A 19th century music composer, the head of the House of Chanel, and a German Chancellor might not have much in common. However, one fact that Johannes Brahms, Karl Lagerfeld, and Angela Merkel do indeed have in common is that they were born in the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg in the federal state of the same name, located in Northern Germany. The city has a population of 1.8 million and has the geographic privilege of possessing the second largest port in Europe for container transport which makes Hamburg a hub for international commerce and consequently nourishes its hotel industry.
Today, this international trade, which was once-upon-a-time limited to land or ocean travel, now includes the headquarters of French aviation leader Airbus and other companies such as Blohm & Voss. The IT and media industries have also chosen to plant their roots in Germany’s second-largest city...
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