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Tuesday, January 17th, 2012

Two times a year Berlin turns itself into THE big international fashion capital location – and today is one of those times – the first for 2012. It is called simply enough ‘Berlin Fashion Week,’ where designers, textile manufacturers, fashion groupies, buyers & sellers, and other fashion-trade experts and media of all sorts interact.
It will also present a perfect opportunity for local [...] Continue Reading…
Tags: 'green-fashion' Berlin Fashion Week, 2012 Fashion Week Berlin, Ethical Fashion Show., Lavera Showfloor Berlin, SHOW & ORDER at Berlin Fashion Week, THE GALLERY BERLIN
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Tuesday, January 10th, 2012

German low-cost carrier Air Berlin has been thrown a financial life-line in the form of a 30% outright purchase of its shares plus a debt-financing agreement from the Abu Dhabi state-controlled airline Etihad Airways – as was reported by this blog last month.
In the announced ‘strategic partnership’ Air Berlin will enter into a code-sharing agreement with Etihad Airways that will [...] Continue Reading…
Tags: A380, apartments better than hotels in Berlin, BBI, BBI - Berlin Brandenburg International Airport delayed, Berlin Brandenburg International, EADS Airbus, easyjet, Etihad Airways, Etihad Airways increases its ownership of Air Berlin, Etihad become Air Berlin’s largest shareholder, Lufhansa to increase Berlin presence, Lufthansa adds capacity in Berlin, Lufthansa Berlin, Lufthansa low-cost model, Lufthansa not amused, Ryanair
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Tuesday, December 20th, 2011
![800px-Air_Berlin,_Flughafen_Tegel[1] Air Berlin](http://www.ota-berlin.de/blog/wp-content/800px-Air_Berlin_Flughafen_Tegel1-300x134.jpg)
German low-cost carrier Air Berlin has been thrown a financial life-line in the form of a 30% outright purchase of its shares plus a debt-financing agreement from the Abu Dhabi state-controlled airline Etihad Airways.
In the announced ‘strategic partnership’ Air Berlin will enter into a code-sharing agreement with Etihad Airways that will see Etihad become Air Berlin’s largest shareholder and [...] Continue Reading…
Tags: BBI, BBI - Berlin Brandenburg International Airport delayed, Berlin Brandenburg International, easyjet, Etihad Airways, Etihad Airways increases its ownership of Air Berlin, Etihad become Air Berlin’s largest shareholder, Lufhansa to increase Berlin presence, Lufthansa adds capacity in Berlin, Lufthansa Berlin, Lufthansa low-cost model, Lufthansa not amused, Ryanair
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Wednesday, November 30th, 2011
![800px-Airbus_A380-841_Lufthansa_D-AIMC_First_Landing_in_Barcelona_Airport[1] Lufthansa A380 - foto Wikipedia source](http://www.ota-berlin.de/blog/wp-content/800px-Airbus_A380-841_Lufthansa_D-AIMC_First_Landing_in_Barcelona_Airport11-300x200.jpg)
While we do not expect any A380 of theirs to be landing any time soon in Berlin, Lufthansa, the largest German airline, has announced that it will increase its Berlin presence next year.
The official name of the new Berlin airport, which is scheduled to open on June 2nd next year is called ‘Willy Brandt Airport’ however its operational 3 letter SITA airport [...] Continue Reading…
Tags: 6 more Lufthansa A320s to Berlin, BBI, BBI - Berlin Brandenburg International Airport delayed, Berlin Brandenburg International, Berlin to Tel Aviv, easyjet, Lufhansa to increase Berlin presence, Lufthansa A380, Lufthansa adds capacity in Berlin, Lufthansa Berlin, lufthansa group, Lufthansa low-cost model, Ryanair, short-haul model, UFO’ [Unabhängige Flugbegleiter Organisation], ‘Willy Brandt Airport’
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Sunday, November 27th, 2011

OTA-Berlin Website-Relaunch: Bequem Buchen und Besuchen
Inzwischen haben sich OTA-Berlins voll ausgestattete, mit persönlichem Service versehene Apartments vom Geheimtipp zur ersten Wahl des anspruchsvollen und preisbewussten Berlin-Besuchers entwickelt. Ganz nach dem Motto „Wer will denn in einem sterilen Hotelzimmer versauern, wenn er günstiger und komfortabler ein schönes Apartment bewohnen kann?“
Damit der Kosmopolit und die Kosmopolitin es beim Buchen ebenso bequem hat wie beim [...] Continue Reading…
Tags: apartments vs hotels, Buchen und Besuchen, hotels oder apartments, OTA-Berlin Website-Relaunch, OTA-Berlin Website-Relaunch: Bequem Buchen und Besuchen
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Saturday, November 19th, 2011

