I am very grateful for the help from George. The hotel was wonderful and it was in a really nice place. Will go there for sure again.
ISM 2025
About the event
Update
ISM 2025 will be held between the 2nd and 5th of February 2025. Messe Cologne will not feature coronavirus safeguards for the live trade exhibition. This is because Germany has lifted its pandemic restrictions.
Preface
Founded in 1971, ISM (ISM Köln or ISM Köln Süßwarenmesse) is a pre-eminent trade exposition for the F&B industry’s sweets and snacks sector. It presents confectionery, sweet, and snack innovations. The annual event is held in Messe Cologne alongside ProSweets Cologne. This allows participants to access new markets, earn recognition and network. This results in over 39 000 attendants from more than 140 nations attending the event. The group includes more than 37 000 visitants. 70% of them represent a foreign country. 93% of the group has direct involvement in acquisition and procurement selections. Additionally, 79% have executive positions. The attendant group also features approximately 1 800 exhibiting companies. 87.5% of them travel from abroad. Additionally, more than 600 correspondents from 27 nations visit the fair. Participants represent nations like the United States, France, Argentina, Egypt, Japan, and Australia. They vary from manufacturers through suppliers to distributors. This includes wholesalers, importers, exporters, purchasers, trade chains, department stores, and hypermarkets. Food services, baked goods shops, cafés, bakehouses, confectionaries, and retailers also attend. So do online food merchandisers, vending machine operators and alimentation scientists. Nutrition chemists and sweets/snack producers likewise visit ISM Köln.
About ISM
Industries such as F&B, food processing, packaging, and wholesale attend ISM. Additionally, the retail, import & export, nutrition, health, distribution and HoReCa sectors attend the trade fair. So do the vending machine, chemical, and agriculture industries.
ISM Köln Süßwarenmesse is a trade fair with a comprehensive support schedule. For instance, one of its showstoppers is the detailed exhibition. It features seven exhibitor sections. These include cocoa-related, sugar confectionary, biscuits, snack fares, vogue & raw snacks, breakfast bites, and gelato. Another must-attend sub-event is the Finest Creation-Hand-Crafted. The ISM Expert Stage, ISM Award, Trend Court@ISM, Halal Market, and Sweet Kitchen should not be disregarded. This also applies to the New Product Showcase, ISM Start-up, and ISM Newcomer Area. The Cologne Coffee Forum and the Sweet Traditions Special Show are also must-attends.
ISM’s exhibitor list features a comprehensive range of leading companies. Among them are:
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ISM Accommodation
Procure suitable accommodation for ISM before all the good deals are taken with Travel 2 Fairs Ltd. All that is necessary is to inform us about the rooms you need, how much you wish to spend, and your desired location. Travel 2 Fairs Ltd manages the rest. Reserve lodgings adjacent to Messe Cologne and gain valuable access to public transport. We can advise you on the best routes to take to the venue. Aside from affordable hotel accommodation for exhibitions, we also provide transport services. One way to travel to your hotel is to have a rent-a-car wait for you at the airport. Another is to schedule an airport transfer in both directions.
Event information might be outdated because of the coronavirus pandemic. More information is available from the organiser.
Past Iterations
ISM 2022
ISM Köln 2022 and ProSweets 2022 occurred as hybrid trade exhibitions between the 30th of January and the 2nd of February 2022. The events comprised a live exposition in Messe Cologne and a digital complement – ISM & ProSweets@home. The renditions' live aspect featured the latest coronavirus precautions. Attendees were required to show documents such as proof of recovery certificates. The events welcomed around 15 000 visitants from 96 nations, with 78% of them being foreign participants. Among the attending countries were Russia, the United States, the Kingdom of Belgium, Turkey, the French Republic, Great Britain, and the Netherlands.
ISM 2023
ISM Cologne 2023 occurred as part of the ISM and ProSweets Cologne – Special Edition. The events were held in Messe Cologne between the 23rd and 25th of April 2023. The iterations did not include coronavirus precautions. This was because of the repealing of the country's pandemic restrictions. The trade exhibitions received 119 exhibiting firms from 23 nations and more than 25 000 visitants from 135 countries.
ISM 2024
ISM Cologne 2024 coincided with ProSweets Cologne 2024. The iterations took place between the 28th and 31st of January 2024. They featured 1 675 exhibiting firms from more than 100 nations and over 43 000 visitants from more than 140 countries. More than 74% of the total exhibiting group and more than 75% of the total visiting group were from abroad.
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Hello Megan,
Yes, I have been told by colleagues that the hotel was very good in terms of facilities, rooms and breakfast. The hotel was a great success, so close to the fairgrounds that they could go for a short walk. Thank you very much for your great choice 😊
Thank you!
All well arranged.Friendly staff. Hotel Moniga Fiera In Milan was very close to the EICMA fair.Ideal location.Good self service buffet breakfast in the morning.Similar in the evening.Very comfortable rooms.Would recommend to book this hotel.
Hello,
Thank you for your email and services. Indeed my colleagues have come back and are very satiesfied with their visit.
Also we have learned the lesson and knowing that we may be going to the IBC2020, we are thinking of making a very early booking. Is that possible?
What options you can provide, it can include the Olympic Hotel, as they were satisfied, but also other similar options close to RAI.
Looking forward to your answer,
Ieva
I was very happy with my stay at Novum Hotel Lichtburg am Kurfurstendamm***. I'm happy with the standard. It is clean and very well located. And for the price you pay is worth it. Thank you very much. For next edition I will make sure to let you know.
Thanks for your service. We will get back to you once we plan to go on our next events!
Best regards,
Nutthaya
Nick,
I would kindly like to thank you for your services and the Hotel is great. I will await for comments from all of my colleagues once they arrive and will provide you feedback. Thank you again!
I will and have recommended your services.
Best regards,
Danielle Jacob-Johnson
Division Director of International Sales and General Retail Sales
The hotel was fine thank you, the location especially was perfect for the fair.
Definitely somewhere we would consider for next year’s fair.
Once you have details for next year please let us know
Hi Nick,
Yes, the exhibition was successful and the hotel was very good thank you. The standard of cleanliness and friendliness of the staff was excellent.
Thanks again for all of your assistance.
Kind regards
Julie
Hi Tom,
Just a quick email to say thanks very much for organising our hotels – all went well at the Fair and the hotel was very nice.
Thanks again
Mel,
Dear Megan,
We would like to thank you and your colleagues for assisting us with the hotel booking for Energiesparmesse 2024 in Wels/Austria. We mostly appreciated your superb communication making this part of our event preparation effortless and stress-free.
Kind regards, Katja Marketing Coordinator
Tom,
Thank you for all your help and support in organising a suitable hotel for our stay during the SPE Offshore Show 2015 I Aberdeen. It was ideally located for our weeks stay.