A RECORD
YEAR
Twenty-fourteen was an intensely competitive year for HMC and all of
its staff, with new and established events setting records in many areas
thanks to their appeal.
TWENTY-FOURTEEN was a record year for Hamburg
Messe und Congress GmbH (HMC), with successful prem-
ieres, a full calendar of events and more exhibitors than ever
before, generating revenue of approximately EUR 100 mil-
lion. This is the highest revenue in the history of the com-
pany. HMC was expecting that it would be a record year, but
never expected it to be so good.
When its revenue reached the EUR 100 million mark in 2014,
Hamburg Messe und Congress GmbH achieved the first mile-
stone on the growth course on which it embarked in 2005
two years earlier than originally planned. The financial year
demonstrated once again that Hamburg is becoming more
and more popular among exhibitors, visitors and event or-
ganisers as a trade fair and convention venue.
A TOTAL OF 14,138 EXHIBITORS came to 41 HMC
events and guest events on the grounds of Hamburg Messe
and to the hanseboot ancora boatshow in Neustadt,
Schleswig-Holstein. A new record total of 982,829 gross
square metres of exhibition space was let. The number of
trade fair visitors also increased to 831,388, up 12 percent
versus the 2012 reference year. Another 390,101 people at-
tended a total of 247 events at the CCH – Congress Center
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Hamburg Messe und Congress | Annual Report 2014
A RECORD YEAR