OTA-Berlin e-commerce site re-launched and now selling Berlin serviced apartments in over 16 languages
‘OTA-Berlin, the intelligent alternative to hotels in Berlin’ celebrates its new multi-lingual website re-launch today with an easier booking module, more information about Berlin Mitte/Prenzlauer Berg, improved apartment descriptions, photographs and enhanced maps.
OTA-Berlin, and independent Berlin owned company, specializes in providing high-quality and cost-effective alternative accommodation in the centre [...] Continue Reading…
Tags: Guardian UK, Huffington Post, Metro UK, OTA-Berlin E-commerce site re-launched, OTA-Berlin Mitte & Prenzlauer Berg, OTA-Berlin relaunch, Romana Wolfram
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Saturday, September 17th, 2011

Getting to Berlin for a good weekend can be a lot cheaper than a weekend in your home city, and definitely more exciting, but getting here by budget may not be so easy, especially if you’re not used to it. So here are a few tips to get you on your way to a budget Berlin holiday with [...] Continue Reading…
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Sunday, September 4th, 2011
![IFA-Logo[1]](http://www.ota-berlin.de/blog/wp-content/IFA-Logo1-1024x410.jpg)
The Berlin IFA is one of the world’s biggest consumer electronics convention shows and brings together more than 1,500 international exhibitors and draws up to 200,000 visitors.
‘Messe Berlin’, the huge convention area in the centre of Berlin where the fair is taking place have already said that because of the huge demand this year, display space is almost fully booked up already.
At [...] Continue Reading…
Tags: Berlin Medienwoche, German Minister of State for Culture Neumann., IFA Berlin 2011, intelligent apartments alternative to Hotels, Julian Assange, Medienboard Berlin Brandenburg’, underhanded double-dealing of countries like the US and the UK
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Thursday, September 1st, 2011

On Show in Berlin til 31st October – Leonardo da Vinci’s ‘Lady with an Ermine’ (Portrait of Cecilia Gallerani – from Wikipedia -National Museum, Kraków
Thousands of art enthusiasts lined-up on Thursday outside Berlin’s Gemaldegalerie to see the portrait of ‘Cecilia Gallerani’ otherwise known as ‘Frau mit Hermelin’ or ‘Lady with an Ermine’ – which is just one [...] Continue Reading…
Tags: "Renaissance Faces", "Renaissance Faces" exhibition Berlin, Berlin's Bode Museum, Berlin's Gemaldegalerie, Cecilia Gallerani, Czartoryski Museum in Krakow, Da Vinci's portraits, Gentile Bellini, Kaiser Friedrich Museum, London National Gallery, mona lisa da vinci's gay lover?, New York Metropolitan Museum of Art, portraiture in the 15th century, Sandro Botticelli, victorious Red Army
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Saturday, August 27th, 2011

Yes ANGRY CHICKEN indeed!
You can just envisage Colonel Saunders being cornered by 2000 angry Chickens.
As a name for a restaurant, in these times when most chickens and other birds are fowly treated – if you will excuse the pun- and at time when vegetarianism is gaining a foothold in even Germany - a bastion of dead-animal eaters, is questionable!
People would rather not know [...] Continue Reading…
Tags: "Angry Chicken" Berlin, angry chicken, Colonel Saunders being cornered by 2000 angry Chickens, Germany a bastion of dead-animal eaters, offal-tube -awful tube, offal-tube or sausage, vegetarianism is gaining a foothold in even in Germany
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Monday, August 1st, 2011

Berlin – Definitely a trip worth while!
OTA-Berlin Constituency Blog hereby reprint an English translation of an article which appeared in the Danish Business paper ‘Børsen’ 23rd April 2004 / Sektion: Weekend ; 3Side(r): 18 ; 19 / WEEKEND ; REJSER BY OSKAR LUND photo: Nana Reiner / BAM
Berlin is definitely worth the trip – even if you drive your own car to the German [...] Continue Reading…
Tags: 'Børsen', Aarhus to Berlin, Berlin - worth a visit!, Danes love Berlin, Danskerne elsker Berlin!
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