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May 9, 2023, BY WOLFGANG WEILER

Kufstein is now also a DSTNCMP gem

The 13th DestinationCamp is the first of its kind in Austria and the first major green event in Tyrol.

What a kickoff: TheDSTNCMP²³ got off to a flying start on Tuesday. Under a bright blue spring sky, more than 200 participants gathered in and around the netzvitamineHUB—the Kultur Quartier in Kufstein—and enjoyed Tyrolean finger food, Veltliner and Blauburgunder wine, beer, water, and juice.

Right on time at 3:30 p.m., the double doors to the event hall swung open. Immediately following the opening medley—which featured images and historical film clips set to the “Kufsteinlied”—Kufstein’s Director of Cultural Affairs, Herbert Oberhofer, took the stage as retro drag queen “Betty Pearl,” had the audience swaying along to his rendition of the “Kufsteinlied” and, with his resonant voice, had them swooning to “Sag mir quando, sag mir wann” during the encore.

ENVIRONMENTAL CERTIFICATION FOR THEDSTNCMP²³

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

We only found out about that two hours ago, too.

Host Bernhard "Börnie" Lingg had a lot to explain at this first DestinationCamp held outside Hamburg, especially since all ten workshop rooms are scattered throughout the small town, there have never been so many sessions (60), and never before have so many thought leaders from Germany, Austria, and Switzerland (43) contributed their experiences as a knowledge base for the workshops.

VISITING THE SESSION LOCATIONS WITH THE DRAG QUEEN
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Moderators and fellow participants pitched their topics, content, and session rooms.

To make sure the participants could find their way there, the chairman, the head of tourism, the accountant, mountain guides, the drag queen, and others then led the participants in small groups past the event venues— offering personal tips along the way —to the opening night at the fortress.

KEYNOTE: TRUST LEADS TO SUCCESS —AND IT CAN BE LEARNED

Prior to that, Eva Schulte-Austum’s keynote address had captured the audience’s rapt attention in the main hall. The business psychologist and happiness researcher—known on ARD, ZDF, WDR, RTL, and VOX as “Germany’s No. 1 trust expert” —assured the audience:

Trust not only brings happiness, but also success. Those who can trust go through life more easily and with greater contentment.

Eva Schulte-Austum

Whether in relationships with supervisors or coworkers, guests, business partners, or in personal relationships: Building trust systematically is easy—if you know how to do it and what matters—and the 38-year-old from Münster explained this using three questions that people, consciously or unconsciously, always ask themselves about the trustworthiness of the person they’re dealing with:

Is the person competent (does he or she have knowledge, experience, and skills)?
Does the person have good intentions (do they treat others with consideration and respect, and do they care about the well-being of others)?
Is this person a person of integrity (do they keep their promises and commitments, are they reliable, are they honest)?

If people answer even one of the three questions with "no" or "maybe," trust suffers and the relationship becomes strained—whether it's business, personal, or intimate.

To wrap things up, she used her own poetry slam, “Actions Speak Louder Than Words” (or YouTube link), to encourage the audience to draw practical conclusions from the upcoming 60 sessions.

A PARTY AT THE FORTRESS

And then—after the guided tour of the town led by the dignitaries from the Kufsteinerland Office—the celebration began at the fortress. Some arrived via the inclined elevator, while others made their way along the covered ramparts to the get-together in the inner courtyard of the stately fortress.

After some small talk, white and red wine, beer, and soft drinks, everyone headed to the circular lounge in the legendary Kaiserturm. Where knights and squires once practiced the art of the sword, the hungry DSTNCMP participantswere now treated to excellent dishes.

The imposing fortress dominates the cityscape by day and—carefully illuminated—by night as well. It was first mentioned in 1205 on the rocky ridge known as “Kopfstoa,” which likely gave the town its name. In the 13th century, the Bavarians secured sole control over the town on the Inn River and repeatedly reinforced the fortress through the 15th century, until it finally fell to Maximilian I of the Habsburg dynasty at the beginning of the 16th century—and has belonged to Tyrol, and thus to Austria, ever since.

In 1522, Maximilian had the round Imperial Tower built; with its walls five to seven meters thick, it wasto become Kufstein’s landmark and, in 2023, theDSTNCMP²³’s banquet hall and focal point. Over the next few days, many participants will be scanning the sky in search of these imposing walls as they look for their next session location.

IMPRESSIONS from the day
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