CONCLUSION #DCHH15
Change Starts With Us
The conclusion of the fifth DestinationCamp primarily signifies a new beginning: locals are becoming guests, Destination Management Organizations are transforming into Destination Service Organizations, new key figures determine success or failure, and "under the hood of the tourism professional" lies more creative potential than was previously recognized.
After five years, one might expect a certain routine, but this creative and future-oriented workshop was again completely different from previous years. Undisputed highlights included the barge shuttle through the Speicherstadt and the unique view of the nocturnal harbor during the Saturday evening dinner at Altonaer Kaispeicher.
The format itself has adapted annually to the wishes of the participants, thereby revitalizing itself year after year. This dynamic is certainly a hallmark of DestinationCamp: consistent further development, without losing sight of its origin and goal.
For this reason alone, this year's overall conclusion "Change Starts With Us" fits perfectly – even more so after hearing today's results presentations. This also sets the task for the next #dchh:
Take Initiative!
You can find out how, what options are available, and in which areas in the in-depth Werkschau, which will be published by the end of June.
If you walk through the ISM tonight after dismantling, everything feels very empty and lifeless here. This is also because there is much more "life" in such an event than meets the eye – for example:
- the 13 Helping Hands collectively covered 819,000 steps over 3 days, which corresponds to approximately 573 kilometers
- cameraman Richie walked 23,000 steps, covering more than 16 kilometers
- the editor Anne viewed, cut, and edited 743 clips – and produced almost 14 minutes of summaries from them...
Numbers that make us very proud, but above all incredibly grateful. Therefore, once again, a BIG THANK YOU:
- to all participants for their courage to embrace change and active participation
- to all partners and supporters, without whom DestinationCamp 2015 would not have been possible
- to all moderators and mind mappers as well as the experts in the sessions for their support and input!
- to Claudia Brözel and Lydia Band for their scientific support
- to Andreas Ruthemann for the creatively inspired keynote
- to the panel guests: Carolin Ruh, Katja Leveringhaus, Rico Pedrotti, Klaus Hildebrandt, Dominik Kneissl, and Hansjörg Mair
- to silbersterne Bernhard, Anne, and Richie for the overall moderation and the magnificent daily film summaries
- to Christine Schöler for hoodies, polos, banners, lanyards, signs, ... – simply everything related to "printing"
- to all Helping Hands with Maren and Ilka for their unparalleled dedication, proactive thinking, hands-on approach, and solution-oriented mindset
- to Ansgar and Timm from VARGO for music, technology, sound, and lighting – including their continuous new ideas for optimization and further development
- to Panem et Salis for the catering and the wonderful evening at Kaispeicher
- to Johannes for the professional photos (which will be fully published as a Flickr album over the next few weeks)
- and to everyone else who was not explicitly mentioned
Finally, here is the video summary. Day three and the conclusion of DestinationCamp 2015 are presented by feratel media technologies & INCERT eTourismus:
