04 CONTENT
Supported by :
The Magazine of the GERMAN CONVENTION BUREAU English Edition 1 / 2013
German National Tourist Board www . germany . travel
16 |
NEWS – Destinations |
35 |
NEWS – Destinations |
GCB |
Editorial |
03 |
Review : Theme year 2012 |
30 |
40 years of GCB – and looking towards the future |
31 |
Members in Focus 2013 |
32 |
GCB London event |
34 |
IMEX 2013 GCB Marketing Focus at IMEX 2013 : Germany ’ s key industries 06 Eco-friendly Germany Stand at IMEX 2013 08 German wild cards 12 Association Day 14
Sustainability Review : greenmeetings and events conference 2013 18 Premiere presentation of the Meeting Experts Green Awards 20 Kap Europa congress centre in Frankfurt announced as the venue for the greenmeetings and events conference 2015 22 Plan-Do-Check-Act ( PDCA ) Approach is a Recipe for Successful Sustainable Events 24 Best practice “ rightandfair ” 27
Imprint
Executive Board : Matthias Schultze Printing : Druck- und Verlagshaus Zarbock GmbH & Co . KG V . i . S . d . P .: Birgit Pacher , Editorial Staff : GCB German Convention Bureau e . V ., Featured writers in this issue : GCB , Claudia Sporn , Layout : Sven Steglich
Title : GCB ; Pictures : p 08,10 : Accente Gastronomie ; p12 : Architektur im Dialog , Fräulein Betty ; p 14 : IMEX ; p 16 : CCH ; p 19 , 20 : GCB ; p 26 : GCB ; p 27 , 28 : Tagungserlebnis Tegernsee ; p 32 : CCH ; p 33 : Sheraton Frankfurt Airport Hotel & Conference Center ; p 34 : The Crystal , BMW ; p 35 : Hannover Kongress ; p 36 : Leipzig Tourismus und Marketing GmbH , Congress Center Leipzig ; p 37 : BMW Leipzig
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