Accente Services Newspepper July 2013

Newspepper
Accente Services Magazine
July 2013 Issue
New Café Bars
Accente Sets New Standards
Page 04
Rockin‘ the
Festhalle
Catering at the PRG LEA 2013
Page 05
Kap Europa
Sustainable Catering
for a Sustainable
Congress Centre
Page 06
Contents
On Duty
Cornelia Jost
Page 04
Accente Sets New Standards
for Café Bars
Design, Ergonomics and Goods Presentation in Focus
Page 04
Rockin‘ the Festhalle
Accente Catering at the PRG LEA 2013
Page 05
Kap Europa Takes Shape
Sustainable Catering for a Sustainable Congress Centre
Page 06
Summer in Sachsenhausen
Depot 1899 Wirtshaus Frankfurt
Page 07
Dear readers,
Welcome to the latest issue of Accente Services’ “Newspepper”.
We’ve enjoyed a highly gratifying first half of 2013, with the year’s positive
development continuing right through June and beyond. The trade fair
business and the services sector have undergone particularly strong growth,
while our Wirtshaus Depot 1899 restaurant has seen a double-digit increase in
sales.
The first six months of 2013 held numerous exciting assignments in store
including the general shareholder meetings of Commerzbank and Deutsche
Bank, as well as the gala evening of the Life Entertainment Award with 1,300
persons at the Frankfurter Festhalle.
One special highlight was the catering for the Germany exhibition stand of the
German Convention Bureau at the IMEX fair. Our socially and ecologically
responsible range of products played a role in the GCB receiving the Green
Exhibitor Award from IMEX and the GMIC (Green Meeting Industry Council)
for its sustainable overall concept.
Holger Schuster, Klaus-Peter Suhling
Managing Directors
We are looking forward with great excitement to the opening of the new Kap
Europa sustainable congress centre next year and to continuing further along
this future-orientated path together with the Messe Frankfurt.
But before that, we still have a wealth of conventions and events to look after
here. The IAA 2013 and the Frankfurt Book Fair are only two of the highlights
scheduled to follow virtually uninterrupted after the brief summer break.
With the positive overall feedback from numerous customers and the orders
pouring in, we are optimistic that the second half of 2013 will also hold plenty
of work and corresponding success in store for Accente.
The fact that we can handle all the incoming assignments and still improve our
service even more is thanks to our employees. We are proud of our team and
we are also delighted to welcome our highly experienced new HR Manager,
Cornelia Jost.
Holger Schuster and Klaus-Peter Suhling
Masthead
Frankfurt am Main in July, 2013
Newspepper
Accente Services Magazine
Editor:
Accente Gastronomie Service GmbH
Ludwig-Erhard-Anlage 1, D-60327 Frankfurt am
Main
Publisher: Klaus-Peter Suhling, Holger Schuster
www.accenteservices.de
Editorial and typesetting: ullmann media
Photos: P. Sutera, J. Ullmann, H. Ullmann,
Messe Frankfurt, Live Entertainment Award
Committee e.V.
On Duty
Accente Sets New
Standards for Café Bars
Design, Ergonomics and Goods
Presentation in Focus
Cornelia Jost
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took over in March 2013 as the new
manager of the HR Department at
Accente Services.
Ms. Jost holds a two-fold law degree with
a major in labour law. After graduating,
she gathered a wealth of professional
experience in internationally active
companies where she cemented her
reputation as a highly skilled human
resources manager. She then moved on
to positions in the banking and travel
industries before taking on the HR
management of several hotels, most
recently setting up the HR Department at
the Jumeirah Hotel in Frankfurt.
Along with implementing all of the
administration duties and designing the
associated processes at Jumeirah, she was
additionally responsible for the recruitment and training of the entire staff.
Ms. Jost is now eagerly tackling the new
challenges presented at Accente with our
extensive portfolio and diverse range of
events. Some of her priorities here
include optimising administrative
processes related to our numerous
employees and increasing the quality of
our service even more.
Her agenda also includes setting up our
E-recruiting facilities and promoting
Accente’s quality as an employer.
