The 123rd general meeting of the German National Tourist Board (DZT) decided on numerous new appointments in the top bodies of the organization at its meeting on November 12th.
New members of the Board of Directors
There are new elected members of the 18-strong Board of Directors
- Dr. Roland Mack, managing partner of Europapark GmbH & Co Mack KG
- Reinhard Meyer, President of the German Tourism Association (DTV)
- Monika Wiederhold, Chairman of the Management Board of Amadeus Germany GmbH
As members of the board of directors are set qua office
- As a representative of the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy: Ministerialdirigentin Dagmar Rothacher, Head of Subdivision ID, Task Force Affairs of the New Federal States
- As a representative of the Federal Ministry of Finance: Ministerialrat Markus Siebels, Head of Division II A3, General Unit for Budget Law and Budget Systematics, budgetary issues of federal participations
- As political representative of the federal states:
Hubert Aiwanger, Minister of State in the Bavarian State Ministry for Economic Affairs, Regional Development and Energy
Were re-elected as members of the Board of Directors
- Heike Birlenbach, Senior Vice President Sales Lufthansa Group & Chief Commercial Officer Lufthansa Airline Deutsche Lufthansa AG,
- Andreas Braun, Managing Director Tourismus Marketing GmbH Baden-Württemberg
- Armin Dellnitz, CEO of Magic Cities Germany eV,
- Thomas Ellerbeck, Mitglied des Group Executive Committee – Group Director Corporate & External Affairs TUI Group
- Benedikt Esser, President RDA – Internationaler Busouristik Verband eV,
- Norbert Fiebig, President DRV Deutscher ReiseVerband eV
- Brigitte Goertz-Meissner, President of the German Spas Association,
- Karina Kaestner, Head of Partner Management DB Vertrieb GmbH,
- Andreas von Puttkamer, Head of Aviation Airport Munich GmbH
- Regine Sixt, Senior Executive Vice President SIXT International Marketing SIXT SE
- Dr. Volker Treier, Head of Foreign Trade, Member of the Management Board of the German Chamber of Commerce and Industry (DIHK)
- Guido Zöllick, President of the German Hotel and Restaurant Association (DEHOGA).
Immediately after the election, the Board of Directors unanimously confirmed Brigitte Goertz-Meissner as President from among its members. Vice-presidents are Minister of State Hubert Aiwanger, Reinhard Meyer, President DTV, and Guido Zöllick, President DEHOGA.
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Reformed Marketing Committee
According to the statutes, the Marketing Committee advises the Executive Board of the GNTB on fundamental questions of marketing, advertising and public relations, in particular on product, sales and communication strategies. In addition to representatives of the “classic members”, there are eight heads of marketing organizations in the federal states who are delegated by the Federal-State Committee “Tourism” (BLA). Accordingly, in the next three-year term of office, the federal states will be sent to the marketing committee that were not represented there during the past term of office.
In addition, up to five people who have particular experience in tourism marketing can be chosen. The General Assembly unanimously accepted the proposal of the Board of Directors, Axel Biermann, Managing Director Ruhr Tourismus GmbH, Volker Bremer, Managing Director / Head of Destination Management & Services Leipzig Tourismus und Marketing GmbH, Christian Martin Lukas, Managing Director Lübeck and Travemünde Marketing GmbH and Thorsten Rudolph, CEO Hochschwarzwald Tourismus GmbH to be newly appointed to the Marketing Committee. Yvonne Coulin, managing director of the Nuremberg Congress and Tourism Office, was re-confirmed as a member of the committee.
New election of the advisory board
According to the GNTB’s statutes, the Advisory Board ensures constant links to the practice of tourism through suggestions, exchanges of experience and expert contributions. The members of the advisory board are representatives of federal and state politics as well as the sponsoring members. At the proposal of the Board of Directors, the General Assembly elected eight representatives from companies and associations to the committee. New members of the advisory board are Prof. Dr. Bernd Eisenstein, Director DITF German Institute for Tourism Research, Karina Kaestner, Head of Partner Management DB Vertrieb GmbH, Prof. Dr. Harald Zeiss, Professor of Tourism Management, Focus on Sustainability at the Harz University of Applied Sciences. You take on the voluntary work of people who were no longer available for election due to reasons of age or professional changes.
Dirk Binding, Head of the Digital Economy, Infrastructure, Regional Policy (DIR) German Chamber of Industry and Commerce (DIHK) eV was elected as Chairman of the Advisory Board. 1st Deputy Chairman is Burkhard Kieker, CEO Berlin Tourismus & Kongress GmbH – visitBerlin, and 2nd Deputy Chairman is Brigitte Goertz-Meissner, President of the German Spa Association.
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