Frankfurt/ Main, 18 December 2009. Lutz P. Vogt, Managing Director of the German Convention Bureau (GCB) informed the executive board at today’s ordinary board meeting in Frankfurt/Main that he would be leaving the GCB on 28 February 2010 and thereby ending his secondment to the GCB. As of March 2010 he will take on new responsibilities for his former employer Deutsche Lufthansa AG having accepted a partial retirement offer.
The executive board unanimously expressed its regrets and thanked Vogt for his long and trustful co-operation. Lutz P. Vogt: “The decision to end my secondment was very hard for me. Even after all these years, the meetings and conventions industry has still lost none of its excitement for me. I enjoyed and appreciated the very friendly and professional co-operation with the members of the GCB very much. I would also like to thank my excellent team without whom I would not have been able to work so successfully.”
Vogt has been Managing Director of the GCB since 2001 and has dedicated himself to marketing Germany nationally and internationally as a destination for meetings and conventions. One of his most important achievements is the establishment of the IMEX trade show in Germany. IMEX is the world’s leading fair for meetings and incentives. Moreover, the GCB has more members than ever before, In 2009 they included over 250 companies.
Vogt will hand over the GCB as an excellently managed and economically healthy organisation. Operational continuity is ensured by his long-standing deputy Anke Pruust. Today the executive board employed a recruitment committee to find a successor.
