
Koelnmesse celebrates 100th anniversary with opening of Confex28.6.2024 11:00:00 CEST | news aktuell GmbH | Press Release
To mark its 100th anniversary, Koelnmesse is opening its new event and congress location Confex with space for 6,200 guests, directly at the Cologne Messe/Deutz ICE railway station State-of-the-art venue in the heart of Europe with perfect transport links raises the bar for congresses, trade fairs and corporate events Konrad Adenauer founded Koelnmesse in 1924 to drive the economy of the West and as a European peace project Among the 2,000 guests attending the anniversary celebrations are Minister President Henrik Wüst and numerous other public figures To mark its 100th anniversary, Koelnmesse is hosting a grand opening ceremony for Europe’s most cutting-edge event and congress centre: Confex. The technologically and environmentally groundbreaking new building creates new opportunities for innovative event formats in the region. After almost three years of construction, a core element of the one-billion-euro investment programme Koelnmesse 3.0 is launching on schedule.