Event Locations & Hotels

A new look, a new era: Braunschweig’s event venues are unveiling the new corporate design for the Stadthalle Braunschweig, thereby marking the start of the active marketing phase. The listed event venue on St. Leonhard is currently undergoing extensive refurbishment and is expected to reopen in 2028.

The “Refugium” at the Schlosshotel Steinburg has taken first place in the “Conference” category of the nationwide “Special Conference and Event Venues” competition. Having come second last year, the Würzburg venue is now back at the top. In the ‘TOP 250 Conference Hotels’ competition, which ran in parallel, the Schlosshotel Steinburg was nominated in the ‘Retreat’ and ‘Event’ categories. In both categories, the hotel once again secured a place in the top 10: fifth place in ‘Retreat’ and sixth place in ‘Event’. In the ‘Retreat’ category, the Steinburg thus improved by two places compared with the previous year.

Accommodation, meetings & celebrations – and making new friends

European hotel distribution remains driven by direct sales and is, at the same time, more concentrated than ever. 85 per cent of all OTA bookings in Europe are made via two platform groups; in Germany, Booking Holdings even holds 70.5 per cent of the OTA market. This is the key finding of the European Hotel Distribution Study 2026, presented on Tuesday by HOTREC, for which Prof. Roland Schegg of HES-SO Valais-Wallis, in collaboration with the national hotel associations, analysed data from 2,713 hotels between February and May 2026 for the reference year 2025.

Situated right at the foot of the Eiserner Steg, the Frankfurter Wirtshaus is one of the most atmospheric venues in Frankfurt – and is now also available to book as an event venue in Frankfurt for corporate functions, conferences and private celebrations. With this new range of event services, the venue at Mainkai 35 is specifically aimed at companies wishing to celebrate their occasion in an extraordinary setting.

Following on from MARK Munich comes the office building formerly used by BMW: AOP is set to become the hospitality partner in the revitalised existing building and will manage communal areas, meeting rooms and flexible workspaces.

A new technical guideline is intended to simplify cooperation between event organisers and venues.

New ‘Technical Recommendation on Indoor Standards’ provides guidance

New technical guidelines establish uniform standards for event venues for the first time and make it easier to plan events.

Düsseldorf, 24 June 2026 – Just in time for the start of the Düsseldorf summer, a popular venue on the banks of the Rhine is back: after a five-year hiatus, Roncalli’s Apollo Varieté celebrated the reopening of the Apollo Rhein Rondell yesterday.

Larissa Steinbäcker gave a talk on influencing factors, expectation gaps and possible solutions

Until the end of July, local authorities may grant exemptions from night-time noise regulations for public screenings and open-air events.

For the duration of the Football World Cup, local authorities can now more easily grant permission for longer outdoor broadcasts.

Through a major expansion, Dortmund aims to further enhance its competitiveness as a venue for trade fairs and events.

New regulations will make evacuation plans mandatory for large-scale events in future and raise the bar for safety planning.

Updated regulations are opening up new possibilities in terms of fire safety, fittings and the design of sanitary facilities.