Germany - Berlin & Hamburg
Proven Berlin & Hamburg Destination Management Company: DMC and Planner
for Specialist Incentive, Conference, Event and Convention Travel Organisers Worldwide
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CPO HANSER SERVICE
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BERLIN & HAMBURG
With the changes that have occurred in Germany in the recent past finding a Destination Management Company that offers a quality service, not only in Berlin, but also in northern Germany has not been easy.
Following a great deal of research we have found such a company, one that not only fulfils our stringent requirements, but also offers the opportunity for you to find out more about the potential of the former GDR as a conference, event and incentive destination through the opening of an office in Dresden.
CPO HANSER SERVICE is a full service German DMC who will help you plan your incentive travel requirements to any destination within northern and eastern Germany.
Professional experienced staff to design exciting and successful programmes, find the very best locations and services to ensure your requirements are perfectly executed down to the smallest detail.
For conference, congress, events and exhibitions CPO HANSER SERVICE will work with you to develop every aspect of your meeting or exhibition from beginning to end.
They can operate, on your behalf a service to include specific areas such as participant registration, hotel and ground services and a full supporting programme.
Whatever your requirements in northern and eastern Germany, be it Conference, Congress, Incentive, Product Launch, Trade Fair or Exhibition, at last you will know there is a professional Destination Management Company willing and able to look after your every need.
For more information on Berlin please click on the following link: Berlin Facts
Destinations - Berlin & Hamburg
BERLIN
What other city in Europe has changed over the last ten years as much as Berlin. Long a favourite venue for conferences and incentives the excitement of what was West Berlin remains, but with added dimensions now that the city and country are unified. Now more than ever "Berlin ist eine Reise wert"- Berlin is worth a visit!
HAMBURG
Situated at the confluence of the Bille, Alster and Elbe Rivers the Hanseatic city of Hamburg is a gem waiting discovery by the conference and incentive organiser.
A vital, active and cosmopolitan city with a choice of theatres, concert halls and museums, over three thousand pubs, taverns and restaurants offering a selection of over forty different cuisine's and a varied and comprehensive nightlife sometimes verging on the erotic.
Example Programme - Berlin
Day One
Arrival at airport. Welcome and transfer to hotel. Check in.
Afternoon sightseeing tour of Berlin including the highlights of the city.
Evening at the Wintergarten providing an interior of the good old 20's. The program is a vital mixture of theatre and revue, circus, cabaret, parody and artistry.
Day Two
Free time for shopping in Berlin's city centre.
Afternoon excursion to Potsdam Sanssouci reflecting the brilliance of Prussian history.
Medieval evening at the Zitadelle of Spandau. In this 13th century fortress setting you will be entertained by costumed minstrels and other performers of the period. Medieval 6 course menu will be served.
Day Three
"Frühschoppen" on Lake Wannsee.
Jazz brunch on a boat while cruising either through the green districts of Berlin or the city centre.
Return to hotel.
Check out transfer to Berlin airport. Arrival at airport.
Suggested Sightseeing - Berlin
HALF DAY TOURS
Berlin from the Spree Canals
See Berlin from an unusual and fascinating perspective during the cruise along the Spree River canals. Travel along the Land-wehrkanal into East Berlin. Pass the Reichstag., seat of the German Parliament with its new cupola and other new governmental buildings, the Berlin Cathedral and the Museum Island, site of one of the world's richest museum complexes. Duration: 4.5 hours.
Prussian Summer Residences
Drive through the Grunewald Forest to the former hunting lodge Jagdschloss Grunewald with its antique furniture and valuable painting collection. Continue to Klein Glienicke Palace with its beautiful garden and park. Continue by boat to Peacock Island to the former summer residence of Friedrich Wilhelm II and Queen Luise. Duration 5 hours
Visit to the Gemäldegalerie and the Nationalgalerie
In June 1998 the new painting gallery was opened in a wing of the Cultural Forum in the center of Berlin. The collection, which is one of the most important world wide, consists of masterpieces of painters from 13th to 18th century like Rubens, Tizian, Vermeer and Rembrandt. The National Gallery shows a beautiful collection of modern art presenting Paul Klee, Picasso and many others. Temporal special exhibitions can also be visited at the National Gallery. Duration 4 hours
Super City Sightseeing
Tour During your bus roundtrip you will see the cultural heart of West Berlin with the Philharmonic Hall, the Cultural Forum and the National Gallery, the historical centre of East Berlin with the State Opera House, Humboldt University and the Red City Hall. Drive along the famous boulevard "Unter den Linden" and pass the Brandenburg Gate as well as the Reichstag and Bellevue Palace, residence of the President of the Federal Republic. Pass the Potsdamer Platz where numerous new buildings have been created on Europe's largest construction site during the last 4 years. Drive through the Tiergarten, a big green park in the center of the city, passing the House of Cultures and see the Lehrter Bahnhof which will open in 2001 as the biggest train station in Europe. Pass the Hamburger Bahnhof, Museum of Modern Art. Duration 3 hours.
