7-2005 - August 17, 2005

Meetings Newsletter for Germany

more conferences and meetings are being held in Germany during the Summer months. The primary reasons for this, other than the clement weather ;-), are special prices and special packages available from many hotels and congress centres. A number of these are featured in our special offers rubric.

Our series on FIFA World Cup™ host cities continues in this issue with Frankfurt am Main – a city of many contrasts and Cologne – a city in the heart of Europe.

We are feature a summary report of a recent MICE site inspection trip to Hamburg and Luebeck with Italian event planners from Milan, Rome, Genoa and Florence:

Along with this you will also find details of more interesting meetings and events locations and lots of other news and updates from the German meetings, incentives, congress and events branches.

Wishing you an enjoyable and informative read,

Your GCB-Team

Content

• FIFA World Cup™ 2006 - Presentation of Host Cities
  Frankfurt am Main – city of many contrasts
  Cologne – in the heart of Europe
• GCB Site Inspections
  Site inspection to Hamburg and Luebeck – some ideas for your next meeting or incentive
• News
  New Maritim Hotel in UNESCO World Cultural Heritage City of Dresden
  New Maritim Hotel Berlin welcomes its first guests
  CCN East Nuernberg – first 100 days
• Locations
  AWD-Dome Bremen – a new dimension of experience
  New KD event ship on the River Rhine
• Special Offers
  Special packages in Mannheim for the FIFA World Cup™ & Mozart Year 2006
  Celebrating 10 successful years - art’otel Dresden
  Atlantic Summer Lunch
• Special Offers
  Sleep Smart at the Maritim Hotel Stuttgart
  Steigenberger Parkhotel Dresden-Radebeul: Saxon Wine Road
• Events
  Business Travel Show, Duesseldorf, 6th – 8th September 2005
• IMEX Survey on Germany as a destination for meetings and incentive travel