This Tuesday, Germany's 70 or so trade fair centres will kick off the new trade fair year. A total of more than 310 trade fairs are planned in Germany this year, including bauma - the world's largest trade fair for construction machinery and mining.

Trade fairs contribute to climate protection and sustainability by efficiently bundling personal contacts and thus avoiding further travelling. This is a key finding of the recently published study by the Institute for Sustainable Tourism at the Harz University of Applied Sciences on behalf of AUMA.

After the summer break, business life begins again this week at around 70 trade fair centres in Germany. 130 trade fairs are planned for the second half of the year. The Gamescom computer games trade fair in Cologne will kick things off. AUMA takes positive stock of the first half of the year.

More than 100 trainees are starting their careers in the German trade fair industry these days. Event management assistants, event technology specialists and IT specialists are the most sought-after job profiles among trade fair organisers.

Alliances are becoming stronger and cooperation between trade fair organisers is on the rise. This is one of eight current trends in the trade fair industry in Germany, according to the recently published annual publication "AUMA Trends 2024/2025" by the Association of the German Trade Fair Industry AUMA.

The German trade fair industry is confident about the second half of the year and 2025: almost three quarters of organisers expect their trade fair formats to develop at least as well or even better than the international competition.

The German trade fair industry is starting the new year with a tailwind. More than 330 trade fairs are planned. Heimtextil in Frankfurt am Main, the PSI trade fair for the promotional products industry in Düsseldorf (photo) and the world's leading trade fair for carpets and floor coverings, Domotex, in Hanover will kick off the year.