Hamburg Messe und Congress

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Hamburg Messe und Congress GmbH (acronym: HMC) is a legal entity owned by the city of Hamburg (full German name: Freie und Hansestadt Hamburg). The Hamburg exhibition complex is host to more than 40 events managed by HMC or third-party organizers annually, drawing over 15,000 exhibitors and 700,000 visitors.^[3] In addition, the CCH (Congress Center Hamburg) has hosted approximately 250 conferences, conventions, annual meetings and other events per annum until the end of 2016, attracting an additional 300,000 national and international attendees.^[4] The owners of the CCH, CCH Immobilien GmbH & Co. KG, launched a comprehensive remodeling and modernization campaign of the convention center in January, 2017.^[5]