bauma 2028 · Messe München · 3 to 9 April 2028

bauma 2028 in Munich Side Events and Group Hotels for Exhibitors

Servicebroker GmbH is an owner- and family-run event agency and Destination Management Company (DMC) in Munich, founded in 1999. For exhibitors at bauma 2028, Servicebroker plans client evenings and side events for 100 to 1,000 guests and negotiates group hotel bookings (hotel allotments) from 50 guests. One contractual partner and one point of contact for evening, venue and hotel.

The trade fair is your stage. The rest is our job.

01 · Services

Evening events, hotels, destination services

Evening Events

100 to 1,000 guests

At bauma 2028: client evenings and VIP programmes for 100 to 1,000 guests, with the venue booked together with your hotels.

Your result: an evening your guests will remember — and no budget wasted on frills.

Plan your evening event

Hotels

Group allotments from 50 guests

At bauma 2028: group allotments from 50 guests in Munich and the region, with minimum stay, cancellation and payment terms negotiated for the fair week.

Your result: rooms no portal lists — and contracts that reduce your risk.

Request a hotel allotment

Destination Services

On site in Munich · DMC

At bauma 2028: transfers from the hotels to the fairground and our team on site through the fair week, with guides for international teams.

Your result: your guests move around Munich as if they had been here before.

Request destination services

02 · bauma at a glance

The world’s largest trade fair by area

Construction machinery, building material machinery, mining equipment. bauma takes place every three years at Messe München and fills Munich and the region for seven days. For exhibitors, we put evening, hotel and transfers into one plan for that week.

Dates3 to 9 April 2028, seven fair days
Rhythmevery three years; previous edition April 2025
Exhibitors3,601 from 57 nations (2025)
Visitorsaround 600,000 from over 200 countries; 44 % from abroad (2025)
Area200,000 m² of halls and 414,000 m² of outdoor space
Hotelsbooked across the region; transfers planned with the allotment

Source: bauma.de, facts and figures 2025. Dates: Messe München.

03 · Procurement

Three years of demand in seven days

bauma brings around 600,000 visitors to Munich in seven days. We plan your bauma week on three levels at once: the evening, hotels and mobility.

Evening

A venue during bauma week

Over 10 years of expertise as event agency and service partner of Messe München. We have looked after VIP delegations at bauma and know which venues are still available in bauma week.

Book the venue together with the hotels.

Hotels

Rooms at every stage

The earlier you enquire, the more hotels and terms are open. And when Munich looks full, we still find rooms: we know the hotels that do not insist on a minimum stay, and we spread large groups across several hotels.

“Fully booked” does not exist in our vocabulary.

Mobility

From the region to the fairground

During large bauma editions, hotels fill up as far out as Augsburg and Ingolstadt. We plan the transfers together with the allotment, so your team reaches the fairground on time every morning.

Rooms and routes are one plan.

04 · Showcase

Conquering hearts at a trade fair dinner

A case from transport logistic 2025, and the question every bauma exhibitor asks: how does a customer dinner during the fair become an evening people remember? Our answer is Emotional Event Design.

Synchronised swimmers emerging from the lake at a trade fair side eventDeck chairs by the lake outside MunichPlated course from the fine-dining menuEvening bar, a drink being handed overDJ set in the lakeside tent
Fairtransport logistic 2025
Clientan international cargo airline
Guests400 international guests
Venuea hidden lake outside Munich
Plan Ba marquee for all 400 guests

400 international guests, a dinner in the middle of nature at a lake in an enchanted forest outside Munich, and rain. Synchronised swimmers rose from the water, and the guests danced in the rain. A marquee for all 400 stood ready as Plan B; the rain became part of the show.

Emotional Event Design: the moments guests do not expect, planned down to the weather.

Case studies: trade fair evenings in Munich

The Isarnixen synchronised swimmers rise from the lake in the rain at the customer dinner during transport logistic 2025
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Lakeside Dinner

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Lakeside Dinner

transport logistic 2025 · an international cargo airline · 400 guests. An enchanted forest outside Munich. In it, a mystical lake. Rain pouring from the sky – and mermaids rising from the water.
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Guests at the bar during iPEK's partner dinner at IFAT 2024 in Motorworld Munich, 200 guests
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Sustainable Dinner with Team Building

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Sustainable Dinner with Team Building

IFAT 2024 · iPEK · 200 guests. A mid-sized company and a global group are growing together. Trust needs to be built. With an exclusive dinner during the IFAT trade fair, we as an event agency create an atmosphere that gets people talking.
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Guests by the Ferris wheel at dormakaba's partner evening during BAU 2023 in Munich, 130 guests
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Graffiti & Dolce Vita

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Graffiti & Dolce Vita

BAU 2023 · dormakaba · 130 guests. Our long-standing client entrusted us, as its event agency, with its partner event at BAU, the world's leading trade fair, in Munich. We whisked 130 guests off on a sightseeing tour of Munich. The destination: a fine dining restaurant.
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1920s-style burlesque performers at the Burlesque Soiree during transport logistic 2023, 250 guests
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Burlesque Soiree

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Burlesque Soiree

transport logistic 2023 · Deutsches Museum · 250 guests. Trade fairs are showcases for companies, their products and their innovations. But let's not kid ourselves: personal relationships don't grow between companies, but between people. People and emotions are at the heart of our design thinking. As at this evening event for an international logistics company.
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Chefs at the salad and bowl buffet in the tent at a sustainable team event for 350 staff on a Rhine island near Mainz
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Sustainable Outdoor Event

