The business operations of Messe Frankfurt are conducted by the two companies Messe Frankfurt Venue GmbH & Co. KG and Messe Frankfurt Exhibition GmbH. The bracket surrounding the two independent 100% subsidiaries is formed by the holding company Messe Frankfurt GmbH, which controls the activities of the two companies. The holding company, Messe Frankfurt Venue and Messe Frankfurt Exhibition are run by one Executive Board.

Messe Frankfurt

Acting as a holding company, Messe Frankfurt GmbH is responsible for strategic control and overall coordination of the Messe Frankfurt corporate group. The holding company also provides financial resources and acts internally as an investor whose decisions are based on strategic criteria and long-term profit expectations. The shares of the holding company are held by the two public shareholders: city of Frankfurt (60 per cent), state of Hesse (40 per cent).

Messe Frankfurt GmbH controls the activities of the two independent 100% subsidiaries Messe Frankfurt Venue GmbH & Co. KG and Messe Frankfurt Exhibition GmbH. The holding company, Messe Frankfurt Venue and Messe Frankfurt Exhibition are run by one Executive Board.

Messe Frankfurt Holding`s areas of responsibility:

Central purchasing
Corporate auditing
Corporate communications & marketing
Group controlling
Corporate design
Corporate development & organisation
Corporate research
Human resources management
Finance & accounting
Information management
Legal affairs
Protocol
Subsidiary management / mergers & acquisitions

Messe Frankfurt Exhibition

Messe Frankfurt Exhibition GmbH is responsible for event management and operates as a private trade fair operating company without its own exhibition grounds. It is the main lessee of Messe Frankfurt Venue GmbH. The company supervises all own events as well as all domestic and foreign subsidiaries that organise trade fairs. The company is also responsible for managing the worldwide brands of Messe Frankfurt as well as developing new exhibition themes.

To consolidate and expand the strategic position in the Asian region, Messe Frankfurt Asia Holding Ltd. was established at the end of 2003 as a management holding. Its mission is to consolidate and control the trade fair activities of all the Asian subsidiaries.

Messe Frankfurt Venue

Messe Frankfurt Venue GmbH & Co. KG`s mission is to manage the technical and services side of events, to market the exhibition centre including the Congress Center Messe Frankfurt and the Festhalle to guest organisers and to assure the maintenance and further expansion of the exhibition complex.

The service companies Messe Frankfurt Medien und Service GmbH and Accente Gastronomie Service GmbH also fall under the management of Messe Frankfurt Venue GmbH & Co. KG.

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