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Venue showcase
Location
advantage
Messe
Frankfurt
esse Frankfurt is the world’s largest tradefair,
congress and event organiser with its own
exhibition grounds.
With over 2,500* employees at 30 locations, the company
generates annual sales of around €715m*.
Thanks to its far-reaching ties with the relevant sectors
and to its international sales network, the Group looks
after the business interests of its customers effectively.
A comprehensive range of services – both onsite
and online – ensures that customers worldwide enjoy
consistently high quality and fl exibility when planning,
organising and running their events. The range of services
includes renting exhibition grounds, tradefair construction
and marketing, personnel and food services.
Since 2010, Messe Frankfurt has been a member of the
United Nations Global Compact – the fi rst German tradefair
organiser to join its ranks. The worldwide CSR network is
committed to sustainable corporate management and
to the 10 principles set out in the areas of human rights,
labour standards, environmental protection and anti-
corruption activities.
“As a partner, we are acting on the desire among our
exhibitors and guest organisers for an environmentally
friendly approach to tradefair management,” explains
Uwe Behm, Member of the Executive Board of Messe
Frankfurt.
And customers, such as the Innovate4Climate 2018
event, value the power generated from renewable energies,
which allows them to reinforce the underlying message
of their tradefairs. “The excellent facilities and services
offered by Messe Frankfurt, together with the option of
using electricity with an optimised carbon footprint, make
it an ideal host for our Innovate4Climate conference, which
aims to support climate change innovation,” said Sarah
Moyer – Carbon Finance Specialist, World Bank Group.
Contact:
Messe Frankfurt Venue
GmbH, Sales Guest
Events
www.messefrankfurt.
com/locations
E: saleslocations
@messefrankfurt.com
Tel: [phone]
Frankfurt
USPs
• Frankfurt enjoys a central
location in the middle of Europe
and has excellent transport
connections by air, rail and road.
• Europe’s largest railway station
and the largest airport on the
continent with a wide range of
direct fl ights.
• Situated in the middle of the city,
the exhibition grounds are around
15 minutes by S-Bahn suburban
rail from the airport. There is also
a subway and tram stop at the
central entrance ‘City’.
• There are 110,000 hotel beds
in the Rhine-Main region, and
11,500 hotel rooms within walking
distance of the Messe Frankfurt
venues
• Around 400,000sqm of event
space in 11 different halls and
four fl exible congress and event
locations
• As of 2020, Messe Frankfurt will
be changing over completely to
green power, sourcing 100% of its
electricity from renewable energy.
* Preliminary fi gures for 2018
w w w.exhibitionworld.co.uk
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