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With more than 7.6 million participants at over 70,000 business events and a total turnover of 1.4 billion euros, the Berlin conference and congress industry enjoyed a successful year in 2023. One in five visitors came from abroad. At almost 16 percent, the proportion of international events was far higher than the previous year's figure of 4 percent and the national average of 4.7 percent. In addition to congresses and conferences in the field of health, Berlin increasingly attracted events in the fields of the environment, sustainability and energy.

Berlin is one of the most popular conference and congress metropolises in the world. In the ranking of the international event platform Cvent, which analyses the best conference destinations and event locations in the world, Berlin is ranked fourth in Europe:

The city’s excellent location conditions are important factors for Berlin’s growing appeal as an event center and for the expansion of the international market:

• Modern assortment of hotels with more than 145,000 beds
• A large selection of exceptional locations for events
• Berlin Convention Office visitBerlin - Berlin Tourismus & Kongress GmbH offers a comprehensive range of services for trade fairs and conventions in Berlin
• Professional services available from the Messe Berlin GmbH group - one of the ten highest grossing trade show companies in the world - with it's own site Berlin ExpoCenter City at the Berliner Funkturm (27 halls, multi-functional trade show and conference center CityCube Berlin, hub27 Berlin, +palais.Berlin)
• Home to leading international trade fairs in industries of the future (such as the IFA trade fair for consumer electronics: Consumer Electronics Unlimited, World Health Summit) and major events with high media and public relations impact (the ITB Berlin Travel Trade Show (Internationale Tourismusbörse), Air show berlin-International Aerospace Exhibition and Conferences)
• Berlin is the seat of the German Trade Fair Industry Association (Ausstellungs- und Messe-Ausschuss der Deutschen Wirtschaft - AUMA)

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