IMEX Frankfurt

IMEX Frankfurt is the largest trade show in Europe for the global meetings and events industry. The 3-day event welcomes 12,000 participants from around the world, with around 4,000 hosted and visitor buyers expected from over 90 different countries.

Dates & Location:

20 - 22 May 2025, Messe Frankfurt, Germany.

Who should consider attending?

IMEX Frankfurt is particularly suited to businesses actively targeting international business events groups: 
•    Convention bureaux
•    Destination management organisations
•    Destination management companies
•    Conference and exhibition centres
•    Hotels & resorts
•    Venues

Who will you meet?

As a truly global event, buyers are worldwide, with a high concentration from Germany, USA, UK, rest of Europe and South America. Buyers are primarily event agencies, corporate event planners, and association event organisers. Take a look at last year's show stats here

 

VisitScotland stand attendance includes:

•    A pod for your organisation on the VisitScotland branded stand situated in the UK zone.
•    Seated pods equipped with individual tablet holders, lockable storage, and your company branding. Individual pods seat up to 3 people at a time.
•    Limited additional seating available on stand when no destination presentations or on-stand events are taking place.
•    Private Wi-Fi access.
•    Refreshments throughout the show for you and your clients by our on-stand caterer.
•    On-stand destination presentations and events to attract buyers.
•    Pre-show marketing by VisitScotland.
•    Access to your own personal online portal on the IMEX Frankfurt website including appointment schedules.
•    Individual scanner on trade show app to collect opted-in data of attending buyers.
•    Access to the full IMEX Frankfurt Education Programme.

Please note: partners are required to share topline information regarding enquiries received during and post-show.

Cost:

Option 1: Individual Company Pod - £10,650 + VAT

Please note:
•    This cost excludes travel and subsistence.
•    While no fees are charged for additional delegates attending from your organisation, pods only comfortably fit 3 people, and maintaining more than one appointment diary simultaneously means you may not have adequate space in your pod to do this.
•    Pod sharing with different companies unavailable.

Option 2: Two combined pods with additional seating - £12,250 + VAT per pod (£25,000 + VAT)

Please note:
•    Particularly suited to convention bureaux and conference centres or two complementary organisations holding joint appointments.
•    Combined pods include one additional fixed bench sitting 3 people between them (images available on request).
•    2 combined pods available on stand on first come, first served basis (£25,000 + VAT).

Please note that spaces are strictly limited for all opportunities. VisitScotland needs to ensure that the mix of suppliers meets the need of the buyers and therefore reserves the right to make the final selection.

In the event of oversubscription, selection criteria may include:

•    Event registration received within the deadline period.
•    Regional spread of partners – opportunity for partners across Scotland to be represented.
•    Appropriate split of partners suitable for the event: such as across hotels, venues, and DMOs.
•    Suitability of the partner’s business to effectively deliver requirements of the Business Events sector targeted at the event.
•    Previous opportunities to participate. 

Registering your interest does not commit you to attend at this stage, please note that if you are subsequently offered a space and cannot confirm your attendance, your space may be forfeited and offered to those on the waiting list.

Like other public bodies, at this stage it is unclear what our budgetary position will be for the financial year 25/26. We invite you to register your interest for IMEX Frankfurt 2025, with the caveat that VisitScotland attendance will not be 100% confirmed until the end of February 2025. Current costs given are to the best of our knowledge. As events are contracted, VisitScotland reserves the right to amend if required.

Register your Interest

Registration for IMEX Frankfurt will close on Friday 11 April.

Contact Details


Event Cost

I understand that by completing this form, I am noting my interest to attend, and acknowledge that my attendance at this event is not yet confirmed. If selected, attendance at this event will cost either £10,650 + VAT, or £12,250 + VAT per pod (£25,000 + VAT).


Terms and Conditions

You can read our Third Party Events & Exhibitions Terms & Conditions here.

Privacy Notice

  • You are giving your personal data to VisitScotland as the data controller, for the purposes of registering your interest in and administering your attendance at a tourism event or trade show. Following the event we will use your email address to contact you regarding future events and trade shows
  • To register your interest you are being asked to provide your name, email address and place of work. If you choose to attend an event you will be asked for more detail about your workplace, contact details and workplace social media account names. This form will also record your IP address. Post-event we will use your email address to contact you for event feedback and to tell you about forthcoming opportunities. You will be able to withdraw consent for this purpose at any time, using the link in every email we send.
  • If you do not provide the information requested we may not be able to fully administer your event invitation or attendance.
  • Your personal data will be processed by specialist systems contracted as data processors to VisitScotland as the data controller. For this event these are: EventsAir and Microsoft Sharepoint.
  • Your personal data will remain within the EEA.
  • Your personal data will be held on these systems for one year following the conclusion of the event.  It will then be securely deleted.
  • The lawful reason for processing your information to register and attend the event is that you are entering into a contract with VisitScotland to deliver these services for you.
  • The lawful reason for post event email communication is based on your consent. You will be able to withdraw consent at any time.  
  • You have rights with regard to how your personal data is used, including the right to complain to the regulator (the ICO in the UK).  For full information about how to exercise your rights and how to complain, visit our privacy policy page: Privacy Policy - About Us | VisitScotland.org.

Thank you for registering your interest for IMEX Frankfurt

Applications for this opportunity will close shortly and we will contact you afterwards with an update. If you have any questions regarding the process and/or would like to find out additional information, please email business.events@visitscotland.com

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