Messe Berlin Senior Vice President: Georgia’s Host Country status for ITB Berlin tourism fair “excellent choice”
David Ruetz, the Senior Vice President of Messe Berlin said choosing Georgia as the Host Country of the event had been an "excellent choice”. Photo: GNTA
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David Ruetz, the Senior Vice President of Messe Berlin, the fairgrounds hosting the major international tourism fair ITB Berlin, on Monday said choosing Georgia as the Host Country of the event had been an "excellent choice”.
The Georgian National Tourism Administration cited Ruetz as noting his confidence on the success of the Georgian programme for the Host Country status for the fair that will host dignitaries today and open its doors to general public on Tuesday.
I am sure that the tradition of Georgian hospitality will win the hearts of everyone at the exhibition [...] I expect that a lot of business contracts will be signed and Georgia will make many new friends", Ruetz said.
The Senior Vice President of the venue also noted his experience as a guest in Georgia in his visit to the country.
Running under the “Infinite Hospitality” theme to showcase Georgian tourism destinations, cuisine, culture and performing arts to visitors, the event will present various facets of the country over the next three days.
The fair will be opened by Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili and other officials with a “brilliant and spectacular” ceremony at CityCube Berlin.
About 2,500 guests will be involved in the 45-minute official opening show under the heading “Infinite Georgian Culture - From the Beginnings of Viticulture to Modern Avant-garde Art”. The main programme of the event will then run between Tuesday and Thursday.
Deborah Rothe, the Exhibition Director of ITB Berlin, a major international tourism fair that launching in the German capital on Monday, told Agenda.ge the show was putting the “spotlight” on Georgia through its Host Country status.
Today Berlin is preparing for the world's largest tourist exhibition, 2023 ITB Berlin, which will start on Monday with an official opening ceremony. Georgia has a special status at the international fair, featuring as the Host Country under the theme “Infinite Hospitality” at ITB Berlin this year. The advertising messages about Georgia and the images of its wonderful sights can be easily noticed by any visitor at the Berlin airport as well as in the streets of the city.
Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili, along with the delegation, left on Sunday for Berlin to launch 2023 ITB Berlin, the world’s leading travel trade show.
Georgian Deputy Economy Minister Mariam Kvrivishvili on Friday inspected the final preparatory works of the country’s stand for ITB Berlin, a major international tourism fair showcasing Georgia as the Host Country of the event launching next week, the Ministry of Economy said.
Georgian Economy Minister Levan Davitashvili on Monday credited the progress of the country’s tourism sector and the state’s “reliable partnership” as factors in it being granted the Host Country status for ITB Berlin, a major international tourism fair set to launch today in the German capital.
Georgian Economy Minister Levan Davitashvili on Monday highlighted Georgia’s achievements in tourism, economy, trade, transport, energy and other fields at a press briefing to about 200 figures from international media just hours before the opening gala of ITB Berlin, the world’s major international tourism fair that is showcasing Georgia as its Host Country in the German capital.
Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili on Monday highlighted Georgia as a historical “epicentre of many civilisations”, a “target of great empires” and “subject of disputes” between them “over millennia”, in his comments at the opening of ITB Berlin, a major international tourism fair featuring Georgia as the Host Country.
Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili on Monday told the audience of the opening event of ITB Berlin, a major international tourism fair featuring Georgia as the Host Country, that the country’s citizens were “directing all their efforts to the objective of becoming hosts in Europe”.
Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili on Monday highlighted the long-running tradition of winemaking on the territory of Georgia in his address at the formal launch of ITB Berlin, a major international tourism fair showcasing Georgia as the Host Country in the German capital.
Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili on Monday launched this year’s edition of ITB Berlin, a major international tourism fair running in the German capital and featuring Georgia as the Host Country, by highlighting hospitality as a “trademark” of the country to an audience of 2,500 in the opening event.
Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili on Wednesday received a letter of gratitude from management of the Messe Berlin fairgrounds in the German capital that hosted this year’s edition of the ITB Berlin tourism fair, with representatives of the venue noting the “outstanding effort” by Georgia in its capacity as the Host Country for the event.