The homepage of Messe Duesseldorf GmbH was recently included in the official and independent Internet portal of the Federal Republic of Germany. As one of only 2,000 tested addresses, Internet users from all over the world will now find a brief corporate profile of the Messe Duesseldorf and the link to the Messe homepage on the six-language Internet page www.deutschland.de.

The homepage of the Messe Duesseldorf was visited by 3.7 million users last year, who called up a total of 29 million pages. This is equivalent to 55 pages per minute. At www.messe-duesseldorf.de the user will find up-to-date information concerning the company and the fair programme at home and abroad as well as information on vacant job offers, the range of services offered and the infrastructure. The page also serves as a mailing list for 35 Internet appearances and fair portals of trade fairs staged by the Messe Duesseldorf. In total the Internet appearance of the Messe Duesseldorf consists of over 140,000 pages, on which especially exhibitors, visitors, students and journalists will find a wealth of useful information.

The page of the boot (www.boot.de) alone, a fair which is taking place at the moment, is currently being visited by over 10,000 Internet users a day. Thus, since the last boot was held in January of last year over 4.5 million pages have been called up in the boot portal.

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Further information:
Ingo Lentz, Manager of the PR Department
Messe Duesseldorf GmbH
Phone: +49 (0)211 4560-995
Fax: +49 (0)211 4560-87993
E-Mail: LentzI@messe-duesseldorf.de

Duesseldorf, 22 January 2004

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