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Congress Frankfurt enjoyed an increase in the number of visitors

In 2012, conventions and congresses at the Messe Frankfurt exhibition grounds drew 112,000 participants, an increase of 13 percent over the previous year. Nearly half (41 percent) of the 76 events held in total were multi-day events, which is four percent more than in 2011. The total number of conventions and congresses held steady in comparison with the previous year (81 events in 2011).

One of the highlights was the central customer conference for technology giant Hewlett Packard (HP) in December 2012. This three-day international event, entitled "HP Discover EMEA", booked not only the Congress Center, but also the Forum and Halls 1, 3 and 4. HP utilised over 1,000 presentations, workshops and individual seminars to inform the more than 9,000 participants from 100 countries of the company's latest developments and products.

"An event such as this demands outstanding logistics and catering services, " states Claudia Delius-Fisher, Director of Congress Frankfurt, the Messe Frankfurt department responsible for the event, and provides some examples: "More than 24,000 items of furniture were transported to 54 different locations around the exhibition grounds, and every day, bus, taxi and saloon shuttles were taking participants back and forth between the airport, 48 hotels, the exhibition grounds and the evening events at half-hour intervals. More than 80, 000 individual hors d'oeuvres and finger foods were prepared overnight for just one of these evening events on the exhibition grounds."

Other high points in the fourth quarter of 2012 included the 57th International Congress of Hearing Aid Acousticians, as well as the German Dentists' Conference, which drew more than 3,000 participants in November 2012. The "id mitte" trade exhibition taking place at the same time drew more than 8,000 visitors. The most important training and further education event for German dentists will be returning to the Congress Center once again in 2013.

In March 2013, physicians specialising in pain therapy will be coming to the Congress Center for the German Pain and Palliative Care convention for the sixteenth time. With regard to the banking and financial sectors, the organisers of the Institutional Money Congress, the Investor Fair and Finance Week have all once again opted to hold their events at the Messe Frankfurt exhibition grounds. In addition to representatives from the fields of medicine and finance, the sustainability sector is also a growing presence. The Passive House Institute of Darmstadt, for example, will be holding its 17th International Passive House Conference in Frankfurt in 2013, while members of the world's largest wind energy network, EWEA, will be gathering for the "EWEA Offshore" conference in Hall 3 and the Forum at the end of the year. In addition, the Annual Meeting of the German Association of Cities will be taking place in the Congress Center in April 2013.



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