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Sustainable Outdoor Event

Team event 2022 · Finanz Informatik Solutions Plus GmbH · 350 guests. Regional and seasonal sourcing, organic quality with animal welfare in mind, short distances, partners, venues and caterers who act sustainably – for us as an event agency, these are minimum standards. Instead of going cheap, we recommend less, but better. But that's not enough! To really live the idea of sustainability, you have to build relationships with the environment, with nature and with society. As at this team event on a Rhine island near Mainz.
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The atrium of LMU Munich in violet light at the 2019 Alumni Homecoming with 700 guests
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Economic Forum

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Economic Forum

Alumni Homecoming 2019 · LMU Munich · 700 guests. The Alumni Homecoming, held every two years, is the most important event of the Faculty of Business Administration at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität. Former students, professors and deans meet well-known figures from industry and business, as well as guests of honour.
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Gala Event

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Gala Event

50 years of expertise, shared stories, and success - we turned our client's anniversary into a celebration of unity. As an event agency, we created a welcoming world of experience in which every guest became part of an inspiring story.
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05 · Budget

What a trade fair side event costs

Almost no one in our industry writes this on a website. We do, because you need a budget before you enquire.

Experience values from own calculations · Munich, trade fair week, August 2026 · all figures net, per guest
OccasionExample sizefromIncludes
Staff dinner at a restaurant, not exclusive60approx. EUR 90three courses, simple drinks package
Staff or partner dinner, exclusive hire of a separate room100approx. EUR 150–400venue, catering, drinks
Staff event, venue exclusive200approx. EUR 350–700venue, catering, drinks
Customer or partner event with public impact, venue exclusive400approx. EUR 500–1,500venue, catering, drinks

The range depends on the occasion, not the guest count. Depending on scope, technical production, programme, mobility and accommodation come on top. For your case, we calculate line by line, in advance.

06 · References

International companies, institutions and trade fairs rely on Servicebroker.

Good contract terms, a fast response and support — that is indispensable for events on the scale of bauma. You and your team not only handled our event procurement smoothly, you also led our events to success with heart and mind. For me, Servicebroker stands for professional event management built on trust and personal closeness.

Trimble Germany GmbH

Our traditional partner trip to the BAU trade fair in Munich has been a special experience for over ten years! The innovative event design and the professional organisation by Mr Markoč and his team have already got around among our dormakaba partners. In 2024 we travelled with 90 guests and two coaches. From timing to venues, everything was perfectly coordinated. Fine food, fine wines and warm service made for lively conversations and delighted guests — that is what successful event marketing looks like! From the quotation to the final invoice, Servicebroker looked after us outstandingly.

dormakaba Schweiz SA

Thank you for two outstanding events! From the pleasant consultation, helpful and detailed planning preceding the trade fair, to a flawless execution and preparation of the exhibition booth on the following day at the fair, we were amazed by your performance! Still today, we receive responses from clients and competitors regarding both events. Many are still raving about the excellent buffet, the cocktail bar and of course, above all, the South American band.

Leading Door Manufacturer, Director Marketing

From the first meetings, preparations, and most importantly, through to the completion of the event, we were impressed by the truly professional work. Without exception, all attendants praised the decorations, lighting, and entertainment program, as well as the exceptional buffet.

International Textile Company, Director Marketing

The BAU – Europe’s most distinguished trade fair for architecture, materials, and systems, with over 1,900 exhibitors and 212,000 visitors – has worked successfully for many years together with Servicebroker. Through outstanding service quality, creativity, and cost management in terms of client events and VIP programs, Servicebroker manages again and again to create unforgettable experiences.

Leading International Trade Show, Director

07 · FAQ

Frequently asked questions about bauma 2028

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When should we book hotels for bauma 2028?

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As soon as you know you are exhibiting. The earlier we negotiate your bauma group hotel booking (a room block) from 50 guests, the more hotels, rates and cancellation terms are open. Later enquiries work too: we spread the group across several hotels and plan the transfers to the fairground.

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Where do bauma exhibitors stay when Munich is fully booked?

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In several hotels at once, chosen by the route to the fairground. During large bauma editions, hotels are booked as far out as Augsburg and Ingolstadt. We distribute the allotment across hotels on the same transfer route and plan the daily transfers along that route.

03

What does a client evening for 400 guests cost during bauma?

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For a customer or partner evening with public impact in an exclusive venue, including catering and drinks, we calculate approx. EUR 500 to 1,500 per guest, net. A staff event for 200 guests in an exclusive venue starts at approx. EUR 350 per guest. Programme, technical production and mobility come on top, calculated line by line in advance.

04

Who organises the client evening and the hotels for bauma exhibitors from a single source?

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Servicebroker GmbH, event agency and DMC in Munich since 1999. For bauma, we organise the evening for 100 to 1,000 guests, negotiate the group allotment from 50 guests and plan the mobility from the hotels. One contractual partner under German law, one point of contact.

05

We exhibit at bauma for the first time and have no office in Germany. Can you handle everything on site?

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Yes. As a Destination Management Company (DMC) in Munich, we handle hotels, transfers and the evening event for international bauma exhibitors. Correspondence and contract are in English, and our team is on site during the fair, with a 24-hour SOS line.

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