World City Guide

Business Services

Business Contacts
Industrie- und Handelskammer zu Berlin
Ludwig Erhard Haus, Fasanenstrasse 85, 10623 Berlin
Tel: (030) 3151 0333. Fax: (030) 3151 0106.
Website: www.berlin.ihk.de

German-British Chamber of Industry and Commerce (UK)
Mecklenburg House, 16 Buckingham Gate, London SW1E 6LB
Tel: (020) 7976 4100. Fax: (020) 7976 4101.
E-mail: mail@ahk-london.co.uk
Website: www.germanbritishchamber.co.uk

German-American Chamber of Commerce (USA)
12 East 49th Street, 24th Floor - Sky Lobby, New York, NY 10017
Tel: (212) 974 8830. Fax: (212) 974 8867.
E-mail: info@gaccny.com
Website: www.gaccny.com

Canadian-German Chamber of Industry and Commerce (Canada)
Suite 1410, 480 University Avenue, Toronto, Ontario M5G 1V2
Tel: (416) 598 3355. Fax: (416) 598 1840.
E-mail: info.toronto@germanchamber.ca
Website: www.germanchamber.ca

German-Australian Chamber of Commerce (Australia)
Level 2, St Andrews House, Sydney Square, Sydney, NSW 2000
Tel: (02) 9265 2200. Fax: (02) 9265 2211.
E-mail: info@germany.org.au
Website: www.germany.org.au

Business Services
Business library
Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung
(German Institute for Economic Research)
Street address: Königin-Luise-Strasse 5, 14195 Berlin
Postal address: Postfach, 14191 Berlin
Tel: (030) 897 890. Fax: (030) 8978 9200.
E-mail: postmaster@diw.de
Website: www.diw.de

Convention and meeting planner
Berlin Tourismus Marketing
Am Karlsbad 11, 10785 Berlin
Tel: (030) 2647 4827. Fax: (030) 2647 48924.
E-mail: meeting@btm.de
Website: www.btm.de or www.berlin-tourism.de

The Conference and Conventions Department can arrange accommodation, conference planning and catering for conference delegates.

Convention and meeting venues
Internationales Congress Centrum (ICC) Berlin
Messe Berlin GmbH
Messedamm 22, 14055 Berlin
Tel: (030) 3038 3000. Fax: (030) 3038 3030.
E-mail: icc-berlin-sales@messe-berlin.de
Website: www.icc-berlin.de

80 halls and rooms, with a capacity of 5000 in the largest. Facilities include simultaneous translation, video, slide and film (up to 70mm) projection, the second-largest stage in Europe, restaurants, shops, banking facilities, press and media room and VIP lounges. It can accommodate events combining trade fair and congress, as it is directly linked to the 160,000-sq-metre (1.7-million-sq-ft) exhibition grounds.

Velodrom and Max-Schmeling-Halle
Velomax Berlin Hallenbetriebs GmbH
Am Falkplatz, 10437 Berlin
Tel: (030) 443 045. Fax: (030) 4430 4709.
E-mail: info@velomax.de
Website: www.velomax.de

These are Berlin’s two largest events venues, each comprising an arena and adjacent function rooms. Both venues are in Prenzlauerberg – the Max-Schmeling-Halle is located at the above address and the Velodrom is located at Paul-Heyse-Strasse 26. With parliamentary-style seating, they have a capacity of 3134 and 4911, respectively.

Office equipment hire
Elakustik
Beschallungs- Konfernztechnik- Audio-Service GmbH
Landsberger Strasse 237, 12623 Berlin
Tel: (030) 5659 8330. Fax: (030) 5669 8134.
E-mail: info@elakustik.de
Website: www.elakustik.de

Audiovisual and conference equipment hire.

Secretarial service
Regus Business Centre GmbH
Unter den Linden 21, 10117 Berlin
Tel: (030) 2092 4000. Fax: (030) 2092 4200.
E-mail: berlin.lindencorso.75@regus.de
Website: www.regus.com

Translation services
Allround Fremdsprache von der Lühe
Scluterstrasse 21, 10625 Berlin
Tel: (030) 3150 3030. Fax: (030) 3150 3040.

Offers translation and interpretation to/from German, as well as between two third languages.

Intertext Fremdsprachdienst
Greifswalder Strasse 5, 10405 Berlin
Tel: (030) 421 016. Fax: (030) 4210 1702.
E-mail: intertext@t-online.de
Website: www.intertext.de

Translation (in over 70 languages) and simultaneous interpretation are available.

Unusual conference venue
Chamäleon Varieté
Rosenthaler Strasse 40-41, 10178 Berlin
Tel: (030) 238 5769. Fax: (030) 282 8638.
E-mail: chamaeleon@chamaeleonberlin.de
Website: www.chamaeleonberlin.de

The Jugendstil theatre has a capacity of up to 300 people.