Since taking office in 2008,Gerald Böse,Director of the Cologne Trade Fair,has made a lot happen in the city. In 2010,Cologne will stage 11 event premieres. The former hockey player learned his trade at the Munich Trade Fair.Now his job is to make optimal use of Cologne's new trade fair grounds,which cost 260 million euros to build. Gerald Böse doesn't expect the trade fair grounds to get out of the red until 2012.
Report by Manuela Kasper-Claridge.