German National Tourist Board 2023 named Top Innovator

New Delhi, 22 February 2023 – The German National Tourist Board (GNTB) was once again able to convince the top-class jury in the TOP 100 innovation competition with digital solutions for medium-sized partners in German tourism, and in the global marketing of Germany as a travel destination. This is the third time in a row that the organization has been named Innovation Champion jury in the TOP 100 innovation competition.

Petra Hedorfer, CEO of the Board of Directors of the GNTB: “With the successful placement of the GNTB in the top 100 competition in recent years, we have already been able to clearly show that we are digital first movers in the implementation of technological applications.

We also demonstrate that we are pacesetters in the positioning of travel destination Germany as a sustainable destination in the international competition. Essential components of our innovation strategy are the early recognition of trends, the examination of their practical applicability, rapid implementation, and sharing of experiences with partners in the predominantly medium-sized travel industry.”

The data dashboard “Inbound Travel Trends Germany” is one of the specific projects with which the company convinced the jury in the scientific selection process. The Business Intelligence area enables members and partners to have clear and up-to-date access to various digital data sources that are otherwise not available to companies at all or only at a very high cost.

In addition, the German National Tourist Board presented the jurors with its new walk-in virtual reality world on the subject of “German natural landscapes”. The use of the latest generation of VR glasses, with which the user can move freely in space, already enables the first steps into the 3D world of metaverses.

The Open Data/Knowledge Graph project, which enables the development and expansion of AI-supported applications and supports the marketing of sustainable and inclusive offers, was also recognized.