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First glance at the 2024 trade fair year: Flagship trade fairs in quick succession in Germany

The shorter second half of the trade fair year has begun: there are a further 110 internationally significant trade fairs scheduled to take place in Germany before the end of the year. These include the flagship trade fair for the global food industry, Anuga (7 to 11 October, Cologne), the Frankfurt Book Fair, which is celebrating its 75th...

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German trade fairs recover slowly

First recovery in sight for trade fairs in Germany: At least 340 trade fairs are planned between Husum and Friedrichshafen in 2023. Thus, almost 25 percent more trade fairs will take place in the new year than were possible in Germany this year. In the first quarter of 2023 alone, a good 120 trade fairs are scheduled - in 2022, only 18 trade...

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Climate-neutral by 2040: German trade fair industry sets ambitious climate protection targets

From 2023, sustainability will be part of all tenders, 100 percent green power by 2025. In the coming years, 450 million Euro are planned in modernization investments. Harting says: "Trade fairs are part of the solution on the way to a climate-neutral economy“. Berlin, August 2, 2022 | The German trade fair industry will become climate-neutral...

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Global Exhibitions Day: Powerful Return of the German Trade Fair Industry

• 40 trade fairs in June, 200 during the remainder of the year • Philip Harting re-elected as chairman of the German trade fair industry • As of today, entry is possible. Neither proof of vaccination nor recovery nor test necessary The German trade fair industry takes off, late but powerfully. In June 2022 alone, 40 trade fairs will take place,...

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German trade fair industry appeals to new Federal Minister of Economics: We cannot grant a honeymoon

• If policy was consistent aid packages could be waived • Dramatic situation: damage in 2021 outranks that of 2020 • Five trade fair demands directed at the federal and state governments The trade fair industry in Germany is demanding clear trade fair regulations from the new federal government for the start of 2022. From now on until the...

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German trade fairs need the option to admit tested participants

• Industry calls for a maximum of planning reliability instead of new restrictions • Vaccine-only admission excludes many foreign trade fair visitors • AUMA calls on German government to recognize WHO vaccines In view of a recent increase of COVID-19 restrictions, the German trade fair industry is demanding maximum planning reliability for the...

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Trade fairs in Germany are starting: Industry demands maximum feasibility from politics

• Around 30 exhibitions in September • Yet 110 trade fairs until the end of the year • "The trade fair industry is eager for a new start" A new start for the German trade fair and exhibition industry after almost one year of Corona hiatus: since the beginning of September, trade fairs have been possible again in all 16 federal states. Around 30...

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Steffen Schulze heads new Communications and Marketing department of AUMA Association of the German Trade Fair Industry

• AUMA merges two previously separate teams • Schulze reports directly to Jörn Holtmeier AUMA, the Association of the German Trade Fair Industry, is merging the previously separate areas of public relations and marketing into a single Communications and Marketing department. Steffen Schulze (42) will take charge. He reports directly to AUMA...

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Several German federal states push forward allowing exhibitions again

• AUMA: All federal states must make decisions now in favour of trade fairs • Exhibition lockdown in Germany costs 40 billion euros so far The permanent lockdown for the German exhibition industry has massive consequences for the entire economy: according to calculations by AUMA - Association of the German Trade Fair Industry based on an Ifo...

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German exhibition venues prove themselves as vaccination centres

1.7 million vaccinations carried out in the 1st quarter Around 1.7 million Corona vaccinations took place at 30 German exhibition venues in the 1st quarter of 2021. This is the result of a research by AUMA - Association of the German Trade Fair Industry. This means that of the approximately 9.8 million vaccinations in total during this period,...

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European countries show: Prospects for trade fair admission are possible

AUMA: Reopening of German exhibitions could begin with model projects at regional level The exhibition industry in Europe is starting to get off the ground or at least gaining opening prospects, for example in Spain, Great Britain and the Netherlands - but not in Germany. In Spain, a first national trade fair has taken place in Madrid under...

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German trade fair industry demands concept for re-star

· AUMA Chairman Harting: Exhibitors and organisers need a concrete perspective · Industry platforms of the companies should not be closed any longer · Tried and tested standards for health protection need to be reactivated only The trade fair industry demands a timely perspective for its new start as a result of the Conference of the Federal...