Befitting its status as a capital city, Berlin's trade fair operator, Messe Berlin, ranks among the top ten trade fair organisers in the world by sales revenue. Every year it attracts around 1.5 million visitors and 23,000 exhibitors. Located in the city centre, it is served by one of the finest urban transport networks in the world and is directly linked via a three-storey walkway to one of the world's most successful conference centres.

The Berlin Exhibition Centre has something for everyone: large construction trade fairs such as bautec attract industry specialists from around the globe, while visitors flock to the popular consumer trade fairs, particularly those in the booming lifestyle industry such as YOU, the European Youth Exhibition for fashion, sports and lifestyle products.

Over 23,000 exhibitors and more than 1.5 million visitors are attracted to the roughly 80 events each year that are organised or hosted by Messe Berlin. This makes the company, which generates annual sales of around �120 million, Germany's fifth-largest trade fair organiser. The ICC International Congress Centre Berlin with its impressive architecture is directly linked via a three-storey walkway to the centrally located Exhibition Centre.