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Promoting Berlin as the place to meet

20.04.2005

IMEX Daily 20/04/2005

A new event targeted at the meeting and congress industry will be held in Berlin this summer and will be staged in the German capital every two years. The name - Meeting Place Berlin, to be premiered from 30 June to 2 July.
Aim of the event is to highlight the growing significance of congress and exhibition business for the city. Hosted buyers will be offered an attractive three-day Programme including a Workhop Day (with fixed appointments with local providers), a Meet Facilities Day (inspection of meeting and convention venues) and Meet Berlin Day (city tour including culltural, architecture, fashion and lifestyle attractions). Berlin's meeting and convention sector last year staged nearly 80,000 events, a 10% increase over 2003. Participants totalled 6.2 million, a rise of 9%.

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