OPENING AT THE netzvitamineHUB.

ON MAY 09, 2023 BY WOLFGANG WEILER

Kufstein is now also the DSTNCMP pearl

The 13th DestinationCamp is the first in Austria and the first major Green Event in Tyrol.

What a start: The DSTNCMP²³ kicked off with full steam on Tuesday. Under a brilliant blue spring sky, more than 200 participants gathered in and around the netzvitamineHUB – the Kultur Quartier in Kufstein – and refreshed themselves with Tyrolean finger food, Veltliner and Pinot Noir, beer, water, and juice.

Precisely at 3:30 PM, the double doors of the event hall opened. Immediately after the welcome medley, which included images and historical film sequences related to the Kufsteinlied, Kufstein's head of cultural affairs, Herbert Oberhofer, as retro drag queen "Betty Pearl" , got the hall swaying with his interpretation of the Kufsteinlied and, with his sonorous voice, made the audience swoon with "Sag mir quando, sag mir wann" during the encore.

ECO-LABEL FOR THE DSTNCMP²³

Mayor Martin Krumschnabel, Tourism Chairman Georg Hörhager, and TVB Managing Director Sabine Mair surprised the netzvitamineTEAM and the participants during their welcome with the "Austrian Eco-label for Green Events," awarded for the first time to a major event in Tyrol by the Federal Ministry for Climate Action, Environment, Energy, Mobility, Innovation and Technology in Vienna.

We only learned that two hours ago.

Talk show host Bernhard "Börnie" Lingg had a lot to explain at this first DestinationCamp outside Hamburg, especially since all ten workshop rooms are spread across the small town, there have never been so many sessions (60), and never before have so many experts from Germany, Austria, and Switzerland (43) contributed their experiences as a knowledge base to the workshops.

WITH THE DRAG QUEEN TO THE SESSION LOCATIONS
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Moderators and companions pitched for their topics, content, and session rooms.

To ensure participants could find their way, the chairman, the head of tourism, the accountant, mountain guides, the drag queen, and others then led the participants in small groups past the session locations – along with personal tips – to the opening evening at the fortress.

KEYNOTE: TRUST LEADS TO SUCCESS – AND CAN BE LEARNED

Beforehand, Eva Schulte-Austum's keynote address captivated the audience in the large hall. The business psychologist and happiness researcher, known from ARD, ZDF, WDR, RTL, and VOX as "Germany's #1 Trust Expert," affirmed:

Trust not only brings happiness but also success. Those who can trust navigate life more easily and contentedly.

Eva Schulte-Austum

Whether in relationships with superiors or colleagues, guests, business partners, or in private relationships: systematically building trust is easy – if you know how it works and what matters – and the 38-year-old Münster native explained it using three questions that people consciously or unconsciously always ask themselves about the trustworthiness of their counterpart:

Is the person competent (do they have knowledge, experience, skills)?
Does the person have good intentions (do they act appreciatively, respectfully, do they care about the well-being of others)?
Is the person of integrity (do they keep promises and commitments, are they reliable, are they honest)?

If people answer even one of the three questions with a "no" or "maybe," then trust struggles and the relationship falters – whether professionally, privately, or intimately.

Finally, she motivated with her own poetry slam "Actions Speak Louder Than Words" (or YouTube link) for active conclusions from the upcoming 60 sessions.

CELEBRATION AT THE FORTRESS

And then – after the city tour led by the dignitaries of the Kufsteinerland office – the celebration at the fortress began. Some arrived by inclined lift, others via the covered battlements for the get-together in the courtyard of the stately fortress.

After small talk, white and red wine, beer, and soft drinks, the event moved to the circular lounge in the legendary Kaiserturm (Emperor's Tower). Where knights and squires once practiced fencing and sword fighting, the hungry DSTNCMP participants were now spoiled with excellent plated dishes.

The mighty fortress dominates the cityscape by day and – carefully illuminated – also by night. It was first mentioned in 1205 on the rocky ridge "Kopfstoa," which likely also gave the place its name. In the 13th century, the Bavarians secured sole rule over the Inn city, repeatedly reinforcing the fortress until it finally fell to the Habsburg Maximilian I at the beginning of the 16th century – and has belonged to Tyrol and thus to Austria ever since.

In 1522, Maximilian had the round Kaiserturm (Emperor's Tower) built, which, with its five to seven-meter-thick walls, was to become a landmark of Kufstein and, in 2023, the festival hall and focal point of DSTNCMP²³. Because in the coming days, many participants will be looking for the mighty walls with their eyes in search of their next session location.

IMPRESSIONS from the day
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