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Check out Krakow & Warsaw – “Polished” Incentives!

Saturday, June 4th, 2016

Warsaw is the „phoenix” of Europe, a city that has literally risen from ashes, completely destroyed during WWII and later meticulously rebuilt.

Warsaw is now one of the quirkiest capitals you could ever imagine.  This new cosmopolitan heart of Central Europe is a perfect symbol of history – through renaissance architecture, modernism, Soviet-era concrete to modern skyscrapers, the city has seen it all and is now the most architecturally diverse city in Europe.

Whether you’re looking for a party on the beach, great pub crawl, vodka tasting, historical sightseeing or a DJ party on the 40th floor of Marriott Hotel – it is all there for you!

Simply download the pdf file below to view Poland Concept DMC Incentive Experiences

Warsaw, Poland Sample Incentive Programme


 

Krakow, one of the top destinations recommended by Lonely Planet and is definitely the most popular tourist destination in Poland.  Its artsy, colourful and vivid Old Town is easy to fall in love with at the first sight.

Krakow was the capital of Poland until the 15th century and the seat of Polish kings – the Wawel castle is a great historical landmark. Kraków has survived both World Wars without any major damage and presents some of the finest examples of Renaissance architecture. It has the biggest Market Square in Europe.

Krakow has an extensive Jewish heritage – make sure to visit the Kazimierz district just a few steps away from the Old Town. Narrow cobbled stone streets, synagogues and cosy cafes will take you back in time to the Bohemian era of Kraków.

Simply download the pdf file below to view Poland Concept DMC Incentive Experiences

Krakow, Poland Sample Incentive Programme

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Look at Italy – Inspiring Rome!! Special Incentive & Conference Offers

Thursday, March 3rd, 2016

Rome, Italy, Incentives, Meetings, ConferencesCheck out Welcome Italy DMC Special Incentive and Meeting Offers for Rome

Simply download the PDF file below to view Welcome Italy DMC Special Offers for Incentives and Conferences

Rome Special Offer – Incentive Packages

Rome Special Offer Meetings and Conferences

When in Rome you can “do as the Romans do” or if it is for Meetings, Incentives, Conferences and Events why not “do Rome” the Welcome Italy way??

Romantic Rome of where it is said “a lifetime is not enough” and “Rome is the world’s largest open air museum”. Rome, a place of fashion, food and fun: a filmmaker’s city: home to The Vatican: a photogenic city where ancient and modern meet. A city made for Meetings, Incentives, Conferences and Events. Just add great Destination Management from Welcome Italy DMC.

Rome a city where hearts, minds, religion and business meet and interact with culture, history, fashion and art and do so with a Latin tempo and a real passion for life.

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Wroclaw’s Wonder Water World

Thursday, January 21st, 2016

“The bronze dwarfs give you the first clue that Wroclaw is no ordinary city. They lurk all over the place, carousing outside pubs, snoring at the doors of hotels, peeking out from behind the bars of the old city jail.” David Hewson

Wroclaw has been washed and rewashed by the warring tides of European history and has belonged to many nations/empires.

Despite that Wroclaw, once described as “the holy blossom of Europe, a beautiful gem among cities”, (source unknown), the city still blossoms. Perhaps the most appropriate blossom would be a lotus flower, beautiful, exotic and water borne. Wroclaw from a boat’s deck appears to be a lotus city, a flower floating on water.

Wroclaw is worth the visit just for its setting and picturesque buildings. However, it is also a party/nightlife city, fuelled by a large student population, a foodies’ city and a place of elegant shops and great entertainment.

Hardly surprising it is European Capital of Culture 2016. It is also a great MICE destination.

And for incentive travel groups that have 4 or more days it pairs well with Prague. Poland Concept DMC can make the road trip to Prague fun – a drive into the mountains, lunch, an activity and on to Prague for a one or two night stay.

And here is a small sample of activities Poland Concept DMC can provide:

Discovering the city of 100 bridges – cruise on Odra river

  • Gondola Lift ride in Wrocław Riese Project
  • Discovering hidden bunkers and Hitler’s HQ around Wroclaw
  • Quads Adventure in the Owl Mountains – visit to the Książ Castle
  • Wineworkshops at Adoria Vineyard
  • Prague on segways – get to know the charm of the Czech capital

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Warsaw is WOW

Thursday, January 21st, 2016

Warsaw – A Welcome Wow great for corporate conferences, incentive travel and more.

“So I stopped in my tracks when I turned a corner and saw a range of pastels — cream, peach, blue, light green — on façades that had previously been uniformly grey concrete, crumbling with neglect. It was quite like spring.” (Martin Sandbu author)

Spring has moved into high summer. Warsaw has turned from ashen phoenix to a city of many colours and shade. The “Old City” is a delight with back streets, hidden coffee shops and more.

Warsaw has become a food lovers’ city, a party city, a corporate conference and travel incentive city, a shoppers’ city, a city of jazz and blues, museums and more. Stay in the grand old Bristol or perhaps the new Raffles, due to open soon or check out one of the many boutique hotels.

