Postponement of proprietary events

Existing contracts remain valid for the alternative date of the postponed trade fairs. For cancellations the existing conditions of participation apply. 

Visitor tickets already purchased for the postponed trade fairs and ticket vouchers will remain valid for the new date. If you still wish to cancel your tickets, please contact us:

Messe Düsseldorf Ticket Service
Bottroper Str. 20
45141 Essen

Phone +49 (0) 211 4560-7600
Fax: +49 (0) 201 3101-9950
E-mail: ticket@messe-duesseldorf.de 

The cancellation fees for visitor tickets do not apply to postponed trade fairs.

Yes, the exhibitor passes remain valid.

We understand the difficult situation resulting from the postponement.

Please contact the respective provider to clarify open questions and find solutions. We are unable to provide information on contracts between customers and third-party providers, as these have not been entered into with Messe Düsseldorf.

However, Messe Düsseldorf and the City of Düsseldorf with its subsidiary Düsseldorf Tourismus are in constant contact with the hotel industry in Düsseldorf and the region and its umbrella organisation DEHOGA (German Hotel and Restaurant Association).

Note for rail travelers: Travelers with a Deutsche Bahn ticket who lose their specific reason for travelling due to the corona virus (e.g. because a trade fair has been postponed) can have their ticket refunded free of charge. Please send cancellation requests with reference to the name of the event in question and the corona virus by e-mail to Fahrkartenservice@bahn.de

There is currently no intention to cancel or postpone the trade fairs. The general ruling of the city of Düsseldorf, in which major events with more than 1,000 participants present at the same time are generally prohibited, is expected to apply until the end of May. In addition, there are the federal and state guidelines on the restriction of social contacts from 22 March 2020.

The VDW (Verein Deutscher Werkzeugmaschinenfabrike; English: German Machine Tool Builders' Association), organiser of METAV 2020 – International Trade Fair for Metalworking Technologies – has decided to postpone the fair from 10 to 13 March 2020 to 23 to 26 March 2021.

The organizer of "Flotte! Der Branchentreff" has decided to postpone the nationwide networking event of the fleet industry from 18 to 19 March to 27 to 28 May 2020.

The BioWest planned for April 19 is postponed to June 21, 2020.

ElectronicPartner has cancelled its annual event 2020, which was to take place on 7 and 8 March at the Düsseldorf Exhibition Centre.

Several organisers have postponed or cancelled their congresses or events in the Düsseldorf Congress locations (CCD Congress Center Düsseldorf and exhibition halls):

• The opening of the FOM semester, which was to have taken place on 27 February 2020, has been cancelled.
• The CroMa pedestrian experiments, which were to take place from 03 to 06 March 2020, have been postponed.
• The Düsseldorf Chamber of Skilled Crafts has cancelled the central Master Craftsmen's Party on Sunday, 8 March 2020 in the Messe-Congress Center/Stadthalle.
• The Professional Association of Gynaecologists (BVF) and the Federal Academy of Gynaecologists have cancelled their annual further training congress FOKO, which was to have taken place from 12 to 14 March.
• The Düsseldorf Allergy & Immunology Days, originally planned for April 3-4, 2020, have been postponed. A new date has not yet been set.
• The Ophthalmologic Academy Germany (German: Augenärztliche Akademie Deutschland, AAD) has cancelled its originally planned AAD 2020 event from March 24 to 28.
• The "Azubi Speed Dating" planned on 17 March 2020 has been cancelled.

Due to the effects of the corona virus, various foreign events of Messe Düsseldorf are also affected by postponements:

• NEFTEGAZ, Moscow, 22-25 June 2020 (originally 13-16 April 2020)
• CIOSH, Shanghai, 03-05 July 2020 (originally 08-10 April 2020)
• TOS+H, Istanbul, 11-14 July 2020 (originally 03-06 May 2020)
• CHINAPLAS, Shanghai, 03-06 August 2020 (originally 21-24 April 2020)
• Metalloobrabotka, Moscow, 10-14 August 2020 (originally 25-29 May 2020)
• MEDICAL FAIR BRASIL, São Paulo, 16-17 September 2020 (originally 05-08 May 2020)
• ProWine Asia, Singapore, 02-05 March 2021 (originally postponed from 31 March - 03 April to 13-16 July 2020)
• wire India, Tube India, METEC India and India Essen Welding & Cutting, Mumbai, 25-27 March 2021 (originally 23-25 November 2020)
• in-store asia, Mumbai, 25-27 March 2021 (originally 23-25 April 2020)
• MEDICAL FAIR BRASIL, São Paulo, 16-17 September 2020 (originally 05-08 May 2020)
• Expomin, Santiago de Chile, new date to be announced (originally 20-24 April 2020)

