This operating model is becoming more and more popular throughout Germany. The EVB is a joint venture between another utility and the operating company of the Tropical Island project. The artists, dancers and acrobats for the live performances originally came from Samoa and are thus real south-sea-ambassadors.Ī separate utility had been established in the days when the site was owned by CargoLifter, known as Energie-versorgung Brand GmbH (EVB). Management, administration and maintenance make up one-third of this number the balance represents those on the operational side who keep the park running. Most of the 500 employees in the park live in the region around Brand. This is not the normal case, however – as a rule guests stay for about six hours before heading back home. There have even been real vacationers who have visited the park for an entire week, booking a bungalow and spending numerous nights on the beach. You feel just as if you’re on holiday on a tropical island somewhere in the Caribbean.
Daily live shows and several restaurants offer up to 1800 guests excellent entertainment and dining facilities. Night-owls and visitors who wish to spend a warm night on the beach in a tent are more than welcome. Most visitors buy a ticket for one day, although the gates are open and the park is kept running 24/7. It is easy to reach from either Berlin or Dresden, and 5 million visitors from the region are expected to visit this special destination, with another 2 million coming from Poland.įour thousand guests a day are needed to ensure long-term business survival – a number which has been reached and even exceeded during the first six months of operation. The project was financed solely by private investment, and the resort has created some 500 jobs in the Brandenburg region.
The tropical theme is especially appealing to European guests, who have to endure winters with snow and storms for at least four months a year. Instead of bringing guests to the islands of the world, he brings the islands of the world to the guests.Īfter Singaporean and Malaysian investors bought the grounds from CargoLifter in summer 2002, they invested some €70 million to transform the entire hall. He was previously manager of the vessel line Star Cruises, and simply decided to reverse the more usual activities of an international cruise company. The Malaysian investor Colin Au was the initiator of the Tropical Island project. The hall and what it holds seem to be an illusion, as it was in the time of the airships, but today you can actually touch it. Tropical Island, as the name implies, is a tropical world with orchards, a rain forest, palm trees and beautiful beaches – situated in the middle of Germany.
And instead of containing airships, the entire hall has been transformed into a tropical travel destination. But soon the air cooled down a little it is now stable at around 30☌. They founded the CargoLifter Group, bought the grounds and planned the production of airships. They wanted to use the hall for the construction and servicing of airships, which are known to be huge and thus require a lot of space. In case of an earthquake the CL RSQ-350 can be converted to an onside AirCrane lifting the debris from the ruins.During the years of the booming stock market, innovative entrepreneurs decided to build the largest self-supporting hall in the world on an airport site in Brand previously belonging to the Russians. But how many helicopters are available and how long are they able to fly? The CL RSQ-350 costs a fraction of one helicopter and can be in operation for days! The CL RSQ-350 is a self-propelled balloon, able to fly in material and even pick up people from roofs or trees, in a similar way as helicopters, but without a big “fan”.
and how to rescue people if roads are blocked, bridges destroyed or everything is “ under water ” ? How to rescue people buried under the ruins of their collapsed buildings after an earthquake?ĬargoLifter 's AirRescue Systems are a revolutionary solution, using for all missions the “ air road ”. How to supply food, water, tents, medical care etc.