Following comprehensive modernisation beginning January 2017, the revamped CCH – Congress Center Hamburg is scheduled to open in August 2020 and is one of the largest of its kind in Europe. With a total available exhibition space of 12,000 m2, another 12,000 m2 of foyer space, and 12,000 seats in up to 50 halls and rooms, the congress center is the largest of its kind in Germany and can accommodate a wide range of events – from international specialist conventions with thousands of attendees to workgroup meetings in break-out rooms.

Europe’s leading cruise trade show & other industry events has been unite to turn host city Hamburg into a hub for cruise events. Europe’s leading congress and trade show for the sector, Seatrade Europe Cruise & River Cruise Convention, returned in September to Hamburg Messe as well as the Hamburg Cruise Days, the biggest public cruise festival worldwide.

Skyscraping views, stylish social spaces and skateboards all on offer: New hotels – both established brands and boutique venues – are scheduled to launch in Hamburg in 2019, providing even more accommodation and venue options for planners.

Planners from across the world experienced Hamburg first hand as part of a series of fam trips and events held recently in the city. Hamburg Convention Bureau (HCB) hosted a hat-trick of events, bringing a total of 57 meetings planners to Germany’s second largest city ahead of IMEX in Frankfurt in May.

Part networking, part conference and part rock concert, OMR (Online Marketing Rockstars) is one of the world’s largest events for the digital marketing and tech sectors attracting over 50,000 marketing and digital professionals, 400+ exhibitors and 600+ speakers to Germany’s second largest city. It brings together music and creative minds every year in Hamburg and includes a new international start-up awards.

In 2021, the eyes of the international community of neurosurgeons will be on Hamburg as the European Association of Neurosurgical Societies (EANS) will be holding its annual congress here. Around 2,000 specialists are expected to join the event, which will take place at the CCH – Congress Center Hamburg and once again confirm Hamburg’s relevance as a science location.

Hamburg, 2 July 2018 – Karine Serra has joined the Hamburg Convention Bureau’s Conventions unit. A graduate event manager with a focus on business tourism, Karine Serra is filling the previous role of Nele Aumann, who has been serving as head of the Conventions unit since March 2018.

Hamburg, 3 July 2018 – The Rotary International Convention, one of the world’s most prestigious international congresses, is taking place in Hamburg from 1 to 5 June 2019. And while the conference has been open for registration for only a few days, more than 15,000 members have signed up already.

Hamburg, 27 June 2018 ¬– In 2020, Germany could provide the setting for important decisions on core functions of the internet as the City of Hamburg, together with the eco – Association of the Internet Industry e. V. and Denic eG, has been chosen as the host for the 69th meeting of ICANN (Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers) from 17 to 23 October 2020. This was decided at the recent ICANN 62 Policy Forum in Panama City.

Hamburg, 25 May, 2018 – Hamburg and the CCH – Congress Center Hamburg — are pleased to be selected to host the 2021 annual meeting of the International Society for Stem Cell Research (ISSCR). The largest global gathering of stem cell scientists, ISSCR 2021 will bring as many as 4,000 researchers from around the world to Hamburg to share and discuss the latest news and discoveries in the stem cell field.