The German National Tourist Board (GNTB) will be hosting the 37th GTM in Cologne along with Köln Tourismus GmbH and Tourismus & Congress GmbH Region Bonn/Rhein-Sieg/Ahrweiler. The two-day workshop, which forms the main element of the world’s largest B2B marketplace for inbound tourism in Germany, will take place at the exhibition centre in Cologne.
It will be the sixth time that participants from all over the world descend on the Cologne/Bonn region to find out about Destination Germany’s latest products and services as well as about trends and developments in Germany’s incoming tourism industry.
This year’s GTM will focus in particular on the “health and wellness” theme for 2011. Germany will be also showcasting itself as the home of the automobile to tie in with the 125th anniversary of the car. Visitors to the country will be able to experience its passion for sport under the banner “the beautiful side of 20eleven!™”- the official slogan of the FIFA Women’s World Cup 2011 ™, which will take place in nine German cities between 26 June and 17 July 2011.