Cultural diversity coupled with a good price-performance ratio – those are the characteristics that the German capital of Berlin attracts international convention and meeting planners with in times of crisis. This was the conclusion of Meeting Place Berlin, held from July 2 to 6 at the Museum of Technology. Some 150 attendees, including visitors from the USA, Russia and Italy, used the international workshop to get to know the convention destination of Berlin.

by editor’s office, 1122

Radisson Hotel Bangkok Sathorn  announced the appointment of Kan Bright San as its executive chef. This announcement is in line with the hotel’s City Life Dining campaign that centres around the opening of three new restaurants. The Radisson Hotel Bangkok Sathorn is set to open in late 2009, and is part of Radisson® Hotels & Resorts, the leading upscale, full-service brand of Carlson Hotels Worldwide.

TTG Asia Media invites Tourism-Insider readers to apply for the Buyer Hosting Programme to attend the 17th IT&CMA and 12th CTW Asia-Pacific 2009

Date: 6 – 8 October 2009
Venue: Bangkok Convention Centre at CentralWorld, Thailand

All applicants must first meet the organisers’ validation criteria before they are qualified and confirmed for the Hosting Programmes. Closing Date: 19 July 2009

Gerhard Kirsch invited 400 to Tourismus Dialog’s Summer Festival at the house of representatives of German federal state Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania.

Federal state Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania had again provided a venue for the second Tourismus Dialog Summer Festival with its state representation in Berlin Mitte. Some 250 journalists representing local, interregional and international media, including print, radio, television and agencies, met with high-profile individuals from tourism, hotel industry and gastronomy from all over the nation, as well as domestic and foreign representatives from politics, economy, sciences, culture, society and diplomacy.

UNWTO (United Nations World Tourism Organisation) is excited to announce its third annual online photo competition to commemorate World Tourism Day 2009 under the theme Tourism: Celebrating Diversity hosted in Ghana, on 27 September 2009.

The global online photo competition is open to all people of all ages. Its goal is to gather photos that reflect tourism as the vehicle that bridges cultures, intensifies understanding and fosters peace.

by editor’s office, ch, tophotel

Guest reviews on the Internet showing effect: An increasing number of hoteliers are paying more attention to guest reviews on the Internet, eliminating shortcomings accordingly. “Looking through the reviews, one will notice how the reviews of hotels which used to be evaluated badly are suddenly improving”, said Ulrich Cramer of holidaycheck.de, Bottighofen/Schweiz, in an interview with trade magazine Top hotel. Exact figures on how many hoteliers are intensively working on their reviews could not be provided, however.