At a glance:

• Strong transition: Founder Michael Rambach hands over the management of the company on 1 January 2026 - at his own request and with careful preparation.
• Continuity with perspective: Christopher Boss takes over with experience, attitude and a clear mission to preserve and further develop the DNA of trendfairs.
• Future in the network: trendfairs remains an independent specialist organiser.

Fürth, 15 October 2025 - trendfairs GmbH, a specialist organiser of high-quality B2B trade fairs in the interior, lifestyle and technology sectors, is setting the course for the future: Christopher Boss will take over the management of the company on 1 January 2026. He thus succeeds founder Michael Rambach, who, after more than 15 years at the helm of trendfairs, will be devoting himself to new personal projects from 2026 and transferring his shares to the shareholder NürnbergMesse.

Christopher Boss (40) has extensive experience in the trade fair industry and proven leadership skills. Together with the strong team and the shareholders, he will continue to position trendfairs as an innovative, customer-oriented and agile organiser. After 10 years at Messe Karlsruhe, Boss worked for the same length of time in a management position at NürnbergMesse, one of the fifteen largest trade fair organisers in the world, most recently as Executive Director of the leading international trade fair EUROGUSS and as Managing Director of MedtecLIVE GmbH.

"Christopher Boss stands for thinking ahead on a familiar basis," says Peter Ottmann, CEO of NürnbergMesse Group. "With his entrepreneurial thinking and his feel for customer needs, he will continue the trendfairs formats with a fresh perspective and at the same time in the spirit of the brand. My special thanks is dedicated to Michael Rambach: with visionary strength, a keen sense of the market and great customer proximity, he founded and built up trendfairs and turned it into one of the highest-profile specialist organisers in the German-speaking world."

Under the leadership of Michael Rambach (61) as the initiator and long-standing driving force behind trendfairs, the company has developed into a sought-after organiser of successful trade fair formats such as area30, küchenwohntrends, WORLD OF FIREPLACES, swiss interior expo and cube30. The change was prepared jointly over several months. Marc Röder remains an authorised signatory and minority shareholder.

"trendfairs is and remains a company with a clear attitude, a passionate team and trusting customer relationships," says Michael Rambach. "I am proud as well as extremely grateful and humbled for the journey together with customers and partners. I am firmly convinced that Christopher Boss is the right person to continue this success story with new impetus."

Christopher Boss is also looking forward to his new role: "trendfairs stands for a well-coordinated team, great customer proximity, formats with character - and a founder culture that you can feel. This combination of a clear attitude, entrepreneurial dynamism and creative freedom appeals to me. It is an honour for me to accept the trust of Michael Rambach and NürnbergMesse. I look forward to continuing this special corporate culture with new energy." His personal interest in architecture, technology and design as well as in the development of successful B2B marketplaces and digital tools creates a natural approach to the thematic worlds of trendfairs.

The transition marks both continuity and a new beginning. As part of the NürnbergMesse Group since 2024, trendfairs has benefited from a strong network, know-how transfer and new development opportunities, while remaining an independently operating organiser with an attitude, organisation and clear brand essence.

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Michael Rambach
phone: +49 171 7701014
e-mail: rambach@trendfairs.de

About trendfairs
trendfairs GmbH is a trade fair organiser of sophisticated industry events. With excellent expertise and a keen sense of the market, trendfairs creates worlds of experience with great appeal. The trade fair portfolio includes the küchenwohntrends trade fair in Salzburg, area30, the trade and order fair for the kitchen industry in Löhne, the swiss interior expo trade fair in Bern and the WORLD OF FIREPLACES in Leipzig.

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