NürnbergMesse welcomes 50 millionth visitor during International Toy Fair
New record broken: In its 50th year, NürnbergMesse is very pleased to welcome its 50 millionth visitor to the Exhibition Centre during Spielwarenmesse, the International Toy Fair. This honour went to US toy retailer David Castillo from Utah, who was welcomed by Nuremberg Lord Mayor and Chairman of the Supervisory Board of NürnbergMesse GmbH Marcus König, NürnbergMesse Group CEO Peter Ottmann and Florian Hess, member of the Spielwarenmesse Management Board. As a small token of thanks, NürnbergMesse gave him a gingerbread heart with “50,000,000” on it, and Spielwarenmesse presented him with the “red rocking horse”, the symbol of the fair.
Record broken in the anniversary year
The timing couldn’t have been better: The 50 millionth visitor to the Exhibition Centre Nuremberg arrived in NürnbergMesse’s own anniversary year, and during the Spielwarenmesse, the International Toy Fair. After all, one factor that helped to bring NürnbergMesse into existence was the fact the Spielwarenmesse – then still located on the Berliner Platz in Nuremberg – was bursting at the seams by the end of the 1960s. In the search for a suitable new location for the trade fair, they finally found what they were looking for in the city’s Langwasser district. “The Spielwarenmesse is a flagship for Nuremberg as a business and exhibition venue, and its visitors have made a significant contribution to the success story of NürnbergMesse.
Congratulations on achieving this new record of fifty million visitors!” says Nuremberg Lord Mayor Marcus König.
NürnbergMesse Group CEO Peter Ottmann adds: “In our anniversary year, we are very pleased to see David Castillo break this record at the Spielwarenmesse, which shows once again that the world feels at home at our events.”
Source: www.nuernbergmesse.de