ITB Berlin Sells Out

From March 11 to 15, 2009, ITB Berlin is expecting an estimated 11,000 exhibiting companies and organizations from more than 180 countries in the 26 halls on the Berlin Exhibition Grounds.

Despite the difficult economic situation around the world, in 2009 demand still exceeds supply. Messe Berlin is expecting even larger numbers of international trade visitors at the ITB Berlin Convention, the world’s largest meeting of this kind, which is taking place at the same time.

Six weeks prior to the start of ITB Berlin, this trade show reports that registrations are at an impressively high level, despite the global economic and financial crisis. Among the exhibitors who will be meeting trade visitors and the public will be some from the world’s newest nation –Kosovo.

The African nation of Gabon has returned as an exhibitor after an absence of several years, along with Tajikistan and Turkmenistan. In 2009, the Middle East reports a continuing boom in tourism. The emirates of Abu Dhabi and Qatar now have an even wider range of attractions and facilities.

The increasing number of travelers visiting the U.S. is also reflected in the plans by American exhibitors, as New York and Florida will be occupying larger display areas. Germany’s federal states are coming to Berlin with great expectations this year. All available space has been booked in the halls occupied by the federal states.