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New date - BER to open in March 2013

visitBerlin: Berlin's new airport must pass safety tests before launch date

Berlin, 17 May 2012 The capital's new airport, Berlin Brandenburg (BER) will now open on 17 March next year. The new date was today announced by the Supervisory Board of Flughafen Berlin-Brandenburg GmbH after the opening scheduled for 3 June was postponed. "The ten-month postponement of the opening date is surprising and annoying," says Burkhard Kieker, CEO of visitBerlin. "It is now top priority to ensure that the airport is well prepared for the launch. We look forward to the opening of BER as it will greatly improve the accessibility of our city.

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Berlin Meets London

September 7th, 2011 - The Hospital Club, London

Berlin Meets London – © visitBerlin

The visitBerlin Berlin Convention Office and 15 venue, dmc and industry partners invited you to come and explore the capital of Germany at our exclusive London event and uncover all of our hidden gems, each of them unique and the perfect host for meetings of every kind and inspirational incentives - and you all came!

Thank you for accepting our invitation - we hope you had an informative and relaxed Berlin evening in London!

For those who could not attend:
Are you familiar with Berlin? If you are…do you also know all about our unique, diverse and undiscovered neighbourhoods? …like the hip and cool Prenzlauer Berg, the green open space and facilities of Tiergarten or southern Berlin where in June 2012, our new international airport will open its doors?

Do not hesitate to contact us:
Becky Smith / Lisa Stewart (from 16 Sept on)
UK-representative of the
Berlin Convention Office
T: 020 8334 7026
E: lisaathumewhitehead [dot] co [dot] uk
www.convention.visitBerlin.de

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