And while Warsaw can offer more than enough to fill the days of a longer incentive why not take a vintage car rally/day out on the Mazury lakes!!

Mazury lakes are a fresh water lover’s paradise so for sailing, fishing, canoeing and more amidst rolling verdant hills and forests this is an excellent day out from Warsaw.

There are many lakes connected by a network of canals and rivers.

And to give you a taste of combining Warsaw & Mazury, these are just a few of the activities Poland Concept DMC can offer:

  • Communist Warsaw Tour on board local vintage buses
  • Vistula River Cruise & watersports act
  • Military Day –off road / mine defusing / military camp games
  • Warsaw City Game – discover the city of Chopin
  • Privatised Beach Party – relax on the banks of Vistula river
  • Rooftop bar experience – enjoy Warsaw’s nightlife up in the sky
  • Visit to the Chopin house & piano concert
  • Vintage tram ride through Warsaw
  • Yachting at Sniardwy Lake & balloon flight over Mazury region
  • Visit the eery Wolf’s Lair – Hitlers home for most of WW2

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Kicking Back in Krakow

Thursday, January 21st, 2016

“Krakow is one of my favorite places on earth. It is a medieval city full of young people. A wonderful, striking combination.” (Jonathan Carrol: USA Author)

Krakow is possibly the best place in Poland to party!! And for incentive travel groups there are a number of new boutique hotels that are in “historic” converted properties.

Krakow is many things to many people; from international students to millions of tourists to conference delegates, ICE Krakow Congress Centre and incentive travel visitors.

And to provide contrast to your city incentive stay check out Zakopane in the Tatra Mountains.

Poland shares Europe’s second biggest mountain range with other central European countries and Poland’s share has six peaks over 2,000 metres – so a good place for winter sports.

But there is so much more outside of winter – from rafting to hiking, from visiting pretty spa towns and villages to meeting Poland’s mountain people, who have a preserved culture apart from the rest of Poland.

And to give a flavour of what you might do in Kraków & Zakopane: (see more)

  • Horse-drawn carriage ride through the Old Town of Kraków
  • Jewish Trail at Kazimierz District
  • Ship Cruise along Vistula River & discovering the Wawel Castle – the seat of Polish kings
  • Miner’s Tour at Wieliczka Salt Mine – the oldest operating salt mine in Europe – 330m below the ground!
  • Muchelin fine dining without giving your wallet heartburn
  • Rafting on Dunajec River towards Zakopane
  • Quads Adventure in Tatra Mountains
  • Snow Safari – winter expedition around Zakopane
  • Mountain Folk Games in Zakopane – discover the folklore of Polish mountains
  • Mountain Spa visit

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Exciting Destination News From Welcome Italy & Welcome Swiss

Wednesday, January 6th, 2016

Breaking News from Italy and Switzerland

Italy – a crossroads of artistic, innovative and ancient wonders!

Switzerland – small is beautiful!

Read all about it in The Switzerlander and Welcome Italy Times!

Simply download the PDF files below, sit back, relax & enjoy the read.

Journal Winter – Switzerland

Journal Winter – Italy……

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Deutschland: Destination Different – Lubeck

Friday, October 16th, 2015

 

#incentiveslubeck, #hamburg, #incentivesgermany, #teambuildinggermanyLubeck, a lovely river island medieval gem!

The entire Lubeck old city is deservedly a UNESCO Heritage Site.

In under one hour travel time from Hamburg, your delegate group can literally be transported back in time to visit the medieval gem that is Lubeck.

The old city is enclosed by the river Trave and this in turn connects to Ratzeburger Lake via the Wakenitz River. If you are holding a conference or incentive in Hamburg and looking for a team building day or incentive activity day Lubeck has a lot to offer.

A perfect city to explore in one day, from an early morning marzipan coffee to a myriad of hidden courtyards and alleyways (some just big enough to walk down) and 1,000 protected buildings. The city spans the middle-ages with Gothic, Renaissance, Baroque and Classical buildings; old merchant houses, churches, cathedral and more.

Old Lubeck is less than six kilometres square but it packs a historic punch that rivals many bigger cities.

So if you are looking for water based activities, either team building or just fun, what better backdrop could you want!

Perhaps you need a high energy competitive activity – Dragon Boat racing! Or, if more sedate is preferred, sail or canoe on the Ratzeburger Lake or sail down to the Baltic Sea.

Alternatively test your raft building skill on the Trave or your navigational skills in the alleys, courtyards and green spired churches of the old city.

Or be very different and hit the bullseye with night time archery!!

For lunch it would be a shame not to favour fish as the Baltic, lake and rivers offer such fresh fish. If fish is not on your menu why not time travel with a medieval banquet?

 

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Traditional Currywurst Recipe

Tuesday, July 14th, 2015

Did you know that the currywurst was invented in Berlin in 1949?

