Newsletter 5 2005, June

News

London to Cologne by train from just £69 return fare

This offer is valid on Eurostar trains from London or Ashford to Brussels in connection with Thalys and Deutsche Bahn ICE trains from Brussels to Cologne. This offer makes rail travel an attractive alternative to plane, coach or car in terms of price, time and convenience. Visitors leaving London can reach Cologne main station in just over five hours. The station is located in the centre of the city, close to the famous Gothic cathedral and the river Rhine. Passengers who wish to travel within Germany or onward to other European destinations can transfer at Cologne to Deutsche Bahn local or long-distance trains. Journey time e.g. from Cologne to Frankfurt am Main is around 80 minutes. For rail bookings or further information please call Deutsche Bahn UK Booking Centre from Monday to Friday, 9am to 5pm on: Tel. 08702-43 53 63 (national rates apply). Timetable information is also available at: www.bahn.co.uk www.bahn.de

Green light for expansion of the m:con CC Rosengarten Mannheim

Mannheim City Council have given the green light for € 50 million expansion of the m:con Congress Center Rosengarten. The centre will be extended by some 8,000 m² and 15 new event rooms with a congress capacity for up to 5,000 delegates. In effect a doubling of space making the m:con Congress Center Rosengarten one of the largest centres of its type in Germany.

The convention centre will be extended by three halls and ten meeting rooms. The largest hall will have a surface area of 1,500 m² which can be divided into three halls with 400 to 500 m² each. In addition to the large halls a congress hall for 500 people is also planned along with a 600 m² multifunctional room. The ten new conference rooms will have a surface area of 75 to 100 m² each and may be divided by partition walls. The exhibition area will expand from 3,000 m² to 5,000 m².

Work is expected to be completed by mid-2007.

Contact:
Mannheimer Kongress- und Touristik GmbH
Rosengartenplatz 2
D-68161 Mannheim
Tel. +49-621-4106-8611
Fax +49-621-4106-8612
www.mcon-mannheim.de

meta-fusion awarded major UN Climate Secretariat contract

The Cologne-based service provider meta-fusion GmbH has succeeded in its bid for a major UN Climate Secretariat (UNFCCC) contract. The multi-media agency will produce webcasts of UNFCCC conferences and working sessions held over the coming three years within the context of the Kyoto process.

meta-fusion will transmit these events live and in several languages per video streaming via internet both to a worldwide public and to international observers. The broadcasts will also be available on the same day and at the click of a button as on- demand videos.

The largest of the UNFCCC conferences last up to ten days, have up to 6,000 participants and take place two to three times per annum in Bonn.

The availability of an online video archive together with live transmissions has become part and parcel of UNFCCC communications. It is a comfortable medium and a useful source for relevant material not only for press and expert observers from all over the world but also for UNFCCC staff.

Internet video presentation is a very efficient way to present useful contents to a broad public. It is not only a multimedia tool but it can also provide a lively platform for dialogue between sponsors, participants and other interested parties.

meta-fusion GmbH, founded in 2000, specializes in internet video (streaming) and multimedia presentations for MICE events.

meta-fusion GmbH is a GCB member.

Contact:
meta-fusion GmbH
Thomas Berghausen
Deutz-Mülheimer-Str. 127-129
51063 Köln
Tel. +49-221-8025740
Fax +49-221-8875657
E-Mail t.berghausen@meta-fusion.com
http://www.meta-fusion.com