+++ At least 330 trade fairs planned for 2024 in Germany, of which 180 are leading fairs +++ Organisers are recovering, with industry trade fairs in high demand +++ More than 40 per cent of companies are increasing their trade fair budgets +++

+++ Another 110 trade fairs to go before the end of 2023 +++ Audience becoming increasingly international +++ 2024 UFI Global Congress to be held in Germany

Almost seven million trade fair visitors from January to June +++ Figures approaching pre-coronavirus levels +++
Annual publication, “AUMA Trends 2023/2024”, indicates further developments within the trade fair industry

Since January, more than 50 trade fairs have taken place in Germany, more than 60 are still planned until the end of March. Participants from abroad already at pre-Corona level.

340 trade fairs planned in 2023 - only 280 trade fairs feasible in 2022 + Concerns over affordable energy dim outlook + Visitor numbers on the rise

+++ From 2023, sustainability will be part of all tenders, 100 percent green power by 2025 +++ Harting: "Trade fairs are part of the solution on the way to a climate-neutral economy“ +++ 450 million Euro in modernization investments planned in the coming years

- 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 possible. Neither proof of vaccination nor recovery nor test necessary

After a standstill of almost eight months since the beginning of November 2020, trade fairs will take place again in Germany from the end of June 2021. A total of 148 trade fairs listed by AUMA are currently planned from September to December, 67 of which are of international or national importance.

Survey among members of three major German industry associations: Digital events currently have an important substitute function, but significantly less benefit than real trade fairs.

Survey among members of 427 exhibiting companies from the mechanical engineering, electrical engineering and electronics, optics, photonics and medical technology industries: Three quarters of the companies surveyed intend to retain most of their trade fair participations over the next twelve months.