German Business & Culture 2013 -
Itinerary
Sunday, April 28:
Leave USA
Monday, April 29:
Arrive in Hamburg
Upon Arrival to Hamburg Airport:
Take S1 from Hamburg airport to Hauptbahnhof (main train station)
Walk to HostelUpon Arrival to Hamburg Airport:
Take S1 from Hamburg airport to Hauptbahnhof (main train station)
Generator Hostel
Steintorplatz 3, 20099, Hamburg, Germany.
Telephone: +49 (0) 40 226 358 460
http://www.generatorhostels.com/en/hamburg/
Explore Hamburg – DO NOT TAKE NAP!
17:00 Group Meeting in Hostel lobby
18:00 Dinner at Casa Roma Italian restaurant (a few blocks from Hostel)
Tuesday, April 30:
Uni Hamburg & Harbor Day
7:00
– 8:45 Breakfast at Hostel
9:00 Meet in Lobby of Hostel for
walk to Uni Hamburg
10:00
– 12:30 Media Lecture @ Uni Hamburg
Professor Michel Clement
http://www.imm.uni-hamburg.de/team_clement.html
13:00 – 17:00 Time to explore Hamburg
18:00 Meet in Generator Hostel – take subway to restaurant location
19:00 – 22:00 Group Dinner at Groeninger Privatbraueri
http://www.groeninger-hamburg.de/index.htm
Wednesday, May 1: Erste Mai + Hamburg – Berlin Travel
8:00 – 9:45 Breakfast at Hostel
10:00 Meet in Hostel Lobby
Checked out of room + Luggage packed and put in storage
10:30 Subway to Harbor Area
11:30 – 13:30 Hamburg Hafen Rundfahrt (Hamburg Harbor Tour)
http://www.maritime-touren.de/index.php
14:00 – 15:30 Time to explore Hamburg
16:00 Ready to leave Hostel for Hauptbahnhof
Travel to Berlin:
ICE 1517 Leave Hamburg, HBF @ 17:06 arrive Berlin HBF @ 18:49
S-Bahn from Hauptbahnhof to Alexanderplatz
M4 Tram from Alexanderplatz to Hotel
Hotel: Alex Hotel Greifswalder Strasse 3 10405 Berlin
Tel: +49 30 4172 4172
www.alex-hotel.de
Dinner in small groups in Hotel Neighborhood – locations TBD
Thursday, May 2:
Volkswagen World Headquarters
6:30
– 7:20 Breakfast at Hotel –
COMPLETED by 7:207:30 Meet in Hotel lobby to travel to VW
M4 Tram to Alexanderplatz – S-Bahn to Hauptbahnhof
Travel to Wolfsburg by Train:
ICE 279 @ 8:33 arrive Wolfsburg at 9:38
10:00 – 13:00 Plant Tour and Brand Marketing Presentation at VW (10:00 – 13:00)
http://www.volkswagen.de
13:00 – 16:30 Lunch & Visit to AutoStadt
http://www.autostadt.de/en/
16:30 Return Travel to Berlin: ICE 941 @ 17:04 arrive Berlin HBF @ 18:07
S-Bahn to Alexander Platz – M4 to Hotel
18:45 Meet in Lobby for travel to group dinner:
M4 to Alexanderplatz; S-Bahn to Savignyplatz Station – walk to restaurant
19:30 Group Dinner @ ZilleMarkt (German Specialties)
http://www.zillemarkt.de/
Friday, May 3: Uni Potsdam Negotiation Day
6:30 – 7:45 Breakfast in Hotel completed by 7:45
8:00 Leave Hotel – travel to Potsdam – arrive 9:07
9:30 – 12:00 Negotiation Course + Case Distribution
12:00 – 13:00 Lunch with your team
13:00 – 15:00 Case Preparation time with team
15:00 – 17:00 Case Execution
17:00 – 18:00 Awards Ceremony
18:30 - ?? Celebration Dinner in Potsdam
Return to Hotel via Train - TBD
Saturday, May 4: Culture Day in Berlin
7:30 – 9:15 Breakfast in Hotel completed by 9:15
9:30 Depart hotel on foot for AlexanderPlatz
10:00 – 16:00 Fat Tire Bike Tour of Berlin
http://fattirebiketours.com/berlin
Dinner and social activities on own.
