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ITB Berlin Convention Market Trends & Innovations

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As a leading think tank of the global travel industry, the ITB Berlin Convention Market Trends & Innovations has become an important meeting place for decision-makers.

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ITB Berlin 2009 - March 11-15, 2009

Tour guide training: building bridges between cultures

By eTN

BERLIN (September 18, 2008) – The Studienkreis für Tourismus und Entwicklung e.V. (Institute for Tourism and Development) has just activated its new Project-Website in German and English.

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Berlin

Berlin tourism passes its peak

By dw-world.de

Recent years saw Berlin emerge as the third most-visited tourist destination in the EU after London and Paris.

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Roving Reporter

Dusseldorf: Adored by fashionistas, jazz fans and historians

By Dr. Einor Garely, Special to eTN

There are many wonderful cities in Germany that have high profiles including Belin (6.6 million over night stays) and Munich (4.5 million visitors).

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New Europe

'New Europe' urges West to rethink Russian ties

By Robert Marquand, The Christian Science Monitor

WARSAW, Poland - They live in a historically battered region between West and East, the Rhine and the Volga, Berlin and Moscow.

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Germany

Berlin Checkpoint Charlie becomes tourist trap

By telegraph.co.uk

Checkpoint Charlie, the Berlin Wall crossing place that came to symbolise the Cold War has degenerated into a seedy tourist trap which uses actors posing as border guards in a failed attempt to recrea

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Apply Now For Contests Concerning Sustainable Tourism And Social Responsibility In Tourism

ITB Berlin 2009 supports and presents TO DO Award 2008

By eTN

The Studienkreis für Tourismus und Entwicklung (Institute for Tourism and Development) is now accepting applications for the international competitions “TO DO!

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Berlin Air Show 2008

Fast growth in air travel cheers Berlin Air Show

Berlin - India's rapidly expanding airline industry is typical of the robust markets that cheered European aerospace and defence companies on Tuesday, the first day of the Berlin Air Show.

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Uganda

Uganda blunders, misses chance to market tourism

By Jeff Mbanga l Weekly Observer

BERLIN – Haphazard preparations blamed on the lack of funds saw Uganda fail to sell the country’s full tourism potential to key markets in Europe during the just concluded international tourism exhibition (ITB) in Berlin, Germany.

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New Slogan Aims To Change Reputation, Lure More Tourists

Just 'Be Berlin', says German capital

BERLIN — In an effort to spice up its cosmopolitan reputation and stress its trendiness, Germany's capital has launched an image campaign centered around the English-phrased slogan "Be Berlin."

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Cuba

Cuba power change will not influence tourism

By eTN and travelatatinamerica.com

Since Fidel Castro announced that he has given up control over Cuba, many are asking the question: What will become of the island’s burgeoning tourism industry?

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ITB Berlin

ITB Berlin cinches place as world’s largest travel trade show

By Nelson Alcantara

BERLIN (eTN) - The ongoing transport workers strike in Germany has done very little to hinder this year’s edition of the world’s largest travel trade show, as the first day of ITB Berlin managed to not only be mishap-free but the show is said to be breaking records and is completely sold out.

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Terrorism

Berlin minister says terrorists plan to strike Germany

By The Nation

BERLIN - Islamists are planning a terrorist strike against Germany, Interior Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble said in a news interview published Sunday, repeating previous warnings that trouble was on its way.

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ITB

Dominican artists exhibit in Berlin Tourism Fair

Santo Domingo.– Works by Luis Desangles, Celeste Woss y Gil, Yoryi Morel, Jaime Colson, Clara Ledesma, Gilberto Hernandez Ortega, Jorge Noceda Sanchez and Justo Susana are on exhibit at the Berlin Ethnologic Museum in Berlin, Germany.

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ITB Berlin 2008

Germany as a destination for children and young people

Mecklenburg-West Pomerania welcomes the youth of the world and is acting as partner state at the third ITB Teachers’ Symposium Berlin, 25 February 2008 – At the ITB 2007 Mecklenburg-West Pomerania received the German Youth Travel Award for providing the best range of tourism attractions in Germany for young people, and this year, for the ... read more

ITB 2008 - World Travel Trends Report

Strong growth for US inbound, but outbound travel still sluggish

Berlin – Preliminary results from IPK International’s World Travel Monitor for 2007, which will be presented at the ITB Future Day at ITB Berlin 2008, and published in the World Travel Trends Report 2008 the same month, confirm that US inbound tourism is well on the way to making a full recovery.

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ITB 2008 Berlin, March 5 - 9, 2008 - Press-Information

Emerging Asian markets continue to lead world tourism growth

Berlin, 24 January 2007 – In line with the continuing shift in economic power to Asia, particularly to India and China, and boosted by the upcoming Olympic Games being held in Beijing this summer, the Asia Pacific region will continue to lead world tourism growth in 2008. This was one of the conclusions of the three-day annual Pisa Forum, ... read more