PROGRAM
Program Overview
The Berlin Travel Festival starts on Friday, December 1, 2023. Look forward to a weekend program filled with stories of epic adventures, inspiring lectures and fascinating travel photography. Under the festival motto “Travel for Everyone”, exciting topics from the fields of Tiny Houses, Photography, Outdoor & Adventure, Culture Journeys and much more will come together. Whether interview, panel or workshop – here you can find our program at a glance.
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10 Years TRAVELBOOK – Development and prospect of Germany’s biggest online-travel magazine
Lisa Schardt (Axel Springer Deutschland GmbH)
A Desire For Adventure Instead of Fear – How I learned to love traveling alone
Sara Glöckner (The Female Traveller)
A tribe called 25hours – finding and retaining the best employees through branding
Kathrin Gollubits (Ennismore Germany GmbH)
Adventure Landscape Reportage – Ways to Create Your Own Visual Style
Martin Hülle (Fujifilm)
Air Travel – Passengers Should Know These Rights
Claudia Brosche (Flightright), Oliver Magda (Flightright)
An Ecosystem in Danger – Sea Shepherd is Targeting the Krill Fishery
Nicolai Duda (Sea Shepherd Deutschland e. V.)
Barrier-free Travel on Water: Boating Holidays on Wheels
Kerstin Lehmann (TMB Tourismus-Marketing Brandenburg GmbH), Adina Hermann (mobilista.eu), Timo Hermann (mobilista.eu), Dagmar Rockel-Kuhnle (Kuhnle-Tours GmbH)
Branding & Positioning – Summary with Q&A
Kathrin Gollubits (Ennismore Germany GmbH), Lisa Schardt (Axel Springer Deutschland GmbH)
Breakfast, World Travel, Dinner: How you discover 6 continents in one day in Berlin
Beate Reuber (Grün Berlin GmbH)
Chasing the Perfect Light
Mike Suminski (Sony Deutschland)
Don’t call it “group trip”. Traveling together rethought.
Benedikt Schelper (Wikinger Reisen GmbH), Nicole Kuhn (Wikinger Reisen GmbH)
Fair Travel Quiz – Tips for Sustainable Traveling
Lukas Freitag (FairAway Travel)
Goldrush adventures with DMAX TV star Andreas Macherey
Andreas Macherey (go2places travel / DMAX “Goldrausch in Australien”)
How to holiday in your own country
Emily Hoffschmidt-McDonnell (The Staycation Collection)
How to make Money with your Holiday Home
Eelke Pollé (Basecamp Eco-Resort)
Iceland – The Fire & Ice Island
Jens Harder (TARUK International)
Introduction Into The World of Leica
Nico Linnstedt (Leica Store Berlin)
Julia Nimke Interview
Julia Nimke (Fotografin)
Mediterranean Diet Route
Arlete Rodrigues (inLOCO)
More than work – new formats that connect. About CoWorkations, Offsites & Co.
Vanessa Thielemann (BrALI Team-Retreats & Offsites)
Oman – There’s Still So Much To See!
Yousuf Al Hasni (Q Tours), Abdullah Al Hasni (Q Tours)
Out of Office: How offsites in nature can transform teams & people
Saskia Klinder (Meetreet), Vanessa Thielemann (BrALI), Christian Laase (Astraea Eco Resort), Philippe Hennes (6Oaks Seminarhaus)
Persian Nomadic Odyssey (Kooch)
Sara Shokouhi (IRANomad Tours)
Photo walk – Train your eye for interesting motifs
Mike Suminski (Sony Deutschland)
Photowalk MORNING COFFEE by Voigtländer
Mehrdad Samak-Abedi (Voigtländer)
Red Bull Illume Image Quest 2023 – Artist talk
Christian Pondella (Photographer), Delphin Montessuit (Photographer), Lukas Tiefenthaler (Photographer)
Responsible Travel
Marco Giraldo (TourCert gGmbH), Katharina Stechl (Roundtable Human Rights in Tourism), Lukas Freitag (FairAway Travel)
Roadtrip Africa – With the motorcycle from Leipzig to Cape Town
Thorsten Altemark (backpacking-tipps.de)
Shamans of Mongolia: Sensual journey to yourself!
