“Our good concept enabled us to get into the final round and beat off competition from places like Cologne/Bonn, Stuttgart, Hanover and Oberpfaffenhofen,” said Martin Buhl-Wagner, Managing Director of the Leipzig Trade Fair company. “This demonstrates the quality of our application and the assessment of our achievement potential.” Berlin-Brandenburg had to make major improvements to its bid because of our convincing concept in order to meet the contractual conditions set by the BDLI.”

“The airport infrastructure and the modern trade fair site gained huge recognition in the eyes of the BDLI,” said Markus Kopp, CEO of Mitteldeutsche Airport Holding. “The application procedure has demonstrated that we are a competitive location.”

Kopp added that the commitment of all those involved was also praised in the application procedure. “The states of Saxony and Saxony-Anhalt, the cities of Leipzig and Halle, Leipzig/Halle Airport and the Leipzig Trade Fair company all managed to pull together in one direction,” Kopp stressed. “A region with a huge level of commitment was backing this project,” Buhl-Wagner added. 

The Leipzig trade fair company and Mitteldeutsche Flughafen AG will continue to work closely together in the market place. Both partners have modern infrastructure, good ideas and plenty of innovative expertise and will continue to advertise Leipzig as a centre for major events.