17 days on the road, 13 cities in four countries summarizes my busy October travels. Mostly my travel is work-related, though I do try to combine it with some visits of personal interest, such as Oktoberfest or visiting friends / relatives. Here are my stops along the way:
1) Hamburg
During my stay in Hamburg, I visited BodyMedia Innovation Days. This was the second of four of their events I attended.
Wilhelm Schröter of Elbgym at BodyMedia Days Hamburg
Franka, Sabine and Torsten at USC booth
2) Amsterdam
I attended the Fitnation event, which was organised by Virtuagym (I presented two sessions) with over 300 attendees from a dozen countries:
Bryan O’Rourke at Fitnation event in Amsterdam
MC Thomas Woods at Fitnation
Tasneen with Pascal at the Virtuagym office
3) Munich
I combined meetings with three clubs with a visit to Oktoberfest with my family.
With my son Julian and my brother Guff at Oktoberfest enjoying a Mass
In Greifenberg, I met the Hardys team, who is the first client of the Finnish “Dorent” concept.
Hardys in Greifenberg
4) Köln
During my time in Cologne, I set up three meetings (at the airport and in the city) with several clubs and suppliers.
5) Düsseldorf
I attended meetings at the FIBO headquarters, a DIFG seminar and the Bodylife Awards:
Bodylife Award winners
6) Unna / Bochum
In Unna, I visited friends and industry colleagues Matthias Sellmann of Gantner and Winfried Horstenkamp, owner of Oase, where I gained my first club management and equipment distribution career experience in Europe 1985-87.
Oase Bochum owner Winfried Horstenkamp
7) Dublin
During my time in Ireland, I attended IHRSA’s 19th Annual European Congress (the 2020 the event will take place in Berlin October 18-21):
CEO Forum at the IHRSA European Congress
European Club Leadership Award winner Vidmantas of Lithuania
IHRSA European Congress 2020 Berlin 19-22.10.19
Overview of the Global Health Industry
Urban Sports Club team in Dublin
With the My FItness staff
Tasneen of Virtuagym, Margaret of Perfect Gym and Vidmantas of Impuls:Lemon Gym of Lithuania (and winner of the IHRSA European Club Leaders Award in Dublin
With Tasneen of Virtuagym and Gints of Latvia
8) Müllheim
During my time in Müllheim, I had a meeting with Injoy owner Stefan Hauser. I also had the chance to see my relatives Barbara and Hubert Braun for dinner.
9) Freiburg
On the way, I managed to stop in Freiburg where I had a wonderful view over the Freiburger Münster from Skyebar.
Freiburg Münster
10) Zurich
In Zurich, I visited McFit’s first brand in Switzerland (the John Reed Music Fitness Club), and the ZüriWiesn – Zurich’s version of Oktoberfest.
11) Mannheim
In Mannheim, I visited the Aufstiegskongress (DHfPG) and heard the word wizard and social media mogul Fred Neust:
MBA students at the event in Mannheim
Sponsor Showcase
with Angelina Zirkel of SECA, Dirk Schildhauer of Wattbike amd Frank Boehme of JustFit in Mannheim
12) Reichenau
A visit to Reichenau in the fall usually means an abundance of pumpkins:
Pumpkin face Reichenau
13) Toggenburg
We enjoy living so close to the Alps and go for hikes whenever we can:
Till next time!
Hans