38 Half-time – Trade fair-turned-gallery
40 Anniversary –
Hamburg has been a trade fair city for 650 years
45 Annual financial statements of Hamburg Messe
und Congress GmbH
46 Balance sheet
46 Income statement
47 Management report
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Going at full stretch until
autumn 2015: decision
on Hamburg’s bid for the
Olympic Games
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March 2015: Hamburg prevails over Berlin as the Ger-
man Olympic Sports Confederation picks the Free and
Hanseatic City as the official German candidate to host
the 2024 Olympic Games. Hamburg is supported by the
“Fired up” campaign, among others. Learn more about
the campaign at:
(in German).
✱ ✱ ✱ P. 13 Excitement about the Games
at INTERNORGA
✱ ✱ ✱ P. 40 Anniversary – 650 years of trade fairs
in Hamburg
✱ ✱ ✱ P. 32 The new CCH
52 Report of the Supervisory Board
54 Supervisory Board 2014
55 Statement of compliance
56 Publishing information
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