Articles tagged “berlin”

Online Travel

Skift Travel Megatrend for 2016: Smart Cities Are Now Platforms

Cities often tell us more than we know what to do with, but with the right thinking this surfeit of intelligence can be turned into an exceptional opportunity to distinguish destinations.

Greg Oates, Skift | 8 years ago

Tourism

Berlin’s Tourists Are More Geek Than Cool, More Business Than Party

Berlin is projected to be a hipster haven filled with young creatives and partiers; however, the majority of its tourism wealth comes from well-off travelers interested in a mix of what the city has to offer.

Samantha Shankman, Skift | 9 years ago

Tourism

Interview: Visit Berlin CEO on Capitalizing on the City’s Zeitgeist

Berlin doesn't have to raise awareness of its product as much as reinforce its already strong branding and keep the peace at home to make sure a tourists' positive perceptions match reality on the ground.

Samantha Shankman, Skift | 9 years ago

Tourism

The Tourism Benefits of Being Called the ‘Next Berlin’

No matter whether it's hype or reality, these "next" titles get cities into headlines, conversations, and Instagram feeds further fueling their recognition and desirability.

Samantha Shankman, Skift | 9 years ago

Tourism

Interview: German Tourism CEO Talks Diversity and Trends

Rather than push tourists away, Germany's complicated history - and more recent revitalization - is what draws them in. It's the tourism board's challenge to make sure Berlin and Munich aren't the only places that benefit.

Samantha Shankman, Skift | 9 years ago

Airlines

Best Travel Ads This Week: How to Make World Capitals Look Sexy or Sad

Samantha Shankman, Skift | 11 years ago

Ground Transport

Berlin becomes world’s largest car-sharing city with new one-way routes

Car manufacturers are driving the revolution in car-sharing by catering to a new generation of city-dwellers that don’t want to own a car but the flexibility to easily rent one.

Skift | 11 years ago

Airlines

Berlin’s beleaguered airport has new problem: Planners forgot about wildlife

If Berlin's airport continues its long string of opening delays, perhaps the wildlife it is accused of not accounting for will become extinct. Problem solved?

Ilona Wissenbach and Markus Wacket, Reuters | 11 years ago

Hotels

Berlin adds 5 percent hotel tax in time for summer tourism boom

Tourism is one of Berlin’s largest profit drivers and few international tourists, often one-timers, will notice the spike in their hotel bills.

Associated Press | 11 years ago

Airlines

Berlin’s airport fiasco: The fall of German engineering?

Municipalities that meddle in airport construction and management never succeed. Airports need to be managed by professionals, not political cronies -- even German ones.

Leon Mangasarian, Bloomberg | 11 years ago