Environmentally friendly Berlin is the main theme at Meeting Place Berlin 2009.

The workshop for the international planners of conventions and meetings is being staged until 6 July in the Technology Museum. Berlin providers have an opportunity to showcase their services, including climate protection measures, to more than 150 participants. Furthermore, the Berlin Convention Office, the event organiser, presents its new Internet platform www.berlin-green-meetings.de.

Numerous Berlin providers, who already engage in ecological practices, are presented in a transparent manner on the website “Berlin Green Meetings”. A total of 13 sections, which range from convention agencies to venues, make it easy for users to find what they are looking for. Potential customers can see from a questionnaire completed by the companies which environmentally friendly practices they engage in.

The Berlin Convention Office of Berlin Tourismus Marketing GmbH (BTM) developed the website in cooperation with Berlin Preferred Agencies. BTM CEO Burkhard Kieker, “Berlin is green – not just in the spring. Ecological awareness is growing as is the keen interest of Meeting Place participants in environmentally friendly venues and accommodation. The Berlin Convention Office has responded to this positive development by creating a virtual platform - “Berlin Green Meetings”. The format is unique in Europe and provides information on the green side to the meeting and convention industry.”