May 5: Travel
Day + Paderborn’s Spring Festival
8:00
– 10:00 Breakfast at Hotel 10:30 Checked out with luggage ready to go
Travel M4 + S-Bahn to Berlin Hauptbahnhof
Train to Paderborn:
ICE 940 depart Berlin HBF @ 11:47 arrive Hamm (westf) @ 14:48
IC 2151 depart Hamm(westf) 15:07 arrive Paderborn @ 15:47
Taxis to Hotel
Hotel: Campus Lounge, Mersinweg 2, 33100 Paderborn, Germany
Phone: +49 5251 89207-0
http://www.campuslounge.de/
17:00 - 20:00 Meet in Hotel lobby for walk to Paderborn City Center
Group Dinner at Paderborn’s Fruhlingsfest (Spring Festival!)
Monday, May 6: Negotiation Course Introduction
6:30 – 8:15 Breakfast in hotel completed by 8:15
8:30 Meet in Hotel to walk to Technologie Park – site of Negotiation Course
9:00 – 16:00: Negotiation Lecture by Dr. Eckert @ Uni Paderborn
Student Team Meeting
http://www.uni-paderborn.de/en/
17:00 – 19:00 Tour of Paderborn: City Center & Cathedral
Dinner downtown in small groups
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paderborn
Tuesday, May 7: Uni Paderborn Case Competition
6:30 – 8:15 Breakfast in Hotel completed by 8:15
8:30 Meet in Lobby to walk to Technologie Park for Case Competition
9:00 – 11:00 Welcome & Customer Value Lecture –
Dr. Andreas Eggert, Uni Paderborn
http://wiwi.uni-paderborn.de/dep1/bwl-insb-marketing-prof-dr-eggert/team/prof-dr-andreas-eggert/
11:00 – 11:30 Presenting 101 Lecture – Dr. Jim Eckert
http://wiwi.uni-paderborn.de/dep1/bwl-insb-marketing-prof-dr-eggert/team/gastprofessoren/
11:30 – 15:00 Case Competition Preparation Time + Lunch
Teams of US & German Students
15:30 – 17:30 Case Presentations by Teams (20 minutes each)
18:15 Meet in Hotel Lobby for Walk to Brauhaus
19:00 – 22:00 Group Celebration Dinner @ The Brauhaus
http://bono-gastronomie.de/gastronomie/paderborner-brauhaus
Wednesday, May 8:
Boat Trip Down Rhine to Bacharach
6:00
– 6:45 Breakfast at Hotel
completed by 6:457:00 Meet in Lobby: checked out with luggage packed.
