Numerous services will be available to all accredited journalists during the trade fair events in order to support their work and provide fast and smooth communication:
Koelnmesse image database with ready-to-print photos on the Internet, photo CDs in the Press Center, electronic transfer of photos
Our TV service provider Cologne News Corporation GmbH offers free material for all TV channels and online TV formats.
We are also happy to try to fulfil your requests for interviews, filming requests or to establish contacts. In addition, you can book ENG crews and an editing suite on site for your own reporting.
Editorial and free moving-image material on our events in SD and HD is available from our TV service setONE GmbH. A cut short version without sound, a German version with sound and an English version with sound, lasting approx. 2-3 mins are provided, as well as supplementary rough cut material lasting approx. 10 mins (interviews, trends, new products, events and general trade fair pictures etc. incl. script and shot list).
After a one-time free registration the material is available to you 24/7 on the content platform hellosports.com and under the content category hellosports.com/Koelnmesse. For any questions or custom requests, please contact
Vanessa Grom
e-mail vanessa.grom@hellofootage.com
telephone +49 221 935499 28
To get an accreditation for the fair please click directly on the press sections of the individual trade fairs. There you will also find your contact person.
Koelnmesse offers radio stations the option of downloading broadcast-ready audio material in MP3 format for their reporting, free of charge.
The radio service can be accessed via the Press section of the trade fair website, no later than the first day of the trade fair. Here, reports and original sound footage can be listened to and downloaded (MP3, 128Kb).
The available materials include complete broadcast-ready features (between 1:30 and 4:00 min.), as well as other audio features such as original sound footage, talks with colleagues, news reports, moderated discussions with original sound clips, collages, and interviews related to the trade fair. Separate reports or audio features can also be produced upon request to fit individual needs.
Contact:
Deutscher Hörfunk Dienst (DHD), Harald Schönfelder
Tel.: +49 25 97 96 11 22
Fax: +49 25 97 96 11 96
e-mail: h.schoenfelder@dhd-news.de
Travel and accommodation can be booked quickly and easily via the websites for the respective events. The hotel services of Koelnmesse include partnerships with 75 hotels in Cologne and 34 in the surrounding area, all of which offer excellent rates for trade fair participants. You can book your hotel room or private accommodation by clicking on the link “Hotels and private accommodation in Cologne.” Via the link “Flights and travel packages” Koelnmesse is cooperating with one of the world's largest travel booking services to offer you special combined travel packages consisting of hotel rooms, flights and rental cars at significant discounts from the rates you would pay for booking individual services.
