Numerous services are available at InnoTrans 2018 to make a visit to this trade fair both efficient and enjoyable. A much wider range of data and facts is now provided online, focusing on the convention as well as on the exhibitors, products and innovations. In the run-up to the trade fair, which takes place from 18 to 21 September, trade visitors can make detailed plans and arrange appointments with their most important contacts.
Virtual Market Place
The Virtual Market Place is the ideal tool for planning and networking. It contains all the relevant contact information about exhibitors at InnoTrans, as well as addresses and details about their home base. With this virtual system.
Advantages of the online ticket shop
Tickets can be reserved in advance online, thereby avoiding waiting times at the entrances to the trade fair. There is another advantage of using the online ticket shop: the substantially reduced cost of admission. Ticket holders can also enjoy some travel benefits: on the day for which the ticket is valid, holders can make use of public transport in all the fare zones, ABC, of the Berlin-Brandenburg transport network (VBB).
Travel service
For travel to and from the event, and for hotel accommodation as well, visitors can make reservations online with the InnoTrans Travel Service at www.innotrans.de/en/Visitors/YourVisit/. Trade visitors and exhibitors can also take advantage of reduced fares offered by Deutsche Lufthansa and Deutsche Bahn. Professional agencies are available to find the right place to stay. The city of Berlin alone offers its visitors a choice of over 143,000 beds.
Shuttle buses
Regular shuttle services are available, with buses operating between the two airports, Tegel and Schönefeld, and InnoTrans. A reliable and comfortable service is also provided on the exhibition grounds, with buses linking the various entrances, halls and Outdoor Display. Transfers are also provided to and from several of the hotels and downtown areas.
Wi-Fi, website and app
Visitors to InnoTrans can stay up to date at all times with free wi-fi throughout the exhibition grounds. Not only does this enable them to stay informed about all aspects of their business, but it also helps them to find their way around: the InnoTrans app constantly shows their location and is a useful aid to orientation in the 41 halls and on the extensive Outdoor Display as well.
Business breakfast and Business Lounge
A business breakfast is the ideal way to start the day at the fair. It is available before the official opening times, between 8 and 9 a.m. at the CityCube Berlin (Messedamm entrance) and in hall 9. And afterwards the Business Lounge at the centre of the Exhibition Grounds provides the perfect meeting place for discussions with customers, partners and friends or for taking a short break from all the activity at the trade fair.
Electronic equipment can also be recharged here, and the computer terminals can be used to read emails.
Innovation Tours
The best way to find out what’s new in areas outside one’s own specialist field is to book a place on one of the popular Innovation Tours. These last around 90 minutes and deal with a variety of key topics at InnoTrans. Participants can visit a number of selected exhibitors to obtain far-reaching insights and overviews of their products. In addition, for anyone who wants to find out independently about the latest products and world debuts, the Innovation Report is available online in advance and provide an excellent summary: www.innotrans.com/Press/Innovations.
To make it easier to find one’s way around the exhibition grounds, items making their international debut are marked accordingly with a red world premiere button.
Travel Catering & Comfort Services Route
Services and catering are an increasingly important factor in attracting and retaining customers throughout the railway sector. A special thematic route has been created at InnoTrans offering details about the latest trends. On this same subject experts will be speaking about innovations and developments, with the focus on customer satisfaction, at the newly created Onboard Hospitality Forum on 19 September.
Career Tours
The job market in the transport sector is becoming more and more interesting every year, not just in the rail industry, but in all other areas as well. That is why InnoTrans is offering students from around the world career tours that will stop in on selected exhibitors, where they can establish initial contact. This will be an opportunity not only for newcomers, but for young professionals wishing to broaden their knowledge too: www.innotrans.com/Visitors/CareerEducation.
Executive Tours
At InnoTrans the emphasis is on face-to-face meetings. Thus on Friday, 21 September from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. CEOs and management executives can take part in so-called Executive Tours. On these tours, which are individually organised for participants, they can meet with customers, established suppliers and potential new business partners. The tours will be covered journalistically.
Event database
The many events at InnoTrans ranging from the Opening Ceremony to the German rail industry’s Future-Workshop represent a unique source of knowledge for trade visitors. Lectures and discussion rounds featuring leading experts will highlight every aspect of the latest transport topics.
Speakers‘ Corner
Speakers‘ Corner is where exhibitors can speak freely for an hour on any subject they wish, and these are as diverse as the trade fair itself. Visit www.innotrans.de/en/Visitors/Events/SpeakersCorner/ to find out about product and company presentations, lectures on digitization, national trends and smart assistance systems.
Trade press stands
Trade publications are a natural part of trade fairs. Throughout the grounds, in Halls 1.1, 11.1 and 23, trade press stands can be found featuring industry publications that will invite trade visitors to read about rail vehicles, transport technology, transport and logistics.
Oktoberfest marquee brings a touch of Bavaria to InnoTrans
September also marks the start of the Oktoberfest. This year anyone who is unable to go to Munich, or who wants a foretaste, can visit the Oktoberfest marquee at InnoTrans, where they can enjoy pretzels and a freshly poured mug of beer.
