Strategic and Sector Partners

visitBerlin cooperates closely with the Senate of Berlin, the city’s executive body, and especially with the Senate Chancellery and the Senate Department for Economic Affairs, Energy and Public Enterprises. Examples of such cooperation include the activities to promote Germany’s capital city under the be Berlin campaign, with the two partners meeting regularly to align and coordinate measures.

Berlin Partner for Business and Technology GmbH is the economic development and location marketing agency for the State of Berlin. It provides a wide range of services to support investors in setting up business in Berlin and assists Berlin-based companies with expansion, internationalization, and securing their location. Berlin Partner for Business and Technology GmbH and visitBerlin appear together at selected events abroad or represent each other's companies and goals in their own activities.

TMB (TMB Tourismus-Marketing Brandenburg GmbH) is Brandenburg’s official tourist board, promoting this federal state both nationally and internationally as an attractive tourism destination. Since 2015, visitBerlin and the TMB have presented the capital city region at a joint stand at the ITB, the world’s largest travel trade show. The limited company Berlin-Brandenburg WelcomeCenter GmbH for the new Berlin Brandenburg Airport is a joint subsidiary owned equally by the TMB and visitBerlin.

The Company Flughafen Berlin Brandenburg GmbH operate Berlin’s the new Berlin Brandenburg Airport (BER). visitBerlin supports the Berlin Airports in their work of acquiring new airlines and supporting existing major customers.

The not-for-profit organisation Kulturprojekte Berlin GmbH, funded by the federal state of Berlin, works closely together with visitBerlin. It is entrusted with the tasks of promoting culture to a wide audience both at home and abroad, networking actors in the cultural sector, and acting as an intermediary for institutions and organisations across a wide range of sectors. As a partner in Berlin’s cultural scene, Kulturprojekte Berlin designs and organises projects and initiatives, provides services for museums and develops programmes in cultural education.

Working together with the Berlin public transport services (BVG ) and the S-Bahn city railway, visitBerlin has developed the two popular tourists passes, the Berlin WelcomeCard and the Berlin CityTourCard. In this process, Berlin’s public transport providers play a major role and are reliable cooperation partners. The tourist passes enhance the quality of stay and service for Berlin visitors.

Messe Berlin operates the Berlin ExpoCenter City, the fair and exhibition grounds under the city’s landmark Funkturm radio tower, as well as the new CityCube Berlin venue. The Messe Berlin portfolio includes exhibitions, trade fairs and congresses in Berlin and abroad. The visitBerlin Berlin Convention Office (BCO) and Messe Berlin work closely together to acquire global conventions and congresses.

The visitBerlin Partnerhotels e.V. represents the interests of the Berlin accommodation companies and provides a platform for the partner hotels at Berlin Tourismus & Kongress GmbH. The partner hotels are committed to marketing columns and working groups and thus actively contribute to tourism marketing. The association is the largest shareholder of visitBerlin.

The not-for-profit Berlin Event Network (BEN, former visitBerlin Convention Partner) organisation provides an umbrella for a network of event locations, technical and equipment services, logistics companies, caterers, congress organisers and event agencies. The visitBerlin Convention Partner concentrates primarily on strengthening the international focus of its service providers and facilitating an exchange of experience and information between members.

INTOURA brings together private-sector providers of tourist attractions and leisure activities in Berlin. The association strengthens the joint representation of its members' interests and contributes significantly to raising the profile, diversity of experiences and attractiveness of Berlin as a destination.

DEHOGA Berlin represents the interests of the hotel and catering industry as central pillars of the tourism infrastructure. The association is committed to quality standards, economic conditions and the sustainable development of the hospitality industry in Berlin.

The Berlin Club Commission represents Berlin's club and live music scene as an internationally renowned cultural unique selling point. It promotes exchange between clubs, politicians and urban society and strengthens club culture as an important component of urban tourism.

The Berlin Food Network connects players in Berlin's food and restaurant scene along the entire value chain. The aim is to highlight culinary diversity, sustainable concepts and regional value creation, and to strengthen them as part of the tourist experience.

The Berlin-Brandenburg Trade Association (Handelsverband Berlin-Brandenburg e.V.) represents the interests of inner-city retailers as an integral part of the tourist experience. It is committed to attractive shopping locations and a high quality of stay for guests and Berliners alike.

The Berlin Music Commission brings together players in the music industry and strengthens Berlin's position as an international music location. It connects business, culture and politics and helps to raise the profile of music as a creative force and a factor in attracting tourists.

The Berlin Chamber of Commerce and Industry represents the overall interests of Berlin's economy and promotes Berlin as a business location in close cooperation with politicians, administrators and other stakeholders. It supports companies with expert advice, services and sovereign services, participates in economically relevant decision-making processes and thus creates reliable framework conditions for sustainable and high-performance tourism, congress and location development in the capital.
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On behalf of the Federal Government, the  German National Tourist Board  (GNTB) works internationally to promote Germany as a travel destination. In its operative business, visitBerlin works around the world with GNTB branches and had been an active GNTB partner since 2012.

The German Convention Bureau (GCB) is the main contact for conferences, congresses, incentives and events in Germany. The GCB has approximately 230 members which, an addition to the Berlin Convention Office and visitBerlin, include hotels, congress centres, car hire companies, event agencies and services from the German meetings and conventions sector.

In May 2012, Berlin became a full member in the BestCities Global Alliance. This network of 12 outstanding international conference cities brings together such premier meeting destinations as Dubai, Singapore, Edinburgh, Melbourne, Copenhagen, Cape Town and Vancouver. Berlin’s membership in this alliance offers an opportunity to pool expertise in joint marketing campaigns around the world.