The Swiss hotel industry expects a difficult summer season due to the war in the Middle East. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox For weeks now there have been cancellations, fewer new bookings and an increasing tendency to make last-minute reservations, Hotelleriesuisse reported today. As a result, the outlook is “clearly clouded”: more than half of the establishments are already reporting negative effects related to the conflict in the Middle East, and businesses in cities are particularly affected, writes Hotelleriesuisse, which conducted a survey of the association’s 268 members between March 27 and April 7. The current development shows how dependent tourism is on global events, the association emphasises. The conflict in the Middle East has in fact caused considerable disruption to international air traffic in the central hubs of the Gulf region. These are notoriously decisive in connecting Switzerland to important markets in Asia and Oceania. At the …