Around 4.1 million Euros in turnover in 2009; that is the result for the ICS as a division of the Stuttgart Trade Fair. 127 guest events, including 50 with more than 4,000 visitors, took place, with a tripling in the number of foreign exhibitors compared to 2008. “The number of foreign visitors has also increased by 15 percent. Good figures when you think of the prevailing recession.” The reluctance in bookings and in the calculation was felt throughout the convention industry and also in the ICS. “But with our beacon projects we were always able score points,” said Stefan Lohnert, Division manager of ICS Internationales Congresscenter Stuttgart der Landesmesse.
For 2010 the topic of “Green Meetings” is scheduled on the ICS program. The ICS is, in conjunction with the Stuttgart Landesmesse, at the forefront with 28,000 square meters of solar photovoltaic panels on the roof of the exhibition halls and 7,000 on top of the parking garage. “But this doesn’t prevent us from advancing the topic of ecology in the ICS itself. And this ultimately benefits our customers and visitors.”
