‘I think people will be more determined to be back at Frankfurter Buchmesse in 2021,’ Juergen Boos says. ‘This has been a year like no other.’
Juergen Boos on the ARD Book Fair Stage in Frankfurt’s Festhalle during the opening news conference at the 2020 Frankfurter Buchmesse. Image: FBM, Marc Jacquemin
‘A Meaningful Presence’
On Wednesday, you’ll recall, the all-clear was sounded by Frankfurter Buchmesse, indicating that is streamlining and restructuring work had ended, and that the focus now shifts to putting together the strongest work possible for 2021 a year we all hope will be one of recovery, relief, and recommitment in so many aspects of life and work.
Frankfurter Buchmesse Restructuring Concludes, 2021 Planning Begins
Corporate streamlining and the associated reduction in staffing has been completed, Frankfurt Book Fair reports, and a consultation with 200 exhibitors is helping guide plans for the coming year.
On the 2020 Frankfurter Buchmesse ARD Book Fair Stage in Frankfurt’s Festhalle, a discussion with, from left, Andreas Görgen, Giuliano da Empoli, Priya Basil, Juergen Boos, and Geert Mak. Image: FBM, Marc Jacquemin
Boos: ‘Responding to This Diversity’
Our readers will recall our report of a week ago detailing the closure of the Frankfurt Book Fair New York office as part of the modernization project Frankfurter Buchmesse has undertaken following the 2020 digital iteration of the trade show.