1970s Fremdenverkehrsamt
a division of the Duesseldorf Townhall
promotes Tourism
Promotion is run directly by the city
1985 first Internet Domains registered VB.com/1985
1989 Creation of tha private
Duesseldorf Promotion initative
including Hotels and local companies.
1994 Registation of the domain Hotels.com 30-03-1994
1995 / 1996 The first Visitor Bureau,
VBs or CVBs
start to use the prefix "Visit"
2001 Foundation of
Duesseldorf Tourismus GmbH
a professional Organisation
with the mission to promote
Tourism in the capital of NRW
Development of Tourism campaigns
and an online website
2002 Duesseldorf Marketing & Toutismus GmbH
launches the website Duesseldorf-Tourismus.de
2004 - 2016 first Registration of the domain
VisitDuesseldorf.com
the website project remains in a very simple status
without ever being developped
2009 Registration of the domain
VisitDuesseldorf.de
redirected to duesseldorf-tourismus.de
The website operates as a
tourism information portal
2017 VisitDuesseldorf.com is not renewed
the domain is auctionned
and aquired by HugeDomains
VisitDuesseldorf.com listed for sale for 3295 usd
Duesseldorf Tourismus becomes part
of Duesseldorf Marketing GmbH
2019 Sale of the domain
VisitDuesseldorf.com
to the domain investor Fred Mercaldo
from Arizona.
2022 VisitDuesseldorf.com
listed for sale for 15.000 usd
2023 November
Launch of VisitDuesseldorf.de
Duesseldorf-Tourismus.de
redirected to visitduesseldorf.de
The website becomes a full
destination experience and booking hub.
2023 - 2025 VisitDuesseldorf.com
keeps being
offered for sale
by changing
domain sale agencies.
2025 Visit Duesseldorf.com
listed for sale for 50.000 usd
2026 Visit Duesseldorf.com
aquired by Marcus Cent,
a Tourism website pioneer.
Visit Duesseldorf
and several other German "Visit"
don't become part
of a Destination Marketing Organisation
but of
an international Media Company
that had started
with
Visit Rome.com
