Postings with Tag Messe Zürich

• Baselworld: the SARS epidemic caused a major stir

  Published on 11/16/2016 by

  

  The announcement on 1 April 2003 was unfortunately not an April Fools' hoax. Two days before the opening of Baselworld, the Federal Office of Public Health took a decision, in the light of the rampant SARS epidemic, that was to prove devastating for the world show.

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• Forgotten fairs and one-off events

  Published on 11/7/2016 by

  

  100 years of Muba – a time span that many fairs can only dream of. A number of them disappear after just a few years already. Or don't even get a second chance.

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  • Messe Zürich

• Zurich: the long route to the new exhibition centre

  Published on 8/26/2016 by

  Zurich has had its new exhibition centre since 1998. But the route to getting it was an arduous one. Those in charge had already wanted to expand the exhibition site more than ten years previously. But the citizens of Zurich had put a stop to this. Read more Comments (0)

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• Inconceivable today: construction of 1st exhibition hall in Zurich

  Published on 5/27/2016 by

  The first exhibitions in Zurich were staged in the "Hallenstadion" (indoor stadium). But this was much too big for small exhibitions. To ensure that events were not lost to competitors, the "Zürcher Spezial-Ausstellungen" cooperative decided, at the end of the 1950s, to build a hall of its own. The approach adopted back then would be inconceivable today. Read more Comments (0)

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• We Will Rock You: Queen open the new Theater 11

  Published on 4/8/2016 by

  One of the best bands in the history of rock music ensured a passionate re-opening of Theater 11: Queen. "We Will Rock You", the musical about the British rock musicians, celebrated its première in December 2006. Read more Comments (0)

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• The "Vereinigte Hüttenwerke" of Zurich

  Published on 2/26/2016 by

  

  Until the exhibition centre was built, the Zurich exhibition halls were scattered around the Hallenstadion (indoor stadium) in a patchwork arrangement. The local population rapidly came up with a nickname for the Zurich Exhibition site. Read more Comments (0)

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• From Swiss Sample Fair to MCH Group

  Published on 2/12/2016 by

  

  From the historic organiser of the Basel Sample Fair early in the 20th century, our company has, over the course of a hundred years, grown into a leading international live-marketing group. The initiant was a belgian artist. Read more Comments (0)

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  • MCH Group
  • Messe Basel
  • Mustermesse
  • Messe Zürich
  • Beaulieu Lausanne

• The launch of Züspa for Zurich's businesses

  Published on 1/29/2016 by

  

  The Oerlikon-Seebach workers' band plays, while the tombola prize is a set of living-room furniture. The date is 4 October 1949 and the 1st Industry and Commerce Exhibition, the forerunner of Züspa, has started. A look back to the beginnings. Read more Comments (0)

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  • Messe Zürich
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• 14 remarkable major events

  Published on 1/27/2016 by

  

  Messe Zurich as a meeting point for the Dalai Lama's visit, or a hemp fair in Basel: the MCH Group's facilities have always been used to stage other major events apart from MCH exhibitions and congresses. And some of these have been bizarre events. Read more Comments (0)

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  • Messe Basel
  • Beaulieu Lausanne
  • Messe Zürich
  • OSCE meetingn
  • Dalai Lama
  • Cannatrade
  • Gymnaestrada
  • Praise Camp
  • Phil Collins
  • Céline Dion