Sometimes the selection of the right location for an event is very simple, because who needs to compromise if everything is possible in Berlin? The choice of special locations ranges from the 368 metre high television tower to the hangar of former Tempelhof Airport accommodating 5,000 guests. Europe's most modern hotel landscape offers a unique diversity at favourable rates. To put it in a nutshell: the German capital convinces as a perfect meeting and convention host.
For twelve years the visitBerlin Berlin Convention Office (BCO) of Berlin Tourismus & Kongress GmbH has offered competent support at the organisation of conventions, meetings and incentives. Customers benefit from the experienced team, a broad network of contacts and the free-of-charge agency and reservation services for hotel allotments.

Berlin in numbers

The visitBerlin Berlin Convention Office is initiator of the congress statistics launched in 2001. The specialised collection of all Berlin convention and meeting business data shows excellent event and participant numbers for 2012. 123.900 events took place in the metropolis on the River Spree (+7%). They attracted 10.5 million guests (+8%).
Berlin´s hotel landscape convinces through an excellent service quality and high quality standards with a very good value-for-money ratio. This is particularly appreciated by meeting and convention participants. A total of 108,200 events was staged (+7%) and 6.3 million participants were catered for (+6%).
On a worldwide level Germany´s capital is amongst the four major locations for association meetings. This is confirmed by the statistics of the International Congress & Convention Association (ICCA) for 2011. With 147 events of international associations the German capital left metropolises like Singapore, London and Rome behind. The leading destinations in the ranking are Vienna (181), Paris (174) and Barcelona (150).

The congress metropolis Berlin online

On convention.visitBerlin.com Germany's leading congress destination is presented in a comprehensive and interactive manner. Event planners are provided, for instance, with ideas for framework programmes and participants get information on the tourism offering of Germany´s capital. The website also offers a new compass for incentive travels: The generator "BerlinCentives" informs about extraordinary Berlin experiences and helps selecting the perfect event.