Rwanda Genocide

Rwanda: A victim of a charade

Last week, Germany became the unwitting accomplice in executing an “arrest warrant” against Rwanda’s Chief of Protocol, Col.

Invest In Germany Reception At ITB Asia

Cities and landscapes of Germany centers of tourism investment

BERLIN - Germany is one of Europe's leading travel destinations, with a share of almost 20 percent of industry value in the European hotels and motels industry.

Terror Attack

Terror attack in Cologne foiled

In an attempt to thwart a terror attack, German authorities raided a KLM airliner at Cologne-Bonn airport on Friday at 6.55am, German authorities said.

425-Acre Holiday Resort In Schleswig-Holstein, Germany

Prime Income Asset Management and Port Olpenitz GmbH to develop northern Europe's largest holiday resort

DALLAS, TX (August 20, 2008) - Prime Income Asset Management (Prime), a Dallas-based advisory and management company to real estate and energy sector companies, today announced that work will begin th

Over 400 New Hotels To Be Opened By 2012

Top 10 hotel projects in Germany

HAMBURG, Germany (August 14, 2008) - The German hotel market growth continues. 410 new hotel construction and renovation projects are currently in progress.

New Leading Manager In Brazilian Tourist Office in Frankfurt

New face in Germany

Since April 2008, the Brazilian Tourist Office in Frankfurt has had a new leading manager - Margaret Grantham.

June 3 And 4 In Cologne, Germany

CULTOUR sets dates for 2009

Next year, CULTOUR, Global Cultural Travel Fair, will be held on June 3 and 4 in Cologne, Germany, only for professionals.

155-Room Property Scheduled To Open In 2010

Courtyard by Marriott Hotel planned for Bremen, Germany

WASHINGTON, DC - Marriott International will open a new 155-room Courtyard by Marriott hotel in Bremen, Germany in 2010 under a franchise agreement reached with Baum Hotelbetriebsgesellschaft Bremen m

Company To Develop 16 Clarion Hotels In Key European Markets

Choice Hotels to accelerate Clarion brand growth in UK, Germany and Russia

Worldwide lodging franchisor Choice Hotels International today announced that it has entered into an area representative agreement with Ireland-based Kasterlee Limited for the exclusive right to licen

Kidnapped tourists

PKK says kidnapped tourists well, urges Germany to back Kurds

The Kurdistan Workers' Party, or PKK, said the three German tourists it kidnapped last week are well, and urged Germany to end a crackdown on Kurdish groups.

Fleet To Be Reduced In The Winter

Air Berlin launches efficiency program

BERLIN - In order to absorb part of the increased kerosene cost, Air Berlin PLC has designed a cost-reduction package to be implemented at the start of the winter flight schedule. The program comprises capacity reductions, as well as organizational measures. Instead of having 134 airplanes in service, as originally planned, only 120 are to ... read more

Israel Beefs Up Tourism Advertisement In Germany

New tourism campaign planned for Germany

The Finance Ministry has transferred NIS 10 million to the Tourism Ministry in order to fund the latter's new campaign in Germany, which has already sparked an increase of 50% in tourists from that country entering Israel.

KAI 10 “The Floating Experience”

Germany’s first floating event and conference center launches in Hamburg

“Rock the Float” was the motto at the Mercure Hotel Hamburg City recently when they launched KAI 10 “The Floating Experience” – Germany’s first floating event and conference center.

Transport And Energy: The Challenges Of Climate Change

International Transport Forum 2008 opened in Germany

The Secretary General of the International Transport Forum, Jack Short, along with Leipzig's mayor, Burkhard Jung, opened the International Transport Forum 2008 in Leipzig yesterday with a tour of the concurrent exhibition.

Air Berlin

Germany's second biggest airline, counts 2.24 million passengers in April

FRANKFURT, Germany: Air Berlin PLC, Germany's second-largest airline, said Wednesday the number of passengers who traveled with it in April rose 6.5 percent to 2.24 million passengers, compared with 2.1 million passengers a year earlier.

The Ghost Of The Past

Gadget to bring back Berlin Wall for tourists

BERLIN — Tourists in the German capital disappointed to find little of the Berlin Wall left will from next month be able to have it reappear before their eyes with a gadget unveiled Monday.

A handheld multimedia device, available for rental from May 1, will allow visitors walking through the city to see what the Cold War barrier looked ... read more

Kenya's Tourism - Germany To The Rescue

Germany to help Kenya’s tourism

The German government will help Kenya to revive the tourism industry, Germany Foreign minister Frank Walter Steinmeier said on Saturday.

Dr Steinmeier said that the power-sharing deal signed by President Kibaki and Raila Odinga was the only recourse to peace.

He said this when he met a delegation from Kenya led by Vice-President ... read more

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."

ITB Berlin

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

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.

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