DAY EXCURSION
Potsdam
Potsdam reflects the brilliance of Prussian history in different periods. Visit the Palace Sanssouci and its beautiful garden with impressive terraces and fountains, built as the summer residence of the Prussian royal family. Take lunch afterwards.
Visit to Palace Cecilienhof, where in 1945 the Potsdam Agreement was signed between the Allied Powers. Continue to Potsdam passing the early 18th century settlement "Holland Quarter" and the Russian colony "Alexandrovka".
Dresden
By coach to Meissen, tour of the Meissen Porcelain Manufacturing Company. Afterwards leave for Dresden. Walking tour through Dresden with visit to "Green Vault", "Dresdner Zwinger", the Royal Palace, the Semper Opera House and the Catholic Church with its marvellous Silbermann organ.
Dresden enjoys a fine reputation as a city of art and culture of international importance.
Theme Party Ideas for Incentives - Berlin
Surprise evening in the Kadewe, "Kaufaus des Westens"
The Kadewe is the biggest department store on the European continent with an outstanding food department on the 7th floor. Here they offer more than 40,000 different products coming from all over the world in an area of 8,000 square metres.
The party starts at 8.30 p.m. Guests are welcomed by the "Pickelhauben Blasorchester", a typical Berlin brass band in historical costumes at the entrance of the warehouse.
Hostesses will lead the guests to the glass express elevators transporting them to the food department store. The guests are greeted by musicians while cocktails are offered. Your guests are invited to walk through the entire food section to enjoy a communicative evening while tasting specialities from all over the world from different food booths and beverages from different cocktail bars. Jazz and Dixieland music will be provided and a lot of artists like magicians jugglers, dancers, pantomimes and many others will perform. 1000- 3000 guests.
UFA theme party "old berlin evening"
At UFA film studios in Babelsberg in the surr-oundings of Berlin we will create a theme evening.
The decoration includes DEFA props (for example a giant rebuilt "Brandenburger Gate" or the typical advertising columns "Litfaßsäule" with authentic advertisements from the period). The walls and ceiling of the hall will be decorated with colourful facades of houses, market squares of Berlin, a typical Berlin pub and Old-Berlin living rooms - as three-dimensional decoration.
Everything even the smallest details fit into the theme: Catering, menu cards, decoration, music and entertainment, lighting etc. 300-1500 guests.
Convention Centres - Berlin
ICC International Congress Centre Berlin
No of rooms and halls: 80
Main room Saal 1 and 2: 6500 seats
Seating Capacity: Up to 15,000
ECC Estrel Convention Centre
Main meeting room: 4000 seats
A Few Extra Touches - Berlin
- King "Friedrich II", Queen "Sophie Charlotte" and their "Lange Kerls (royal guard in historical costumes welcoming guests).
- Orgelrieke and Schiebermaxe, typical Berlin organ grinder and his singing lady providing old Berlin songs in historical costumes.
Welcome Gifts - Berlin
- "Berliner Bar", the Berliner teddy bear as the symbol of Berlin.
- Porcelain produced by KPM the royal porcelain manufacture, e.g. plates, vases, figures, cups etc.
- Picture or engraving of Berlin sights like the Brandenburg Gate in a frame.
Example Programme - Hamburg
Day One
Arrival at airport. Meet & Greet at the airport and transfer to your hotel. Check in.
City sightseeing tour of Hamburg.
Alternative: City Rally.
Guests will be introduced to the city in a special way. By using subways, buses and ships they visit the city highlights of Hamburg themselves. Elected teams are in competition to find the hidden "treasure".
Day Two
Breakfast at hotel. Morning at leisure and time for shopping in the elegant city centre and the many galleries of Hamburg.
Afternoon excursion to Lubeck and city sightseeing tour of this medieval Hanseatic City.
Evening "On board party".
Cruise through the illuminated port with music and entertainment. Lavish buffet and unlimited draught beer are offered.
Alternative for the evening: Visit of the musical Lion King with dinner in the Skyline restaurant.
Day Three
"Red-eye" trip to the "Hamburg Fish Market", the traditional Sunday morning meeting place for Hamburg's young and old who have partied the night away. Located at the harbour, this flea market offers everything from fresh tropical fruit to grandmother's old pillow lace.
Enjoy the Jazz brunch at the maritime Fish Auction Hall.
