abroad and the USA the largest foreign market.
The infrastructure is finally catching the demand: BER closed 2025 at 26.05 million passengers (+2.3%) with Gulf traffic up 44%, the Hauptbahnhof’s ICEs run Hamburg in 105 minutes and Munich under four hours, and the ZOB at the Funkturm is mid-rebuild toward 33 bays.
The hotel market leads the DACH pipeline with 56 projects: the 176-metre Estrel Tower soft-opens in December 2026 with 522 keys, Hyatt’s Me and All is open on the Spree, the Bristol completes its Golden Twenties restoration — and the Hotel de Rome returns as the Four Seasons at the end of 2027.
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