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Messe Basel –
Where the world
comes together
Key figures
asel will surprise you: its central
location, fi rst-class transport
connections and infrastructure, as
well as the compactness of the city make it
one of the most important exhibition and
congress cities in Europe. Further, you’ll fi nd
a wide selection of hotels, restaurants and
bars, good shopping and a comprehensive
range of free-time activities, including 40
museums – some of which enjoy a global
reputation. All this attracts hundreds of
thousands of guests every year to Art
Basel, the world’s most important fair
for contemporary and modern art, or to
Baselworld, the world’s leading watch and
jewellery show and many other corporate
meetings and national or international
congresses.
Basel’s exhibition centre is the biggest
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and most important exhibition location in
Switzerland and one of the key locations in
Europe. The exhibition site in the heart of
the city includes modern hall complexes,
a multifunctional Event Hall, the Congress
Center Basel with 25 congress and
conference rooms and a Musical Theatre.
The premises offer comfortable facilities,
together with state-of-the-art technology,
satisfying the most stringent of demands.
Many of the individual halls and rooms,
with their multifunctional designs, can be
combined with each other, permitting an
exceptionally high level of fl exibility in
terms of confi guration and capacity. Messe
Basel can provide the perfect venue for each
and every event – whether it be a tradefair,
an exhibition, a congress, a shareholders’
meeting, a concert or a company occasion.
• Exhibition area: 141,000sqm
• Number of exhibitions
(annually): 20-25
• Visitors at the exhibition site
(annually): up to 1 million
• Rooms at the Congress Center: 25
• Room capacity: 50-10,000
• Events (annually): 250
Contact:
MCH Messe Schweiz (Basel) AG
4005 Basel, Switzerland
www.mch-group.com
Tel.: [phone]
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