While Ms. Jost lives in Frankfurt with her
husband, she loves spending her free
time in the natural surroundings of her
native Rhine District with its magnificent
views of the Rhine River and the local
vineyards. Her interest in other peoples
and cultures often takes her abroad on
holidays to exotic countries, preferably
far from the accustomed tourist centres.
Accente Gastronomie Service GmbH has opened three new café
bars featuring a brand new design in Hall 9 at Messe Frankfurt.
These newly designed sales points feature a layout that is
especially bright and open, boasting a minimalist, light
architectural approach. The sophisticated materials and warm
colour tones underscore their friendly, cosy atmosphere.
Their special master stroke is that from one central bar
customers can be served at two counters positioned opposite
one another. The open design makes the bars easily visible and
their broad sales areas are well-lit to ensure ideal presentation of
the products.
Over 50 years of convention experience flowed into this new
shop design, which features the latest trends in terms of
technology and sales promotion. The efficient equipment is
discreetly integrated into the background, highlighting the
products. LED screens display the product range and the work
spaces have been planned with optimum ergonomic features.
The clear product presentation provides an easy overview for
customers. The sleek display cases are each stocked with small
quantities of the individual articles, ensuring a more diverse
product range and constant freshness.
The fronts of the new café bars offer guests raised landings with
contemporary tables and benches to sit and relax, while high
tables with stools are positioned in front of the counter for
guests to enjoy their food seated or standing.
Rockin‘ the Festhalle
Accente Catering at the PRG LEA 2013
Some 1,300 guests from the German domestic and international music, event
and entertainment scene traversed the red carpet and gathered for a fantastic
atmosphere full of glamour at the eighth celebration of the PRG Live
Entertainment Awards this past April 9th at the Festhalle Frankfurt. The
awards ceremony also signalled the official opening of the Frankfurt
Musikmesse and the simultaneous “Prolight + Sound” conventions.
A total of 15 of these highly coveted prizes were awarded to the winning event
promoters, artist managers, concert agencies and operators of venues and
clubs. The prestigious list of award presenters featured world boxing
champion and politician Vitali Klitschko along with German market
celebrities including comedian Matze Knop, rock band Silly, singers Anna
Maria Kaufmann and Christina Stürmer. The LEA trophies were designed as
stylised concert tickets cast in bronze.
The LEA principle of “Guaranteed without Playback” was in full effect for the
entertainment programme at the ceremony and the live performances
covered a broad stylistic spectrum ranging from rock to classical, musical to
circus and singer-songwriter to comedy.
The stage show included innovative new 3D laser effects and premiered a
writing water wall at the front edge of the stage which impressed the gathering
of German celebrities on hand including the Scorpions, Alfred Biolek, Hugo
Egon Balder, Doro Pesch, Susan Atwell and Kai and Thorsten Wingenfelder
(“Fury In The Slaughterhouse”, “w:”).
And while the guests were certainly served up the best in entertainment, they
were also served outstanding Accente Services catering consisting of the very
best in fingerfood, exquisitely prepared and presented to also “rock the
house”. An army of friendly service employees passed constantly through the
Festhalle offering sparkling wine, juices, selected wines and delicious snacks
including nachos, mini spring rolls, mini cabanossi sausages, sushi and more.
The selection of foods and beverages was as diverse as the show, with every
guest sure to find a personal favourite.
The Deutsche Live Entertainment Prize award ceremony has been held
annually since 2006, and has repeatedly chosen Accente Gastronomie Service
GmbH as its official catering partner for the event.
Kap Europa Takes Shape
Sustainable Catering for a Sustainable Congress Center
The project partners of the Kap Europa Congress Center
celebrated a roofing ceremony to commemorate the
completion of the facility’s shell in Frankfurt’s Europaviertel
district. Construction of Kap Europa is being conducted
simultaneously with that of the neighbouring Skyline Plaza
shopping centre. Kap Europa is set to go into operation for the
summer of 2014.
Kap Europa represents an expansion of the Messe Frankfurt’s
space for congresses, conferences and events. Messe Frankfurt
Executive Director Uwe Behm explains the expansion of the
Messe’s capacities saying, “This move is necessary for us to
offer more in our portfolio to meet the growing congress and
conference business needs of our customers”. In the recordbreaking year of 2012, Congress Frankfurt welcomed 112,000
participants, an increase of 13 percent over the previous year.
