koelnmesse

we energize your business
Type	GmbH
Genre	congress and trade fair organizer
Founded	1922
Headquarters	Cologne, Germany
Key people	Gerald Böse, Chief Executive Officer
Revenue	Euro 191.7 million[1] (2008)
Employees	647 (2008)
Website	http://www.koelnmesse.com

Koelnmesse North Entrance

map of the Cologne trade fair grounds (marked Messegelände)

Koelnmesse (Cologne Trade Fair or Cologne Exhibition Centre) is the name of the international trade fair and exhibition center located in Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. With over 70 trade fairs and over 2.000 conferences held annually, koelnmesse is the country's largest trade fair organizer^[2] and with 284.000 m² exhibition floor area the third largest by area.

The Cologne Trade Fair ground was founded in 1922. Until 2005, the trade fair was based in the historic Rheinhallen, and since then moved into new premises next to them. The old Fair Tower Cologne (Messeturm Köln) is a landmark building from 1928 and features a tower restaurant on the top floor.

Trade fairs

Among others the following trade fairs are held in Cologne:

• Anuga world's most important food and beverage trade fair
• Anuga FoodTec
• Art Cologne
• dmexco, the leading international exposition and conference for the digital industry
• EuVend, the international trade fair for the vending industry
• gamescom, trade fair for interactive games and entertainment
• imm Cologne, leading trade fair for the furniture sector
• Intermot, international motorcycle, scooter and bicycle fair
• ISM, world's largest confectionery trade fair
• photokina, the world's leading fair for photography and imaging

Location

The trade fair grounds lie in Cologne's right-Rhenish district of Deutz, directly adjacent to Köln Messe/Deutz station to the south. Among others, the station has ICE connections by Deutsche Bahn to Köln Hbf and Cologne/Bonn Airport. West of the trade fair grounds lies the Rheinpark, a 40 hectare large park on the River Rhine, and Tanzbrunnen^[3], an open air theater.

Apart from the Köln Messe/Deutz station to the south, the Cologne trade fair center is also served by the Cologne Stadtbahn station Koelnmesse to the East.

Preceding station		KVB		Following station
Köln Messe/Deutz toward Mengenich Ollenhauerring		3		Steigerwaldsiedlung toward Thielenbruch
Köln Messe/Deutz toward Bocklemünd		4		Steigerwaldsiedlung toward Schlebusch

Subsidiaries

name	location	web link
KölnKongress GmbH	Cologne,  Germany	www.koelnkongress.de
Koelnmesse International GmbH	Cologne,  Germany	www.koelnmesse.de
- Koelnmesse Pte. Ltd.	Singapore,  Singapore	www.koelnmesse.com.sg
- Koelnmesse Inc.	Chicago,  United States	www.koelnmessenafta.com
- Koelnmesse Co. Ltd.	Beijing,  People's Republic of China	www.koelnmesse.cn
- Koelnmesse Ltd.	Hong Kong,  Hong Kong	www.koelnmesse.cn
- Koelnmesse S.r.l.	Milan,  Italy	www.koelnmesse.it
- Koelnmesse Co. Ltd.	Tokyo,  Japan	www.koelnmesse.jp
- Koelnmesse w Polsce	Warsaw,  Poland	www.koelnmesse.pl
- Koelnmesse YA Tradefair Pvt. Ltd.	Mumbai,  India	www.koelnmesse-india.com
- Koelnmesse Ltd.	London,  United Kingdom
Koelnmesse Service GmbH	Cologne,  Germany
Koelnmesse Ausstellungen GmbH	Cologne,  Germany

References

1. ^ Koelnmesse, Annual Report 2008
2. ^ Koelnmesse.com
3. ^ Koelnkongress.com

External links

• Koelnmesse.com (German) (English)
• koelnkongress.com (German) (English)

Coordinates: 50°56′38″N 6°58′28″E / 50.9438305556°N 6.97453611111°E / 50.9438305556; 6.97453611111