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7/30/13

Germany - International Port Activities: the Elbphilharmonie concert hall a new addition to Hamburgs trendy HafenCity district.

Hamburg’s latest flagship construction project is the Elbphilharmonie concert hall, which is situated in the recently redeveloped former harbour area that is now the trendy HafenCity district. The whole area has a strong emphasis on sustainability, as Hamburg was named European Green Capital for 2011, with a special certification system set up for buildings. 

The concert hall development will house 4,000sqm of retail space, a 2,150-seat concert hall, which can be used for conventions and events, a 500-seat recital hall with flexible staging and seating, a musical museum, a 14-storey hotel with 250 bedrooms, conference centre, spa and 45 flats. 

Summer will be busy for the northern German city as one of the largest international conventions in the world, the International Lions Convention, is being held in July and is expected to attract 23,600 delegates to the Congress Center Hamburg (CCH).  

The CCH celebrates 40 years in 2013 with the hosting of such events as the 8th World Congress of Melanoma and the 24th German Evangelical Church Congress for 100,000 delegates.

"Some 130 global conventions have been held at the CCH to date, says Director of the centre, Edgar Hirt. “The top conventions included the World Cancer Convention in 1990 with 10,000 delegates and the World Computer Convention in 1994".

Recent convention wins in the city include the International Association of Port and Harbors, which will attract 1,000 delegates in June 2015. 

Hamburg is the second largest city in Germany and is also  the second largest port in Europe after Rotterdam 

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