Well placed: The Metropolitan Region of Frankfurt Rhine-Main will be jointly represented at the ICCA World Congress in Leipzig

Many players in the industry know the Metropolitan Region of Frankfurt Rhine-Main as the host of the annual IMEX exhibition. Moreover, Frankfurt International Airport is the entry point for many of this year?s visitors to the 50th ICCA World Congress in Leipzig. From 22 to 26 October the trade fair city of Leipzig, which is situated in the German state of Saxony, will attract some 1,200 congress professionals from over 80 countries to discuss the future of the MICE industry.

The Frankfurt Rhine-Main Region has of course far more to offer than convenient traffic and transport facilities: It is a vibrant metropolitan region with historical significance, with an enormous economic strength that is well-known throughout the world and also with a diversified higher education landscape and academic scene.

The cities of Frankfurt, Wiesbaden, Mainz and Darmstadt, are very different from one another, and their centres are only just over 40 km apart. All of them have professional congress centres that fully satisfy their clients’ needs:

• The Congress Center on the premises of the Frankfurt Exhibition Centre,
• the Rhein-Main-Hallen and the Kurhaus Wiesbaden,
• the Congress Centrum Mainz and
• the Wissenschafts-und Kongresszentrum Darmstadt (the Darmstadt Science and Congress Centre)

On 25 October 2011 all five congress centres will be giving a joint lunch at the ICCA World Congress – an opportunity for delegates to receive further information about the metropolitan region while combining business and pleasure.

The congress centres of the Frankfurt Rhine-Main Region are all situated at the heart of Germany’s biggest and most popular wine-growing area, between the Rhine and the Main, and the event will therefore be supported by Generation Riesling, an association of ambitious young wine growers.

ICCA World Congress

The 50th ICCA Congress will be held at the Congress Center Leipzig (CCL) from 22 to 26 October 2011. About 1,200 delegates are expected to come to this most important meeting of the industry. Each year the ICCA Congress gathers professional event organisers from all continents: ICCA has a membership of over 900 congress centres, event organisers and service providers from 86 countries, and each member is committed to the highest quality standards.

About ICCA

ICCA, the International Congress and Convention Association, is the umbrella organisation of the global congress and meeting industry and the strategic pioneer for all important trends in this line of business. It was founded in 1963. Its member companies and organisations include the most important representatives in the sectors of event planning and realisation as well as in transport and accommodation. The association has over 900 members from 86 countries. The head office of the ICCA network is in Amsterdam (Netherlands). Further offices of this global community can be found in Malaysia, the United States and Uruguay. The annual ICCA Congress is attended by leading industry experts from the top destinations of all continents. The 49th ICCA Congress took place in Hyderabad (India). The event has been held in Germany twice so far: in Berlin in 1974 and in Munich in 1984.

Generation Riesling:

Young, innovative and cosmopolitan – this is Generation Riesling, an association that represents German wine culture and which has become a prominent feature at numerous events both in Germany and elsewhere. It stands for a superbly trained, internationally focused and ambitious generation of young executives in Germany’s wine-growing industry.