Taxis to Paderborn HBF
Trains to Koblenz
RE 10116 Paderborn HBF @ 7:38 to Duesseldorf @ 9:37
IC 2005 Duesseldorf @ 9:49 to Koblenz @ 11:16
Taxis to Waterfront
11:45 – 13:45 Lunch + Visit Deutsches Ecke
13:45 Board KD Boat for trip down Rhein to Bacharach
KD Boat @ 14:00 from Koblenz to Bacharach @ 18:30
http://www.k-d.com/englisch/index.html
Hotel: Bacharacher Hof, Marktstrasse 8, D-55422 Bacharach am Rhein
Phone: +49 06743 1422
http://www.bacharacher-hof.de/index.html
19:30 Rhein Region Specialties Dinner at Bacharacherhof
Thursday, May 9: The Romantic Rhein & German History
8:00 – 9:45 Breakfast at Hotel
9:00 Meet in Hotel Lobby
9:30 – 10:30 Travel to Bingen via train
Take Ferry to Rudesheim
10:30 – 16:00 Explore Rudesheim
http://www.ruedesheim.de/cms/index.php?lang=english
Visit Neiderwald Denkmal (German “Statue of Liberty”)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niederwalddenkmal
Hike on Rheinsteg Trail
http://www.rheinsteig.de/
Visit Assmanshausen
http://www.rheinblick-assmannshausen.de/e.htm
16:45 – 17:15 KD Boat from Assmannshausen to Bacharach
Dinner and Social in small groups
Friday, May 10: Freetime & Travel to Köln
Breakfast at Hotel
9:00 – 13:30 Small group free time
OPTIONS INCLUDE:
Shopping & Exploring in Bacharach
Bike Ride along Rhein
Hike Trails in area
Visit the Rheinfels Ruins in St. Goar (take train there & back)
http://www.ricksteves.com/plan/destinations/germany/rheinfels.htm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=12oTObt-i5A
14:00 Meet in Hotel to walk to train station
Travel to Köln: MRB 25334 Bacharach @ 14:28 to Koblenz @ 15:08
RE 10524 Koblenz HBF @ 15:16 to Köln @ 16:28
Hotel: Rhein Hotel St. Martin, Frankenwerft 31-33, 50667 Köln
Phone: +49 - 221 - 2577955/56
http://www.koeln-rhein-hotel.de/deutsch/index.html
17:15 Meet in Hotel Lobby for walk to Dinner
17:30 – 20:00 Group Dinner at Früh am Dom
http://www.frueh.de/gastronomie/ebene_1.asp?ID=4&CID1=2&SubID=
Saturday, May 11: Köln (and Bonn) Scavenger Hunt
8:00 – 9:45 Breakfast at Hotel
10:00 – 16:00 Small Group Scavenger Hunt including….
Köln Cathedral & Allstadt tour: http://www.koelner-dom.de/
Bonn: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bonn
17:00 – 18:00 Team Presentations & Prize Awards
19:00 – 20:00 Celebration Dinner @ Gaffel am Dom
http://www.gaffelamdom.de/http://www.gaffelamdom.de/
Sunday, May 12: Travel to Paderborn – Fussball Match – Team Meetings
7:00 – 8:15 Breakfast at Hotel
8:30 Depart hotel on foot for Hauptbahnhof
Travel to Paderborn
IC 2441 Köln HBF @ 9:10 to Hamm(westf) @ 10:43
ERB 90097 Hamm(westf) @ 10:52 to Paderborn @ 11:40
Taxis to Hotel
Hotel: Campus Lounge, Mersinweg 2, 33100 Paderborn
Phone: +49 5251 89207-0
http://www.campuslounge.de/
12:45 Meet in Hotel Lobby for trip to Fussball Match
13:30 – 16:00 SC Paderborn vs. TSV 1860 München
http://www.scpaderborn07.de/
17:00 - ? Team meetings & dinner on own
Monday, May 13 – Friday, May 17: Global Negotiation
Course
Each
day the schedule is as follows:7:00 – 8:15 Breakfast at Hotel or on own
8:30 Depart Hotel for classroom at Technologie Park
9:00 – 16:00 Course (with break for lunch)
See course syllabus for specific daily details
16:00 - ? On own for homework, team meetings & dinner
Saturday, May 18: Paderborn Exploration Day
You are on own this day to explore the city, visit with your new friends from Uni Paderborn or such.
No official group activities are scheduled.
Sunday, May 19: Departure Day
On
this day we will check out of the Campus Lounge and depart Paderborn for
various destinations. Dr. Eckert will help each person/small group begin their journey.
For
those going to Hamburg:
ERB 90093 Paderborn @ 9:42 to Kassel-Wilhelmsohe @ 10:55
ICE
78 Kassel-Wilhelmsohe @
11:22 to Hamburg HBF @ 13:52ERB 90093 Paderborn @ 9:42 to Kassel-Wilhelmsohe @ 10:55
Looks fabulous and am excited to follow the blog.
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