Convention Market in Germany on a Roll
According to the German Convention Bureau Germany is in comparison to worldwide Meeting and event destinations placed second after the U.S. When excellent technical equipment and room infrastructure, good accessibility and an excellent price to value ratio are required from a conference destination Germany and Maritim meet the brief.
Maritim Hotels achieved an increase in 2007 for conference business and recorded 570.000 overnights in the Meeting & Convention Business segment. In comparison to the same period of last year, 2008 the average percentage of international guests increased to 30.4 percent, mainly from the USA, Great Britain, Switzerland and Japan.
Since 1969 Maritim has specialized in the Conference & Congress market and has been able to achieve a well respected position in the European hotel market. Excellent Conference hotels centrally located in essential destinations is one of Maritim unique selling points and reason for their success. Maritim today offers 37 German properties in all important cities from Berlin to Hamburg, Cologne, Frankfurt, Stuttgart and Munich.
Many international companies trust the congress know how and experience of Maritim Hotels. Household named international companies from the IT-sector repeated their large congresses with Maritim again this year.
With the unique concept of “Conference and living under one roof” Maritim delivers not only large congresses but also small meetings and events for up to 50 people. In order to meet the increased demand for innovative meetings and events for up to 100 people Maritim uses its experience to offer customized and flexible solutions.
Maritim has increased its coverage in Germany and opened a new property in Dusseldorf in December 2007, with direct access to the Airport-Terminal. It is the largest congress hotel in North Rhine-Westphalia and has 533 rooms and Suites as well as conference capacity for up to 5.500 people in two large conference halls and 21 further conference rooms and conference suites.
