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Photo: Golden Tulip Berlin
Unified standards
The catalogue of criteria from certified conference hotels is unerring, the feedback
from the auditors invaluable. Some hotel directors are receiving more enquiries.
n Guarantee. “The criteria for being accepted as a Certified Conference
Hotel are tremendously decisive for us. They are very detailed and
professionally geared to the conference customer. We want to fulfil these
requirements,” says Director Evelyn Schönherr-Knaak, justifying her decision
for the seal of quality. Her four star Golden Tulip Berlin Hotel Hamburg,
after all, was gutted, renovated, and expanded with a conference
centre. She has managed her hotel as a Certified Conference Hotel
since June 2010 and has registered a “very positive reaction” from conference
customers. Providing current and future customers with a guar-
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Certified Product
Geprüft: das Golden Tulip
Berlin Hotel Hamburg
mit neuem Convention
Center auf der elften Etage.
Tested: The Golden Tulip
Berlin — Hotel Hamburg with
its new congress centre.
antee of the quality of his meeting product motivated General Manager
Erich Bänziger to certify the Radisson Blu Düsseldorf in 2008. His competitor,
the Hilton Düsseldorf, likewise belongs to Certified Conference
Hotels, and with space for 1,300 participants is among the largest venues
in the city. In order to meet the standards for illumination and energy
efficiency the lighting was replaced in the large ballroom and the
Rheinlandsaal room.
In addition to the chain hotels, the individual hotels also want to highlight
their conference facilities, such as – since January – the Ost- ��
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