7-2006; July 2006

Meetings Newsletter for Germany

Germany's tourism industry is the biggest winner of the FIFA World Cup 2006™. While the German national side secured third place among the elite of world football, incoming tourism figures beat all prior expectations. During the course of the tournament the number of guests expected from abroad had doubled to two million. And more than 20 million fans attended official public viewing events according to recently released FIFA figures.

According to FIFA some 19,500 media representatives from all over the world were accredited to cover the FIFA World Cup 2006TM. Among these were 14,000 TV and radio personnel whose impressions of the games and of Germany as a whole were broadcast around the globe. All in all, an excellent calling-card for all involved and a wonderful image coup for Germany as a whole.

This edition contains not only a FIFA World Cup 2006™ review but also lots of current news and some refreshing summertime special offers from the German MICE sector.

With kind regards.

Your, GCB-Team

Content

• The FIFA World Cup Germany 2006™ - Review
  Travel to Germany exceeds all expectations
  Frankfurt wins "Home of Football Fever Trophy"
  FIFA World Cup 2006TM provides Berlin with a major image boost
• News I
  GCB AGM
  DüsseldorfCongress sets new turnover and visitor records
  IMEX research abstracts available online
• News II
  Successful Bonn Conference Partners client invitation to ‘Rhine in Flames’
  events – celebrates 20 years
  
• Hotels
  The new Clarion Hotel Berlin is officially opened
  Pandox acquires Hotel Berlin
  Maritim Seehotel Timmendorfer Strand: newly refurbished Orangerie
  Steigenberger Frankfurter Hof: extensive renovation completed
• Software
  New Software ‘Room & Resources Manager’ available as On-Demand rental solution
• Weiterbilung
  Open Space: Engagiert diskutieren, kreativ handeln - IECA: Seminar vermittelt Methodik der Veranstaltungsform
• Special Offers
  German Rail’s ‘Event Ticket’
  Radisson SAS Resort Schloss Fleesensee summer offer for golfers and all who would like to golf
  Special summertime offer at Hotel Bayerischer Hof Munich