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On the Road to Destination
Germany The German
National Tourist Office (GNTO) and some of its
leading suppliers are off to the upcoming
Destination Germany Road Show. Seminars for travel
agents will be held from October 17 to October 20
in Alexandria, Dallas and Houston. The GNTO will
present the new figures from the German tourism
market; information on art and culture; river
cruising; christmas markets; as well as upcoming
events and cultural highlights. The participants
will not only entice the travel agents with new
presentations but also with a mini trade
show. Participants
will have the opportunity to meet the nine member
city alliance "Magic Cities" with representatives
from Duesseldorf, Hannover, Cologne, Munich and
Berlin and representatives from the "Historic
Highlights" group. The cities of Bremerhaven,
Garmisch-Partenkirchen, the states of Bavaria and
Thuringia, Lufthansa German Airlines, the
Steigenberger Hotel Group, Rail Europe, DER Rail
& EuroGroups, Amadeus Waterways, the Avis Rent
a Car Group and the tour operators Globus and
Nordique Tours will also be represented. In each
city, the partners of the GNTO will be raffling off
prizes, such as roundtrip tickets with Lufthansa,
German Rail passes and various hotel
accommodations. The Destination
Germany Road Show will feature a dinner or
"Brotzeit" presentation starting at 5:30pm in
Alexandria on October 17th at the Holiday Inn
Hotels & Suites. In Dallas there will be a
7:30am breakfast presentation on October 19th at
The Westin Park Central and the last breakfast
event will be in Houston on October 20th at 7:30am
at the St. Regis Hotel. The roundtables
and trade shows are open to all travel agents free
of charge. For those agents or journalists
interested in participating in the German
Destination Road Show, please contact Alice
Gardiner at 1-800-526-0041. For more information on
selling Germany, please go to www.ComeToGermany.com
and click on the Trade Extranet. German National
Tourist Office 122 East 42nd
Street New York, NY
10168-0072 Tel: (212)
661-7200 Toll-free: (800)
651-7010 Fax: (212)
661-7174 Email:
GermanyInfo@d-z-t.com
Internet:
www.cometogermany.com Victoria Larson
Public Relations
Manager German National
Tourist Office Phone: (212) 661
7200 Ext. 223 Fax: (212) 661
7175 CONTACT
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