Manuela Walter unterstützt ab sofort das Team Marketing & Sales der Messe Stuttgart. Die neue Salesmitarbeiterin mit einem Universitätsabschluss in allgemeiner Rhetorik und Erwachsenenbildung ist vor allem für die Akquisition von Veranstaltungen im ICS Internationales Congresscenter Stuttgart verantwortlich. Des Weiteren ist sie Ansprechpartnerin für Unternehmen und Event-Agenturen.

Seit dem 1. April ist der 1968 in Baden geborene Reto Leder Leiter Sales & Marketing im TRAFO Baden. Er löst damit Daniel Alb ab, der eine neue Herausforderung im Bereich Marketing & Kommunikation in Zürich antritt.
Reto Leder will mit seinem Team die Marketing- und Verkaufsaktivitäten im Hinblick auf die Erweiterung der Eventlokalitäten stärken und dabei den digitalen Medien besondere Beachtung schenken.

Oliver Lotz took over the position of Internal Team Leader Sales at Brähler ICS in January of 2012. Brähler ICS Konferenztechnik AG sells and rents out conference and event technology worldwide. Since October 2010, Oliver Lotz has worked in Brähler's sales department

Die Bezeichnung als Branchenkenner ist bei Oliver Duderstädt durchaus berechtigt: Seit  1992 ist der 41-jährige im Veranstaltungssektor tätig. Damals begann er seine berufliche Laufbahn als Merchandiser und Programmheftverkäufer in der berühmten Berliner Deutschlandhalle bevor er schließlich im März 1998 als Eventmanager in die Berliner Max-Schmeling-Halle und das Velodrom ging. Sechs Jahre später wurde er Gründungsmitarbeiter der Gegenbauer Location Management & Services GmbH.

Erfurt Messe boss Wieland Kniffka brings two professionals back to the region: he was able to win two experienced professionals from Thuringia for the key positions in the newly formed areas of hosted events & service, as well as for marketing events & communications.

Seit dem 1. Januar 2012 hat die Hamburger G+B Niederlassung einen neuen Mann an der Spitze: Der langjährige Projektberater und zuletzt stellvertretende Niederlassungsleiter Olaf Bellmann übernimmt die Führung der hanseatischen Niederlassung.

Actually, it’s not really news. It is needless to say that LUX AV event technology has always seen itself as a partner of the German and European event centres. A significant part of the conventions and events that the LUX AV plans and realizes for its clients is held in convention halls and venues that belong to members of the EVVC. And how else than as equal partners would it have been possible to successfully implement big events together?

On 4th July 2011 the farewell ceremony of Dr. Ludwig Jörder, chief executive of the Westfalenhallen Dortmund GmbH, took place in the Goldsaal of the congress centre Westfalenhallen. In November 1985, Dr. Jörder, who began his career as a solicitor and lawyer, began his work with the Westfalenhallen. During the festive evening he thanked the customers, business partners and colleagues for their exciting time together, before beginning his retirement on the 1st August.

Meyer Sound, based in Berkeley, California, has announced that Sascha Khelifa, CEO of Meyer Sound Germany, will take the helm and will now lead the company in Montabaur by himself. Meyer Sound’s subsidiary Meyer Sound Germany is responsible for the sale and distribution of Meyer Sound products in Germany and Scandinavia.

On 1^st November Mr. Michael Biwer will take over the helm of the Prolight + Sound, the world's largest trade fair for event technology. As director of the Prolight + Sound, he follows in the footsteps of Jürgen Kupczik, who will devote his time to new tasks within the Messe Frankfurt and also take over as the head of the Department of Event Management Congress + Events on 1^st November.

The Supervisory Board has expressed its confidence in Mr. Georg Sommer and unanimously decided to extend the CEO contract until the end of 2012. An enterprise needs continuity, time for change, visions and objectives, and CCBS would like to continue this path with Georg Sommer.

Since early November, Kristina Wulf hast taken over from CEO Eugene Rinder at the Eurogress Aachen, who led the convention centre for over 17 years. Wulf studied Applied Cultural Studies in Lüneburg with a major in music.