11-2008 December

Meeting Newsletter for Germany

Dear Readers,

The Hamburg business magazine ‘Brand eins’ (Brand one) carried the lead title ‘Don’t panic! This is not the end once again’. And the ‘Brand eins’ editorial team are most correct in their assumption. It is high time to free our minds from the hysteria on the international financial markets, high time to view the future realistically!

Needless to say, the coming months will not necessarily be an easy ride for the MICE business. The Deutsche Bank’s own chief economist echoed similar sentiments to the ‘Brand eins’ editors only a couple of days ago. Addressing 300 members of the VDR (German Travel Management Federation), Dr. Norbert Walter stated that times would get tougher but that there was no occasion for immediate panic. ‘The more we held video conferences the greater was the need for physical presence on the part of our clients’. And the same applies as much to meetings and conferences as to congresses and events.

So please don’t panic.

Your, GCB-Team

• GCB News
  Congress Park Hanau joins German Convention Bureau
  
• IMEX
  Official launch of IMEX Global Data Exchange responds to rising demand
  
• News
  Booking trade fair hotels now even easier: new features and new design at Tradefairs.com
  Convention Bureau Karlsruhe – the partner for meetings and events in the Karlsruhe region
  
• Destination
  Sleeping, meeting and well being in new Berlin hotels
  
• Hotels
  4-star Design Hotel Wienecke XI with new Congress Centre - meet and celebrate with sensational panorama view
  
• Incentives
  Within touching distance of the seals – the maritime meeting event at The Yachthafenresidenz Hohe Düne