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BERLIN-Brandenburg Place to be for media!

BERLIN-Brandenburg Media & Creative Industry Capital Region?

30,000 companies, a workforce of over 220,000 and roughly € 20 billion in annual revenues

135,000 Berliners work in more than 10,000 companies

Highest concentration of national media institutions from all media sectors

Media and IT cluster with 17,000 companies and a workforce of over 170,000

BERLIN-Brandenburg Publishing Most varied newspaper region and Germany’s strongest publishing location

Headquarters of important associations: German Newspaper Publishers Association (BDZV), Association of Newspaper Publishers (VDZ), Federal Press Conference Association (BPK)

Germany’s second largest concentration of publishers - roughly 500

About 800 printing companies

9,000 new books published annually

Editorial offices of over 90 regional newspapers and more than 20 national newspapers

Workforce of roughly 38,000 in the print and publishing industry

Annual revenues of € 4.9 billion

BERLIN-Brandenburg Web 2.0 & Mobile Communication

Capital of innovative new companies in the field of Web 2.0, games and mobile communications

Active start-up community

important networks

Wide spectrum of educational facilities and research institutes

More than 50 companies focussed on mobile entertainment and mobile communities

Important industry gatherings: animago AWARD, Viral Video Award and MobileMonday

BERLIN-Brandenburg Communications | Design IT | Telecommunications

International community with unique creative potential

Strongest design/advertising cluster in Germany with annual revenues of € 1.6 billion

Berlin recognised by UNESCO as an official »City of Design«

More than 5,200 companies with about 61,000 employees

Annual revenues of approx. € 10.1 billion

Strong initiatives and networks

Largest pool of IT and telecommunications professionals in Germany

Important industry events

Berlin Convention Office YOUR advantages

Hotel service Individual, convenient, time-saving

Venue finder

Incentives

Public Transportation

Extraordinary venues for your site event

Your exceeding Berlin experience

Easy access plus savings

Eventlocation Flughafen Tempelhof 3,700 pax theatre style // 2,000 pax banquet // 3,800 pax maximum capacity (Hangar 2)

Bode-Museum 140 pax dinner // 200 pax reception // 300 pax maximum capacity

Die Münze Berlin 2,000 square meters // 1,500 pax maximum capacity Große Orangerie / Schloss Charlottenburg 600 pax dinner // 1000 pax reception // 2000 pax maximum capacity

axica Berlin 500 pax theatre style// 250 pax banquet // 600 pax maximum capacity

Spindler & Klatt 300 pax dinner // 1,300 pax reception // 1,500 pax maximum capacity

Die Münze Berlin 2,000 square meters // 1,500 pax maximum capacity

Berlin Convention Office YOUR advantages - BerlinCentives

Trabi-Safari

Badeschiff

Video bus tour

Berliner Unterwelten

Gastro Rallyes

Berlin Convention Office YOUR advantages – Public Transportation

individually & cost-effectively

enables free travel

over 200 sales reduction partners

discounts at least 25% , up to 50%

Pocket guide in 4 languages

Benefit as a reseller

Why Berlin?

Reasons to come to Berlin?

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Berlin among the world‘s top 5 congress destinations

the greenest metropolis in Europe (40 % of its surface)

Berlin has one of the most state-of-the-art hotel landscapes in Europe with a total capacity of more than 115,000 beds

Favourable price-performance ration BUT high professional service

Easy and affordable access from all over the world and outstanding infrastructure on-site

Most prominent and internationally appealing media locations

has undergone more changes in recent years than any other European capital; it is still changing today

outstanding sights, culture and > 1,000 events daily

a modern metropolis of world-class standing

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