Berlin (ots) - Pecking your own piece of the original Berlin Wall is still possible even a quarter century after the Fall of the Wall, which Berlin celebrates with his guests from 7th till 9th November 2014. The special 'wallpecker' package from the Westin Grand in Berlin-Mitte is just one of the numerous package ...
Vienna (ots) - Vienna in the year 2020: 18 million bednights, 1 billion euros in turnover by the hospitality sector, and direct flights from an additional 20 cities throughout the world - these are the objectives of Vienna's 2020 Tourism Strategy recently presented by the Vienna Tourist Board. "The new long-term strategy for Vienna's destination development is based on the theme 'Global.Smart.Premium'," explains Director ...
Berlin (ots) - The Berlin Wall has long been torn down. But there are still original pieces 25 years after the fall. In Berlin-Teltow you can even paint on them yourself. Elmar Prost clearly has a lot of fun giving visitors tours through his Wall parkas he goes through a gap between two colourfully painted Wall pieces. Up until 25 years ago, these divided East and West Berlin from each other. There were no gaps and no possibility of getting through them. Now they are ...
München (ots) - From 19.09. to 04.10.2014, all through the Oktoberfest period, the motto at the Löwenbräukeller on Stiglmaierplatz is once again "party without a closing time?. For the 7th time 'Das "Wiesnzelt? am Stiglmaierplatz' will celebrate as late as the dirndls and lederhosen can keep it up. The cult band ...
Berlin (ots) - The German capital is expecting a large number of visitors to descend on the city to mark the twenty-fifth anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. "Guests want to experience first- hand how Berlin and its people have taken advantage of the historic opportunity given to them a quarter century ago", ...
Vienna, Austria (ots) - The Vienna Tourist Board is relying on global access in its Vienna Tourism Strategy 2020: travelers from all over the world, tourism experts and the Viennese have been invited to take part in an ideas competition for new, unconventional and provocative proposals for the destination Vienna. The best of these will be built into Vienna's strategic ...
Frankfurt (ots) - The Supervisory Board of Steigenberger Hotels AG has appointed Puneet Chhatwal as new Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Management Board. From January 1, 2013 onwards and together with Chief Financial Officer (CFO) Matthias Heck, Chhatwal will hold responsibility for the hotel business based in Frankfurt/Main. Steigenberger Hotels AG is very pleased to announce Puneet Chhatwal (48), who has deep and ...
Beijing (ots) - - 20 cars, 160 drivers and 5,700 kilometers in 16 stages - Participants experienced the many different faces of China - Versatile features of the Audi Q3 proved their mettle - China is the biggest market for Audi, with growing potential The Audi Q3 Trans China Tour 2011 has successfully reached the finish line. The 20 ...
Munich (Aschheim) (ots) - - Experience in processing international airline payments a deciding factor - Speedy, comprehensive tailoring to meet customer's specific requirements airberlin decides in favor of Wirecard AG. With roughly 34 million passengers per annum, airberlin is the sixth largest European airline. In addition to technical payment processing, Wirecard Bank will also perform part of the acquiring business. ...
Frankfurt am Main (ots) - On Friday agreements were signed for the financing of two cruise ships of the AIDA fleet for the world's largest cruise company Carnival Corporation & plc. The financing was provided through two banking syndicates of four and six banks respectively, each headed by KfW IPEX-Bank. Both ships ...
Merlin Entertainments Group Deutschland
London, New York and Dubai (ots) - Merlin Entertainments Group ("Merlin"), controlled by the Blackstone Group ("Blackstone"), and The Tussauds Group ("TTG"), controlled by Dubai International Capital LLC ("DIC"), are today announcing a partnership of two rapidly growing businesses. This brings together ...
Olten (ots) - The delegates at the winter meeting of hotelleriesuisse have approved a motion to adapt the hotel classification system so as to better meet the needs of future hotel guests. Beginning in 2006, Swiss hotel stars are expected to shine more brightly thanks to increased proprietary protection, the introduction of the honorary designation "Superior", greater quality assurance and independent auditing. A ...
Hanover (ots) - The TUI Group has restructured its management level as part of its efficiency enhancement programme. According to the new structure, all central and Group-wide platform functions will be run by the TUI AG central executive board consisting of four instead of seven directors. The market-related management functions, which are largely ...
Hanover/Berlin (ots) - TUI AG, the world's leading tourism group, takes an optimistic view of the 2003 summer season despite the threat of war in Iraq and the current hesitancy in bookings. At the start of this year's International Tourism Exchange in Berlin, TUI AG chairman Dr Michael Frenzel said: "This fair will send out positive signals. Irrespective of any short-term difficulties, the tourism industry should ...
