纽伦堡展览集团去年收入水平与15年前持平

7月8日，紐伦堡展览集团年度新闻发布会在线上举办。公司CEO表示，受新冠疫情对会展行业的深刻影响，公司在2020财年的收入仅为1.1亿欧元，相比参考年份2018财年下降65%。这一数字基本相当于公司在2005财年的收入水平。疫情使得这个德国知名展览集团的收入骤降到15年前。疫情后至今，公司一直也没有裁员，而是通过降薪（-25%）和降低物料支出（-40%）来避免更大的损失。这其中也包括集团旗下场馆的修缮。

Sales in Nuremberg at 2005 levels“The COVID year 2020 brought about a fundamental change in the rules of the game for the trade fair industry”， Peter Ottmann， CEO of the Nürnbergmesse Group， explained at the companys hybrid annual press conference on July 8. The “flash freeze” of the business model has made its mark on the balance sheet： The group closed fiscal year 2020 with sales of 110.3 million euros （2019： 285.7 million euros）， which is 65 percent below the reference year 2018. “We last achieved this sales figure in 2005 （96 million euros） and 2004 （108 million euros）”， CEO Roland Fleck reported. The groups losses are -68.6 million euros （group profit in 2018： 28 million euros）. A more severe net loss was avoided by systematic cutbacks on expenses and investments.