Welcome to Hamburg Messe und Congress GmbH!

Hamburg is more diverse than any other city in Germany. A vibrant metropolis, a green oasis, a city on the waterfront. Germany’s second-largest city, with Europe’s third-largest seaport and nearly two million inhabitants, is a media hub, an innovation centre, and a hotspot of international trade. Our vibrant event campus lets you host captivating trade fairs and congresses right in the centre of the city. The botanical garden “Planten un Blomen” connects our exhibition campus with the CCH – Congress Center Hamburg and all other adjacent buildings to form one coherent event area for the city. All that embedded in an excellent public transport infrastructure. Countless hotels in the immediate vicinity, and numerous leisure opportunities make every stay a pleasant experience.

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HMC Annual Report (digital issues)

Annual Reports

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News

Green shipping: An ocean of tangible solutions at SMM 2024

For four days, the shipbuilding universe met in Hamburg for the 31st SMM. The mood was excellent at the leading international maritime trade fair as well-established enterprises and start-ups alike laid out before the maritime business world the technological innovations and solutions it needs to…

Maritime transition: Innovation and courage must be rewarded

The opening press conference for the leading international maritime trade fair gave a foretaste of the coming SMM days. Political and business leaders discussed current challenges and opportunities facing the shipping industry. The overarching topic was the decarbonisation of the shipping sector.…

WindEnergy Hamburg: Free conference programme to lend crucial impetus to the energy transition

WindEnergy Hamburg, where the key stakeholders of the global wind energy sector gather, is the industry’s most important event of the year 2024. 1,500 companies from 40 countries will be represented at the leading global trade fair for wind energy which takes place at Hamburg Messe und Congress from…

Katariina Rohrbach

Katariina Rohrbach to establish the CCH as a top destination for conventions

Internationally experienced event executive Katariina Rohrbach will head the CCH – Congress Center Hamburg as Chief Operating Officer (COO) as of 1 September 2024. Born in Eckernförde, Schleswig-Holstein, she grew up in Hanover where she was able to gain some industry experience at Deutsche Messe AG…

A win-win constellation: cruise shipping meets shipbuilding at SMM

MARINE INTERIORS @SMM: The cruise industry is under enormous pressure to improve its sustainability fast. From 3 to 6 September 2024, SMM will deliver key input to support these efforts. Sustainability is a criterion in selecting ship interiors, as well, as the exhibitors at MARINE INTERIORS @SMM…