Press Releases

  Cultural diversity combined with good value for money – these are Berlin’s winning features that convince international planners of conventions and meetings in times of crisis. This is the conclusion of Meeting Place Berlin which was staged in Berlin from 2 to 6 July at the Technology Museum. Around 150 participants from countries like the USA, Russia and Italy, got to know the convention destination Berlin during the international workshop.

  Once more Berlin has presented itself as an attractive and much sought after destination for meetings, conventions and incentives. At the invitation of the Berlin Convention Office (BCO) of Berlin Tourismus Marketing GmbH (BTM) to “Meeting Place Berlin” from 14 – 18 June, some 100 hosted buyers were able to convince themselves of the broad range of services and high quality standards offered by Berlin service providers.

  The destination of Berlin can look back on its best year to date for tourism: 15.91 million overnight guests in the hotel sector in 2006 will have further enhanced the reputation of this pulsating metropolis on the Spree River as Germany’s favorite destination.

  Lifestyle and high culture, experiment and tradition: an unsurpassed offering of culture is Berlin’s trademark.

  As early as the 1920s, Berlin was referred to in publications and posters from the Tourist Office as a ”city of music and theaters”. At that time, art and culture characterized the aura of the city on the Spree.

  Alongside Paris and Milan, Berlin is now making a name for itself as a European fashion center. Young and creative designers are flocking to the German capital, more and more company headquarters are opening their showrooms on the Spree River, and at the beginning of the year UNESCO added Berlin to the “global network of creative cities”.

  Germany’s “Chef of the Year”, Tim Raue, slaves away over a hot stove in the German capital. More specifically, at the restaurant 44 in the Swissôtel. From the Berliner point of view, this is some of the most pleasing news of recent months.

  Berlin, June 2007- The four leading hotels at the Potsdamer Platz have formed an ailiance. Grand Hyatt Berlin, The Ritz-Carlton, Berlin, the Berlin Marriott Hotel as well as the Maritim Hotel, which opened in August 2005, now offer immediate Conference capacities for more than 5,000 people on more than 10,500 square meters. The aim: to offer a unique platform for major international events in the German capital - a place where past and present can once again meet.