Due to the effects of the corona virus, various official participations of Messe Düsseldorf are also affected by postponements and cancellations:

• JEC World, Paris, 12-14 May 2020 (originally 03-05 March 2020)
• MIPIM, Cannes, 02-05 June 2020 (originally 10-14 March 2020)
• NEFTEGAZ, Moscow, 22-25 June 2020 (originally 13-16 April 2020)
• CHINAPLAS, Shanghai, 03-06 August 2020 (originally 21-24 April 2020)
• Metalloobrabotka, Moscow, 10-14 August 2020 (originally 25-29 May 2020)
• polis Convention, Düsseldorf, 13-14 August 2020 (originally 06-07 May 2020)
• Africa Health, Johannesburg, 13-15 October 2020 (originally 12-14 May 2020)
• wire India, Tube India, METEC India and India Essen Welding & Cutting, Mumbai, 25-27 March 2021 (originally 23-25 November 2020)
• CHIC (Spring), Shanghai, new date to be announced (originally 11-13 March 2020)
• Expomin, Santiago de Chile, new date to be announced (originally 20-24 April 2020)
• CIM Convention, cancellation (originally 03-05 May 2020)

Our First Level Support team is at your disposal for all further questions:

 Telephone: +49 211 4560-01
Fax: +49 211 4560-668
E-Mail: info@messe-duesseldorf.de

We are currently finding a new date for the fair in coordination with our industry partners.

The new dates are published on the websites and social media channels of the trade fairs. In addition, all exhibitors will receive a mailing on the new date.

Existing contracts remain valid for the alternative date of the postponed trade fairs. For cancellations the existing conditions of participation apply.

We are unable to provide information on contracts between customers and third parties, as these have not been concluded with Messe Düsseldorf.

Our First Level Support team is at your disposal for all further questions:

Phone: +49 211 4560-01
Fax: +49 211 4560-668
E-mail: info@messe-duesseldorf.de

We are currently finding a new date for the respective fair in coordination with our industry partners.

The new dates are published on the websites and social media channels of the trade fairs. In addition, all registered visitors will receive a mailing on the new date.

Visitor tickets already purchased for the postponed trade fairs will remain valid for the new date. If you still wish to cancel your tickets, please contact us:

Messe Düsseldorf Ticket Service
Bottroper Str. 20
45141 Essen

Phone +49 (0) 211 4560-7600
Fax: +49 (0) 201 3101-9950
E-mail: ticket@messe-duesseldorf.de 

The cancellation fees for visitor tickets do not apply to postponed trade fairs.

Unfortunately, it is not possible to simply rebook the hotel packages for a different date, so all bookings made must be cancelled. The full travel price will be refunded. We kindly ask affected persons to wait for the cancellation confirmation from Düssel-dorf Tourismus. Of course, hotel packages for the alternative date can again be booked via Düsseldorf Tourismus.

Please contact Düsseldorf Tourismus GmbH if you have any queries:

Phone: +49 211 17 202-839
E-mail: messe@duesseldorf-tourismus.de

Since Düsseldorf Tourism cancels all hotel packages booked, additional action is not required. There will be no automatic rebooking to the alternative date.

Please contact Düsseldorf Tourismus GmbH if you have any queries:

Phone: +49 211 17 202-839
E-mail: messe@duesseldorf-tourismus.de

We are unable to provide information on contracts between customers and third parties, as these have not been concluded with Messe Düsseldorf.

Our First Level Support team is at your disposal for all further questions:

Phone: +49 211 4560-01
Fax: +49 211 4560-668
E-mail: info@messe-duesseldorf.de