Messe Berlin Managing Director highlights ITB Berlin tourism fair visitors’ experience of Georgia
Dirk Hoffmann, the Managing Director of Messe Berlin fairgrounds said he was glad to see Georgia as the Host Country of the event. Photo: PM's press office
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Dirk Hoffmann, the Managing Director of Messe Berlin fairgrounds that are hosting this year’s edition of the ITB Berlin tourism fair, on Monday said he was glad to see Georgia as the Host Country of the event.
Speaking at the opening gala for the fair on Monday, Hoffmann said he hoped the showcase of Georgia at the three-day event would mean “we will all be more willing” to visit “this wonderful country”.
I am glad that we are all meeting each other and I would like to congratulate all the countries and especially the host country, Georgia and its Prime Minister, Irakli Garibashvili. Thank you very much for being with us today, Mr. Prime Minister”, Hoffmann tweeted.
Positive outlooks on tourism here at the official opening gala by #Georgia from leading names in politic & tourism: "Travel can help maintain peace" (Dirk Hoffmann, Managing Director @MesseBerlin) Julia Simpson, President & CEO @WTTC: "Demand for travel is stronger than ever" pic.twitter.com/QO5bDlhtsx
— ITB Berlin (@ITB_Berlin) March 6, 2023
Hoffmann featured in the fair’s official opening ceremony on Monday night, which also involved Garibashvili, Robert Habeck, the German Vice Chancellor and Federal Minister for Economic Affairs and Climate Action and Berlin Mayor Franziska Giffey.
Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili on Tuesday officially launched the ITB Berlin, a major international tourism fair that showcases Georgia as its Host Country in the 2023 edition, under the theme “Infinite Hospitality”, at the country’s stand in Berlin.
Norbert Fiebig, the President of the German Travel Association, on Tuesday praised the “very impressive” opening event for ITB Berlin, a major international tourism fair that showcases Georgia as its Host Country in the 2023 edition.
Georgian-German economic relations, priority areas of cooperation and ways of further developing them were discussed on Tuesday by Georgian Economy Minister Levan Davitashvili and Robert Habeck, the Vice Chancellor of Germany on the sidelines of ITB Berlin, a major tourism fair showcasing Georgia as the Host Country in the German capital.
Robert Habeck, the German Vice Chancellor and Federal Minister for Economic Affairs and Climate Action, on Monday praised the legacy of Georgia’s 1918-1921 Republic by saying the country had “laid the foundation for democracy” with the experiment, in comments at the opening event of the ITB Berlin tourism fair showcasing Georgia as the Host Country.
Georgia is “one of the safest countries” and enjoying “one of the fastest-growing” economies, Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili said on Monday at the opening event for the ITB Berlin international tourism fair that is showcasing Georgia as its Host Country in the German capital.
Zurab Pololikashvili, the Secretary-General of the United Nations World Tourism Organisation, on Monday expressed his “deep gratitude” to the Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili for the country’s “esteemed hosting” of ITB Berlin, a major international tourism fair running in the German capital through Thursday.
Berlin Mayor Franziska Giffey on Monday welcomed a Georgian delegation and the country’s Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili to the launch of ITB, a major international tourism fair celebrating Georgia as its Host Country, and expressed a “great desire” to make “Georgians feel at home in Berlin”.
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 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.