Fam Trip Cologne 2025
Fam Trip "Experience Cologne"
April 3 - 5, 2025
City of Cologne / in cooperation with Cologne Convention Bureau
Find your perfect event location with ILLERHAUS Marketing in cooperation with Cologne Convention Bureau and follow the invitation to our Fam Trip from April 3 to 5, 2025.
Your event deserves more than just a room - it deserves an unforgettable setting. At ILLERHAUS Marketing, we connect you with locations that impress, inspire and bring your vision to life. Whether it's a corporate event, conference, green meeting or congress: we help you find exactly the right partner to realize your event in extraordinary locations.
Our Fam Trip program gives you all the relevant details, from room sizes and capacities to the equipment and accessibility of the locations. Regardless of whether you prefer an idyllic setting on the Rhine or a modern city location - with us you will discover options that will delight your guests and customers.
Welcome to Cologne - the vibrant metropolis for unforgettable events! Immerse yourself in a city full of history, culture and innovative spirit, which is not only known as the cathedral city, but also as a first-class destination for conferences, congresses and events. Here, where the Rhine flows through the city and modern architecture meets historical heritage, you can expect not only outstanding venues, but also warm hospitality and an atmosphere that will make your events unforgettable.
Following this year's MICE industry meeting, we invite you to get to know Cologne even better: join us on an exclusive fam trip that will introduce you to the many facets of our city. Experience a varied program, visit impressive locations and be inspired by new event ideas. Discover why Cologne is the ideal place to make your future events successful and unique!
A network for strong events
The partners we will be visiting range from exclusive conference hotels and creative event locations to reliable event service providers who will meet your requirements. Use the Cologne Convention Bureau's network for your planning and organization.
Discover venues with ILLERHAUS Marketing and the Cologne Convention Bureau that not only offer space, but also tell a story and inspire your guests.
Image rights main image: Hohenzollernbrücke Musical Dome©Dieter Jacobi
Image rights header image: Rheinauhafen Panorama©Tobias Vollmer
Thursday, April 3, 2025
Individual arrival in Cologne
14:30 Meeting point at the Zoo Event in Cologne Zoo and participation in the MICE industry get-together
approx. 22.15 / 22.30 Transfer and overnight stay Excelsior Hotel Ernst
Image rights: ©Excelsior Hotel Ernst FH MEDIA & Consulting & Zoo Cologne
Friday, April 4, 2025
Good morning! After an individual breakfast, we start at 9.00 a.m. with the first program item of the day:
Guided tour of the Excelsior Hotel Ernst - The luxurious five-star hotel in the heart of Cologne, directly opposite Cologne Cathedral, has stood for elegance, excellent service and a long tradition of hospitality since it opened in 1863.
Image rights: ©FH MEDIA & Consulting
10.00 a.m.
We set off on foot to 4711 - experience Cologne with all your senses: Discover unique fragrance
fragrance experiences and create your own personal scent.
Image rights: ©CologneTourism, Christoph Seelbach
12.30 p.m.
Lunch at Grissini - A lunch that tastes like home awaits you at the Grissini restaurant. Fresh ingredients, traditional recipes and a pinch of amore - just like mom's! Look forward to Mediterranean delicacies in a stylish ambience with a fantastic view of the Rhine.
Image rights: ©GerritMeier
14.00 hrs
Site Inspection Confex-Gain exclusive insights into the congress world of the future with new and more intensive experience dimensions for the realization of completely new event formats.
Image rights: ©KoelncongressGmbH, Jens Willebrand
15.00 - 17.00
Look forward to further site inspections in Cologne city center
Image rights: ©Dieter Jacobi
17.00 hrs
Check-in & welcome to the Steigenberger Hotel Cologne
Arrive at your leisure before we meet in the lobby at 5.45 p.m. and explore the house and its many possibilities together
Image rights: ©Steigenberger Hotels GmbH
7.00 pm
We make our way to the evening location on foot - where are we going? Maybe to the old town or the Belgian quarter or...
Image rights: ©Lukas Schlösser
Saturday, April 5, 2025
Good morning! After an individual breakfast, we start at 9.30 a.m. with the first program item of the day:
Site Inspection Strassenkicker Base - Experience an event location that combines dynamism, passion and a sense of community! This is where urban industrial charm meets sporting action - perfect for unforgettable events with real team spirit.
Image rights: ©StrassenkickerBase - Poldi Base GmbH
Let's go to the next site inspection - but where to...?
11.30 a.m.
Site Inspection Flora & Snacks at Dank Augusta - Immerse yourself in a location full of history, charm and impressive
impressive architecture - surrounded by a green oasis in the middle of the city. After the exclusive tour, enjoy a small, delicious lunch in a stylish ambience with a view of the greenery.
Image rights: ©CologneTourism, Christoph Seelbach
1.00 p.m.
We make our way back to the Steigenberger Hotel Cologne and unfortunately the Fam Trip Cologne is already over, but the impressions and experiences remain! There were lots of new and exciting things for your upcoming events in the city on the Rhine - see you soon!
Image rights: ©TobiasVollmer
Organizer: Cologne Convention Bureau
Please note:
The following participation fee applies for this event from April 3-5, 2025 :
In a single room: Event planner 129,00 €
Please note that private accompanying persons are not permitted on this Fam Trip and double rooms are not possible.
All prices quoted are exclusive of VAT.
The following services are included in the participation fee:
-Two nights' accommodation as part of the program
-Catering incl. drinks as part of the program
-Framework program
-Supervision by the ILLERHAUS team
Travel by train (our recommendation) or by private car is at your own expense.
Parking fees Steigenberger Hotel:
There is a public parking garage under the hotel with a direct elevator and access to the hotel.
The price is 30,- / 24 hours or 3,- / hour.
Parking fees Hotel Excelsior Ernst: € 29 per day and vehicle in the Dom garage directly at the hotel, valet parking
Extra night at the Steigenberger Hotel Köln: 159 incl. breakfast for single occupancy
Extra night at the Excelsior Hotel Ernst: Travel Industry Rate of € 225 per night for single use incl. breakfast
Our tip: Arrive relaxed - travel CO2-free. From € 59.00 (one way) with the event ticket. The extra for you as a visitor! Your event ticket at a nationwide fixed price, from any DB station to our events and including City-Ticket is available here.
Date
Thursday, April 3 - Saturday, April 5, 2025
Partner hotels:
April 03-04
Excelsior Hotel Ernst
Trankgasse 1-5, 50667 Cologne
April 04-05
Steigenberger Hotel Cologne
Habsburgerring 9-13, 50674 Cologne
Event type:
Fam Trip
Application deadline
March 15, 2025