Boum-Yalagch Olzod (Explore Mongolia)
Sleeping bag or box spring mattress? Holiday experiences in the wilderness – in a tent, a luxurious cabin, or in your own tiny house
Eelke Pollé (Basecamp Eco-Resort), Benjamin Ruth (Wildwood Camping), Julian Trautwein (Raus), Holger Danneberg (WERKHAUS and destinature)
Sokotra/Jemen – Special Perspectives from Lina Tesch and David Haase
David Haase (Leica Camera Deutschland), Valentin Gienger (Leica Camera Deutschland)
South Africa – From Johannesburg To Cape Town
Jens Harder (TARUK International)
Spain, Alles Käse oder was? – A Flavorful Journey
Marta Palacios (Palacios & Palacios - Käsehandwerk und Feinkost aus Spanien), Susanne Cerón (Turespaña)
Sustainable Journeys through the North York Moors
Scott Elliott (VisitEngland)
Sustainable Traveling – is that even possible?
Marco Giraldo (TourCert gGmbH)
Team Gatherings Rethought: Why it takes a whole village
Vanessa Thielemann (BrALI Team-Retreats & Offsites), Dr. Andreas Zimmer (TMB Tourismus-Marketing Brandenburg), Julianne Becker (Coconat – A Workation Retreat)
The Perfect Shot With Storytelling
Mike Suminski (Sony Deutschland)
The Power of Team Events: Collaboration, Exchange and Communication
Saskia Klinder (Meetreet )
The successful path to a tiny house – how the dream came true after 14,000 km of searching for property
Chris Klerner (tinyon ), Caro Werner (tinyon )
TikTok, mobile short-form video and best practices for the travel industry
Michael Schumacher (TikTok)
Tiny House Basis – Interesting facts from Construction to Law
Dennis Czekalla (Berghaus Tiny House), Jan Henseling (Berghaus Tiny House)
Tiny houses for best agers: More quality of life with an eye on your own needs and sustainability
Simon Kilimann (NAWALO GmbH), Chris Klerner (tinyon)
Tippi, Toppi, Tiny House – How can a dream become reality?
Dennis Czekalla (Berghaus Tiny House), Fabian Müller (VILCOMO GmbH & Co. KG), Simon Kilimann (NAWALO GmbH), Christian Klerner (tinyon)
Train Journeys: Dream vs. Reality
Isabel Wilmenius (Snälltåget), Hugo Van Vondelen (Eurail), Patrick Neumann (European Sleeper), Bart Giepmans Rail Tripping (railtripping.com)
Travel Changes
Louit Lippstreu (betterbackpacking)
Travel mentally healthy – The baby elephant goes on vacation
Lara Hamalwa (Jacana Safari & Tours)
Travel Photography
Katharina Zwettler (DIE FOTOFÜCHSE)
Travel Photography with LUTs
Aaron Moser (Panasonic Lumix)
TRAVELBOOK AWARD 2023 – Tips for the world’s best trend travel destinations
Nuno Alves (Axel Springer Deutschland GmbH), Lisa Schardt (Axel Springer Deutschland GmbH)
Traveling – Does that make everything okay?
Louit Lippstreu (betterbackpacking), Lara Hamalwa Jacana Safari & Tours (Jacana Safari & Tours ), Sara Glöckner (The Female Traveller)
Tunesien – A Family Road Trip between Desert, Canyons, Culture and Star Wars
Thomas Ludwig (Fravely.de), Melanie Ludwig (Fravely.de), Florian Ludwig (Fravely.de), Benjamin Ludwig (Fravely.de), Achraf Aouadi (WildyNess)
Utah – Road tripping between Red Rocks & the Milky Way – **CANCELLED*
Claudia Seidel (Utah Office of Tourism)
Varanasi, Spirituality and Magic on the Ganges
Aria Arora (Ikarus Tours)
Voigtländer Photowalk „Nightshot“
Mehrdad Samak-Abedi (Voigtländer)
Western Australia – Dream roads
James Munro (Tourism Western Australia)
What does it take to be happy in a tiny house?
Dennis Czekalla (Berghaus Tiny House)
Workation Nation
Lisa Geiwiz (Heimathafen), Peters Reisen (vjourney), Saskia Klinder (Meetreet)