Nicola Koschel (née Schneider) is an independent tourism consultant with a focus on the sustainable development and environmental management of tourism with considerable international experience. She graduated with a Master is Sustainable Tourism Management from the University for Sustainable Development in Eberswalde, Germany.[...]
Here comes a short introduction to understand the complexity of “sustainable tourism”: Tourism has become one of the largest industries worldwide and one of the fastest-growing economic activities globally. For many countries, especially developing countries, tourism has become the most important foreign-exchange earner and source for job creation. Besides mass tourism destinations the tourism’s potential in [...]
Nicola Koschel’s work portfolio involves product and destination development, feasibility studies, project evaluation, consumer market research, design of appropriate marketing strategies and the organization of study trips, tourism awards and conferences. Recent activities include the management of the WWF/TOI partnership incl. the coordination of their model projects throughout the globe as well as strategic tourism [...]
Nicola Koschel is co-founder of Rollingstudio Imagefilm & Media. Rollingstudio is the synergy of professional consultancy and effective image film production. Specialized on tourism Rollingstudio develops strategies to present tourism destinations and organizations full of emotional moving pictures. Read More
With the aim to use sustainable tourism to protect nature and biodiversity in Germany, the WWF together with suppliers of the tourism industry launched the project “Biodiversity all inclusive”. The first workshop took place in Lenzen on 2.- 3. February 2012. Projects participants are Germany’s largest hotel chain Accor with their hotel brands Novotel, Sofitel, Mercure, Ibis and Etap, Germany’s second largest tour operator REWE with their brands ITS, Tjaereborg, Meier’s...
ITB – the B2B-Platform for all tourism businesses is going to start tomorrow, March 7th. Nicola Koschel will attend the fair from Wednesday to Friday. Friday she will be primarily at the Berlin/Brandenburg stand in hall 12 stand 101 to be available for all business partners from the Netherlands! Please come and see me there! Read More
The Havel Cycle Route won the award for the best cycle route of the year 2012 at the “Fiets en Wandelbeurs” (Cycling and Rambling fair), the largest fair in the Netherlands for cyclists and ramblers. On February 11th the organizers and jury presented the award to Gerd Koallik (Aktiv Reisen Berlin Brandenburg) and Nicola Koschel (Tourism Marketing Brandenburg). The route runs along the river Havel, which makes its way through three federal states, and gives cyclists plenty of...
Given the growing concern about natural and cultural resources in Germany, the German Tourism Association will launch a sustainable tourism award in 2012! The award will be developed by order of the Federal Environment Agency and supported by the Federal Ministry of the Environment. It will invite destinations and businesses for applications and recognize the very best in sustainable tourism in Germany. Nicola Koschel will be responsible for the development and organization of the award...