The currywurst is an icon of German popular culture. Former Chancellor Gerhard Schröder is a noted fan of currywurst. By tradition, every candidate for Bürgermeister (mayor) of Berlin is photographed at a currywurst stand. More than 800 Million are eaten each year in Germany

The invention of currywurst is attributed to Herta Heuwer in Berlin in 1949 after she obtained ketchup (or possibly Worcestershire sauce) and curry powder from British soldiers in Germany. She mixed these ingredients with other spices and poured it over grilled pork sausage. Heuwer started selling at a street stand in Berlin where it became popular with construction workers rebuilding the devastated city. She patented her sauce, called Chillup, in 1951.

Ingredients

For 4 People

4 brewed veal sausages

6 tablespoons olive oil

1 red onion

1 red chilli pepper

20g fresh ginger

2-3 tsp hot curry powder

150 ml Cola

3 doses lumpy tomato (each 400 g )

salt

sugar

Preparation (30 minutes)

1. Cut sausages on both sides several times and fry in 3 tablespoons medium heated olive oil from both sides until golden brown.

2. Meanwhile, finely dice the onion and chilli pepper. Fry in 3 tablespoons olive oil. Peel the ginger, grate it finely and sauté together with the curry powder. Deglaze and boil up with cola. Add tomatoes, heat it all through and season to taste with salt and 1 pinch of sugar.

3. Cut the sausages into slices, serve with the sauce and serve sprinkled with curry powder. Serve with fries. 

Bon appetit!

Or maybe you want to enjoy the wide range of the traditional Berlin Currywurst directly in Germany? The event locationDeutsches Currywurst Museum Berlin provides an extraordinary ambiance for different events which can be booked exclusively:

http://currywurstmuseum.com/en/

 

 

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Join us as a Hosted Buyer at The Meetings Show

Wednesday, May 6th, 2015

The Meetings Show just gets better each year!

GTAssociates is delighted to be once again organising Hosted Buyers for this year’s Meetings Show 7 – 9 July 2015.

More overseas exhibitors and destinations for 2015 – they travel – so unlike overseas Exhibitions you do not have to take a flight.

And….. if you are based outside Greater London enjoy one of the best Hosted Buyer complimentary experiences through  GTAssociates and The Meetings Show; with options to:

On Tuesday night “Dine with Melia White House” hosted by Melia. Melia White House will soon be completing a major revamp of their main bar – check it out with us in July. The bar will e-emerge as a Martini Bar.

And take in the stunning views from London’s No 1 Roof Bar at ME London while enjoying post dinner drinks with co-hosts Melia and GTA DMCs.

Alternatively, on Wednesday, “Dine Around The Taj” at St James Court.  Experience a course in each restaurant, including the Michelin starred Quilon where you can journey to the South West coast of India. Hosted by Taj Hotels.

Before dinner enjoy Welcome drinks/canapes courtesy of GTA’s DMCs and enjoy post dinner drinks in St James’s magnificent courtyard or on the terrace.

The Meetings Show provide 1 or 2 nights complimentary accommodation (B&B) plus travel, Hosted Buyer Lounge with lunch and free Wi-Fi plus a number of networking events.

GTA and our DMCs will provide transport, with a surprise, throughout each evening.

Plus should you wish you can meet some of our DMCs for an update on their destinations during the Show.

We would be delighted to host you at this key event.  For details on how to register contact Stephanie or Alan.

See you at the Meetings Show if not before!


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Meet Begum Azazi – g2o Turkey DMC

Tuesday, April 21st, 2015

With a healthy appetite for extreme sports, clean living, life-changing travel (plus a small serving of baklava for dessert!), we’re delighted to introduce Begum Azazi, Senior Project Manager for g2o Turkey as our DMC Team Member of the Month.

In her role as Senior Project Manager you’ll find Begum managing projects end-to-end on time, to brief and on budget! Begum is a natural problem solver and has a keen eye for detail, ensuring all technical and logistical elements of a project dovetail perfectly.

Pet Loves: Nature, the sea, travelling, family & friends, music, swimming, cross-fit, reading and ahem, extreme sports – Begum has already experienced scuba diving, bungee jumping, parasailing and has her sights set on skydiving as the next challenge!

Pet Loathes: May we hazard a guess at cross-stitch and watching daytime TV Begum?!

Favourite Food: Although Begum is a self-confessed sports addict and healthy eating is a way of life, she simple cannot resist dark chocolate, baklava and kebab

Favourite Actor: Keanu Reeves

Favourite Music: Rock, Indie and Alternative – Pink Floyd is a top favourite band and Begum has fabulous memories of when frontman Roger Waters performed at a concert in Istanbul in August 2013

Favourite Holiday Destination: Begum experienced her very own road trip over the West Coast of the USA last summer which started in Seattle, visited the coasts of California, Oregon, and passed along the desserts of Arizona and Nevada. Begum fondly refers to this experience as “the holiday of my life”.

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