It appears that thousands of participants the ITB Berlin 2024 trade show properly getting stranded in Germany’s capital city, unwilling to depart due to the Lufthansa and Deutsche Bahn strikes planned for the end of this week.
German GDL union, that represents Deutsche Bahn ( German Railways ) train drivers, has declared a strike lasting 35 hours, which they claim is necessary due to the unsuccessful negotiations regarding wages and working hours. According to the union captain, the customer train drivers strike will commence early Thursday morning – the last day if the ITB Berlin 2024 business present, and will stop at 1 pm on Saturday.
Deutsche Bahn expressed grave worry about the major operational errors and voiced condemnation of the government’s handling of the stalemate.
The scheduled work action of the German railways may clash with the strike organized by the ground staff of European Lufthansa airline on Thursday and Friday, possibly causing substantial disruptions to traveling arrangements for many passengers.
A leading European labour union has urged Lufthansa floor workers to stage a new attack on Thursday and Friday, especially on March 7 and 8. This activity is aimed at intensifying force before the next round of discussions scheduled for the next year. Lufthansa employees are expected to end function from 4 is on Thursday night until 7: 10 am on Saturday. Given prior instances of identical strikes, trip delays and cancellations are very probable, which have originally drawn criticism towards Lufthansa.
The European business has previously suffered significant costs amounting to hundreds of millions of dollars due to the ongoing conflict, and the future cuts are seen as a further increase. Agreements between GDL and Deutsche Bahn, which lasted for weeks, came to an ineffective conclusion next week.
ITB Berlin Convention takes position at the Berlin Exhibition Grounds 5- 7 March, 2024. Trade show promoters expect to have 24, 000 participants in 2024, spread across 4 rounds with a full of 17 thematic lines. The tagline for the ITB Berlin Convention in 2024 will become: Pioneer the Transition in Travel &, Tourism. Up.
SOURCE: Lufthansa &, Deutsche Bahn Strike May Strand ITB Crowd in Berlin BY: eTurboNews | eTN
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