Exhibitor Statements

"Hamburg metropolitan region needs a forum at which business development organizations like us can come into contact with investors from all over the world and convince them of the region's benefits. With its global contacts, Deutsche Messe AG is the ideal partner in this respect. We see Real Estate North as an important vehicle for pushing forward the internationalization of the Hamburg metropolitan region. The involvement of the metropolitan region strengthens Hamburg's position as a trade show location and makes our services even more attractive in other countries."

Heinrich Lieser, spokesman for the Business Development Council of the Hamburg metropolitan region

Wirtschaftsförderung und Technologietransfer Schleswig-Holstein GmbH (WTSH) is the principal business development agency in Schleswig-Holstein. Its key tasks include location marketing and the acquisition of companies in Germany and abroad. To this end, international real estate shows are an important platform for presenting Schleswig-Holstein as an economic region.

"In northern Germany we have never had a flagship event that allows us to draw greater public attention to the region," says Dr. Bernd Bösche, Managing Director of WTSH. "We are delighted that REAL ESTATE NORTH has been established as an event designed to serve this purpose."

From WTSH's perpective, the involvement of exhibitors, investors and visitors from all over northern and north-eastern Europe offers an outstanding opportunity for promoting northern Germany's key benefits and attractive projects to an international audience.

"We are impressed by the REAL ESTATE NORTH concept and will definitely be exhibiting at the event in 2010," confirmed Bösche. "Moreover, as a member of the Exhibitor Advisory Committee, the WTSH will play an active role in the further development of the event."

Dr. Bernd Bösche, Managing Director, WTSH

"Real Estate North offers a new and professional platform for presenting the high economic potential of the southern Hamburg metropolitan region to a national and international trade audience. By widening our focus to northern, western and eastern Europe, we are intensifying our location marketing activities at a national and international level. We can also address the key target groups directly. For Real Estate North exhibitors this translates into a customer group of national and international standing and, as a result, the chance to tap into new markets in the area of commercial property and location decision-making."

Jochen Winand, CEO, Süderelbe AG

"Nglobal, Lower Saxony's business development organization, actively supports the continued development of the real estate trade show with its focus on northern Germany. The systematic inclusion of neighbouring countries bordering the North Sea and the Baltic increases the attractiveness of this commercial property event in northern Germany. Cooperation between the federal states of Schleswig-Holstein, Hamburg and Lower Saxony affords a broad foundation for the exchange of industry know-how - for instance, relating to logistics, ports and maritime industry - with business development experts from the municipal organizations. As the event organizer, Deutsche Messe AG is a professional, internationally oriented partner and also provides valuable support as regards international visitor advertising for Real Estate North."
 
Dr. Norbert Gebbe, Head of Investment Promotion, NGlobal