Spread over four event floors, Kap Europa will house one hall
for 1,000 persons, one hall for 600 persons which can be partitioned and twelve additional conference rooms.
With the Congress Center on the Messe site as the ideal venue for large events with greater space needs, Kap
Europa will cover the need for plenary halls and numerous smaller spaces.
The building is being built in a manner designed to meet the highest level of sustainability demands in terms
of its construction and operation. Thanks to its high ecological standards, even in its construction phase Kap
Europa has already been awarded preliminary Gold certification by the DGNB (German Association for
Sustainable Construction). Mr. Behm comments, “A congress building in the public space where it is seen by the
public serves a special role model function in terms of construction and operation that is ecologically and
socially responsible. At Messe Frankfurt, our aim is to build one of the most sustainable congress centres
throughout the world”.
Accente Gastronomie Service GmbH supports this same trailblazing strategy in the catering sector. We are
constantly optimising the ecological footprint of the company by purchasing our products in the local region,
avoiding the creation of unnecessary rubbish and using energy more efficiently. Sustainable catering requires
seamless traceability of the products, a regional supplier structure and sensitivity regarding production,
transport and the presentation of the foods and beverages. We inspect all of our processes on the basis of these
criteria and minimise our resource needs. Socially responsible products like “Fair Trade” coffees and
organically produced raw materials and ingredients are always our priority.
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Frank von Kolczynski, Angela Capasso
Summer in Sachsenhausen
After what seemed like an endless winter stretching into spring, summer has
finally arrived and “Biergartens” everywhere are filling up with guests. One of
the most beautiful summer terraces in Frankfurt can be found in front of the
Depot 1899 restaurant in Sachsenhausen, where over 200 guests can find
space to eat, drink and people-watch.
The sunny spots on the terrace are already popular from midday. This is the
perfect meeting spot for lunch, or later on for a coffee and delicious slice of
cake. In the lounge area of the beer garden, visitors relax on spacious sofas and
enjoy the end of the workday with a beer, Aperol Spritz or Hugo.
Hot days are followed by hot nights, and in the evening the Depot becomes a
popular event location. The special atmosphere of the historic streetcar depot
makes every event unique right from the start for dance floor parties, TV
Sundays or public viewing of sporting events in the Large Hall.
The appealing mix of tradition and the contemporary is magnified by the
inimitable design of Depot
1899’s open, roomy interior
featuring a restaurant area,
a large bar and a cosy
lounge. The Large Hall is
located at the rear of the
building and can be
partitioned to accommodate smaller events.
The upper floor consists of a
half-floor which almost
seems to float suspended in
the air. It features its own
bar with a view of the
Immer noch ein Hit in der Sommersaison: Der „Hugo“
goings-on below on the
ground floor. While the Hall is used for conferences, meetings or dancing, the
upper floor is available for catering. Depot 1899’s multitude of possible uses
has firmly established this location as a venue for company events.
Guests and company customers are in
the best of hands with Operations
Manager Frank von Kolczynski and
Assistant Manager Angela Capasso.
Aged 34, Mr. von Kolczynski is a
certified hotelier who previously held
numerous positions at hotels in
Germany and abroad, most recently
serving as the Catering Manager at
Staatstheater Mainz before taking
over supervision of the operative
duties at Depot 1899 in Frankfurt’s
Textorstrasse in July of 2012.
Ms. Capasso has been a member of
the Depot team since it opened. A
true “Sachsenhausen girl” born and
raised in the area, 30-year-old sports
enthusiast Ms. Capasso is a certified
system gastronomy expert who
advanced into the management team
in 2012.
Both young managers feel called to
their professions and are delighted to
be running things at this popular
location in one of Frankfurt’s
trendiest districts.
DEPOT 1899
Textorstraße 33
60594 Frankfurt/Main
Tel.: 069 - 60504799
Mo. – Fr. ab 11.30 Uhr
Sa., So. u. an Feiertagen
ab 10.00 Uhr
www.depot1899.de
Accente Gastronomie Service GmbH
Ludwig-Erhard-Anlage 1
D-60327 Frankfurt/Main
Tel. +49 (0)69 75 60 20
Fax +49 (0)69 74 98 21
info@accenteservices.de
www.accenteservices.de