Eisbeinessen 2008 - 60. Anniversary

with partner-country Italy

Non-smoking Event

Register for the Eisbeinessen under www.eisbein.com

The 60. Eisbeinessen 2008 will take place at 6.30 pm on Friday, 7 November 2008, in the following rooms of the Congress Centrum Hamburg: Hall H and hall 3 grd. floor.

Ticket sales will take place from 9.00 -12.00 am on Wednesday, 22 October 2008 in the Entrance Hall of the Congress Centrum Hamburg in front of hall no 6.

According to the new legislation the Eisbeinessen has to be a strictly non-smoking event. There will be a smoking room in hall no 4 Foyer.

Every guest purchases an admission ticket at a flat-rate charge of € 75,00. This includes the meal ordered: Eisbein (knuckle of pork boiled and served with sauerkraut) or Kassler (lightly smoked pork loin served with sauerkraut), all drinks on the drinks menu and coffee at the coffee bar at the Foyer. In addition, all drinks on the drinks menu are free of charge up to 2.00 am.

Please ensure that all guests have a valid admission ticket before the beginning of the event. Otherwise they will not be allowed in. There will be no access without a valid ticket.

Guests who do not wish to join in the meal (After Dinner Guests) can purchase a ticket of € 45,00giving them admission from 9.00 pm onwards. This ticket likewise includes drinks from the drinks menu free of charge up to 2.00 pm. After Dinner Voucher are available as follows:

• At the official Eisbein ticket sale at the Entrance Hall of CCH from 9.00 to 12.00 am on 22 October 2008. Payment of the Eisbein tickets and After-Dinner can only be made with separate cheques or cash, due to accounting requirements.
• In our office starting on 22.09.2008.
• At the box office in the CCH Foyer on 07.11.2008.

Guests who intend to leave and re-enter the event later may request a re-admission marking.

Only for members of the Hamburg Shiprokers´ Association:

The Invitation will be e-mailed to the member companies of the Hamburg Shipbrokers' Association together with the internet registration data on 16 September 2008. From 17 September 2008 you can allready make your company registration. The Internet-Registration for table booking starts on Monday, 07 October 2008, 12.00 am. The deadline for registration is Friday, 17 October 2008, 5.00 pm.

For the Eisbeinessen 2008 you can also place your order for hall H and hall 3 quickly and easily on the Internet.

You can place your order via Internet this year again. If you have an Internet connection, please place your order via the Internet, under www.eisbein.com, because then if you wish to make any changes you can do this yourself. You will need your User Name and Password for your first registration. The User Name and Password will be given exclusively to members of the VHSS via circular. After your first registration, please enter your own personal user name for your company, and a suitable personal code word.

Please note that last year's user names/code words are no longer valid.

All tables in the rooms of CCH are capable for 12 people.

Table reservation

Tables in hall H and hall 3 ground floor can all be booked in advance online. From the start of booking (12.00 am on 07 October 2008 to 12.00 pm on 17 October 2008), you can reserve your tables in hall H and hall 3 ground floor after entry of your guest list. Please note: return of the tables after reservation is no longer possible! Online reservation lapses if the tickets are not collected and paid for. Delivery of Eisbein tickets by postal service or messenger is not possible.

DISCOTHEK “BIG PIG”

This year again we have a special attraction for all our guests. The DISCOTHEK “BIG PIG” starts at 10.00 pm with DJ Claus in hall no. 6.

You will also find the CAIPIRINHA BAR in front of hall no. 6.

Company advertisement

Please note the opportunity to place a company advertisement in the participants' brochure. The price of a one-page advert in format 22 cm x 12 cm is probably € 310,-- plus VAT. To place an advert, please contact the following address directly:

K.O. STORCK VERLAG,

Striepenweg 31,

21147 Hamburg,

Tel. +4940/797 13 150,

Fax+4940/79713101,
e-mail: vertrieb@storck-verlag.de

Participants' brochure

Every participant at the Eisbeinessen will receive a participants' brochure, giving details of all companies participating, with the surnames and first names of guests.