Return to hotel.
Checkout and transfer to Hamburg airport.
Suggested Sightseeing - Hamburg
HALF DAY TOURS
Hamburg city tour
Drive by deluxe coach and see the banks of the Alster lakes, the city centre, the port of Hamburg, the impressive villas along the Elbe river. Visit St. Michaelis church and enjoy a short organ recital with works by Johann Sebastian Bach. Continue to the historic 16th century Krameramtsstuben and visit Hamburg's city hall and its magnificent reception rooms.
Tour of the harbour
By bus to St. Pauli Landungsbrucken (landing stages). Boat trip through one of Europe's largest harbours. The Hamburg harbour is a universal harbour and offers an interesting insight into international goods transport - from traditional coffee warehouses to modern container terminals.
Tour of the Alster Lake
Hamburg, the city you can tour by ship - on the inner and outer Alster. You experience all the charm of the Alster with the lovely Alsterpark, the villas and sailing boats set against the panorama background of towers and church spires.
DAY EXCURSIONS
Lubeck
Coach drive to the old Hanseatic town of Lubeck. Sightseeing tour of Lubecks medieval town centre, St. Mary's church and the market square. Lunch in the historic restaurant "Schiffergesellshaft". Visit to the cafe "Niederegger", where the world famous marzipan specialities are offered. Return to Hamburg.
"Altes Land" on the lower Elbe
Coach trip to the "Altes Land", Europe's largest fruit-growing region. Drive along the Elbe dyke, past old farmhouses of the 17th and 18th centuries to York, Luhe and Stade. In Steinkirchen visit the old village with a beautiful organ made by the famous organ builder "Arp Schnittger". Short organ recital. Lunch in York at the historical restaurant "Altlander Hof" still part of a large fruit farm. Return to Hamburg.
Luneburg Heath
Drive to Luneburg. Visit the city, a fine sample of traditional North German brickwork. Lunch. Drive to Undeloh, a typical village on the edge of the Luneburg Heath nature reserve , one of the most attractive recreation areas in northern Germany. Walk to Wilsede, a village in the nature reserve area. Coffee break and ride in a horse-drawn carriage back to Undeloh.
Theme Party Ideas for Incentives - Hamburg
Hamburg Evening At Ancient Market Hall
The Ancient Market Hall built in 1884 and completely renovated in 1983. It is a beautiful building in an "Art Nouveau" style and located directly by the Elbe river. A theme party can be arranged:
Greeting by a Hamburg marching band and a special cocktail. Outside the building are bistro tables and sunshades. The hall inside is decorated in maritime style with fish-nets, surfing boards, seagulls and huge green plants. Market booths offer different kinds of food, several bars with different drinks. There are two stages for entertainment e.g. jazz bands, dance band and special highlights like a male choir singing shanties dressed like sailors. Special activity booths and strolling artists add to the entertainment. A highlight of the evening is a fireworks display on the Elbe river. 500-1500 guests.
Party at the "hanseviertel"
A private party will be arranged at the largest and exclusive shopping mall in Hamburg, the Hanseviertel. The stores remain open and will participate with their own activities, e.g. fashion-show, a human doll displayed in the window. The restaurants offer exclusive menus and beverages. Different areas have various shows and entertainment. 500 - 1000 guests.
Stortebeker's Seafarers Banquet
Stortebeker was a pirate who was hanged in Hamburg after he caused a lot of trouble to Hamburg's merchants. 4 hours cruise through the port of Hamburg with entertainment and adventure dinner in a very casual fun atmosphere.
Guests are welcomed with a glass of "Met", an original German drink. Every guest is individually introduced and greeted by a master of ceremonies. A historical German 5-course menu together with unlimited Hamburg beer, wine and non-alcoholic beverages is served. The waiters and the entertainer are dressed as pirates. The guests receive certain pirate rules according to which they should eat and behave.
The cruise takes the guests through the Hamburg port and continues on the Elbe River passing the impressive mansions of wealthy Hamburg merchants. 100-300 guests.
Convention Centre - Hamburg
CONGRESS CENTRUM HAMBURG
No of rooms: 23
Seating Capacity: Up to 17000
A Few Extra Touches - Hamburg
"Hummel Hummel", "Zitronenjette, "Koksch"
Hamburg originals in historical costumes welcoming guests and distributing gifts.
Welcome Gifts - Hamburg
- Miniature ships in a bottle e.g. Rickmer Rickmers "Brigg Hamburg" (with own company logo) in any size; in a treasure box.
- "Hummel" water carrier made of marzipan with his life story
- "The real Hamburger" made of marzipan with a description how it was born and became America's favourite fast food.