International Business Trip (March 6-March 16, 2003) 

Warsaw, Poland and Prague, Czech Republic

Group Leaders: 

Philadelphia University - Professor Harvey B. Lermack & Professor Susan Christoffersen  University of Toledo - Professor Ken I. Kim

Trip Itinerary

© 2003 Harvey B. Lermack

Note:  To access web sites and presentations for our visits, click on the underlined items.  When finished, use the "back" button on your browser to return to this page.

Thursday, March 6

Travel - Depart Philadelphia Int'l Airport 6:00 p.m., Lufthansa Flight 427

Friday, March 7

Travel - Arrive Frankfurt, Germany, 7:55 a.m.

            Depart Frankfurt 10:50 a.m., Lufthansa 3282

            Arrive Warsaw 12:30 p.m.

Half day sightseeing tour of Warsaw

Check-in at Sofitel Victoria Hotel

Sofitel Victoria Hotel home page

6:00 p.m. - Evening Reception with Klub MBA (current MBA students and alumni of University of Warsaw) at Paparazzi Restaurant

Klub MBA home page

Saturday, March 8

Day of leisure and sightseeing in Warsaw

Sunday, March 9

6:00 a.m. - 11:00 p.m. - Full day tour of:

- Krakow, Poland

- Auschwitz and Birkenau Concentration Camps

Auschwitz - Birkenau Memorial and Museum home page

Monday, March 10

Morning and Afternoon Corporate Visits:

9:45 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. - ERA Mobile Communications

Web site

ERA Annual Report 2001 (.pdf)

Presentation Part 1

Presentation Part 2

2:00 - 4:30 p.m. - J A Centra Energy (formerly Enron Europe)

Web site

Presentation

Tuesday, March 11

Morning and Afternoon Corporate Visits:

9:00 - 10:00 a.m. - U. S. Commercial Service, Poland

Commercial Service home page

Commercial Service Poland

Commercial Service Czech Republic

10:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. - Deutsche Bank

Deutsche Bank home page

Presentation

Travel - Overnight Train # 252, departing at 7:25 p.m.  (note:  this train has no dining car)

Wednesday, March 12

Arrive at Prague Holesovice train station 6:33 a.m.

Transfer to hotel for breakfast and early check-in to Palace Praha Hotel

Palace Praha Hotel home page

Half-day sightseeing tour of Prague, walking tour back to hotel, lunch on own

Rest of the day free for sightseeing in Prague

Thursday, March 13

Morning and Afternoon Corporate Visits:

10:00a.m. to 1:30 p.m. - Hewlett Packard (includes light lunch)

Hewlett Packard home page

Presentation (Human Resources)

Presentation (Marketing)

2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. - Johnson & Johnson

Johnson and Johnson home page

Johnson and Johnson - "Our Credo"

Presentation (part 1)

Presentation (part 2)

Friday, March 14

Morning Corporate Visit:

9:00 - 12:30 a.m. - Nizbor Glassworks

Rest of the day free for sightseeing in Prague 

Saturday, March 15

Day of leisure and sightseeing in Prague

Evening farewell dinner at Pilsen restaurant, Municipal House

Sunday, March 16

Travel - Depart Prague 10:45 a.m., Lufthansa 3265

            Arrive Frankfurt 11:55 a.m.                

            Depart Frankfurt 1:10 p.m., Lufthansa 426

            Arrive Philadelphia 4:15 p.m.