World Travel Catering & Onboard Services Expo is the show for everything served, handed out and used on board: meals, snacks, drinks, amenity kits, tableware, textiles and trolleys. Buyers from more than 160 airlines check look and packaging here. We photograph your products so they look on the tray exactly as they do in your proposal — and film tastings and stand life for your follow-up.
All prices plus VAT · delivered within 24 hours · max. 4 exhibitors per show day · See all packages & details
| Dates | Tuesday 6 to Thursday 8 April 2027, daily 9 am to 5 pm |
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| Venue | Hamburg Messe, A halls — Messeplatz 1, 20357 Hamburg |
| Frequency | Annual, three days, alongside Aircraft Interiors Expo in the B halls; one badge for both shows |
| Profile | Trade fair for inflight catering, onboard services and travel retail: catering, drinks, amenity kits, tableware and onboard equipment, trolleys and galley equipment, packaging and sustainability — the organiser expects more than 300 exhibitors, over 4,000 attendees and buyers from more than 160 airlines |
| Audience | Three halls with zones such as the New Exhibitor Village in hall A1 and the Drinks Zone in hall A4; Taste of Travel Theatre with chef demonstrations; Passenger Experience Conference on 5 April |
| Our travel time | About 3 hours from Essen — travel and overnight stay are stated separately and transparently |
At WTCE inflight catering is presented on trays, in casseroles and bowls — small portions, lots of packaging, often behind chilled cabinets with glass reflections. We photograph meals on the tray from the passenger perspective and at 45 degrees, with warm fill light against the cool hall lighting so meat, salad and dessert stay appetising. Cabinets we open briefly by arrangement, or we work with a polariser against the reflection.
Amenity kits, tableware, blankets and packaging we photograph in series on a neutral background on the stand: same perspective, same white balance, open and closed. These images replace your product catalogue in the airline tender.
A lot happens on the stand at WTCE: tastings, bar service in the Drinks Zone, trolley demonstrations, conversations with catering buyers. From that we cut a 30-second clip and vertical formats that go online in the evening. If you cook or speak in the Taste of Travel Theatre, we cover chef, plate and audience from two positions — without flash so the stage atmosphere is kept.
For new exhibitors in the New Exhibitor Village in hall A1, WTCE is often the first contact with airlines; a short introduction clip of your team on the stand is the material you use to write to buyers after the show.
Food looks best in the first hours, before hall lighting and handling have taken their toll. So we schedule product and tray shots for the hour before opening on Tuesday or Wednesday and photograph freshly plated samples. Airline delegations mostly come on Tuesday and Wednesday; Thursday is quieter and suits interviews and team portraits.
Edited images are delivered within 24 hours, the clip on the evening of the shoot — your follow-up starts before the show is over.
Passenger perspective and 45 degrees with warm fill light — freshly plated samples before opening.
Series shots on a neutral background, open and closed, for tenders.
Drinks and tastings with backlight — labels legible, glass clear.
Stand architecture and cabinets before opening, with no visitors in frame.
30 seconds of tasting, trolley and conversations, delivered in the evening.
Statements from sales, chefs and airline customers in English, subtitled.
A post with your stand while the show is still running gets seen and shared. That is why every package includes finished photos and video within 24 hours after the event ends — first images usually the same day. Two revision rounds included.
A sample from our production: the event recap for your website and LinkedIn — below it, native 9:16 footage for Reels, Shorts and Stories, shot in parallel with the main coverage.
Event recap · YOOZ
Event reel · izy
Brand event · YOOZ
Trade fair clip · Vapes Bars
Fixed prices, defined deliverables, predictable turnaround. All prices exclude VAT and include travel within North Rhine-Westphalia.
Add-on: On-stand interview + extended highlight video (approx. 90 sec.) €190
Payment: 50 % deposit on booking by credit card (Stripe link sent with the quote) or bank transfer, 50 % on the show day. No German VAT for non-EU companies; reverse charge for EU companies with VAT ID.
Capacity: maximum 4 exhibitors per show day — please reserve early.
Tell us the date, venue, stand size and what the images are for. You normally get a fixed-price quote within 24 hours, with no hidden line items.
We arrive with our own equipment, work discreetly around your stand, and never interrupt a conversation or a demo. Shot list agreed in advance.
Edited photos and cut video via a private download link — within 24 hours after the event ends.
From €990 plus VAT for two hours of photo and video on site with at least 30 edited images and a 30-second highlight video. Four hours from €1,490, a full show day from €1,990. Travel to Hamburg and any overnight stay are stated separately and transparently.
By arrangement we open the cabinet briefly for the shot, or we use a polariser against the reflection. Freshly plated samples are best photographed in the hour before opening.
Yes. We set up a neutral background with our own light on the stand and photograph kits, tableware and packaging from the same perspective. White balance stays consistent across the whole series.
Yes. Both shows run at the same time on the same grounds, one badge is valid for both. Exhibitors with stands in the A and B halls are covered on the same day without surcharge.
Yes. Interviews, briefing and the entire engagement run in English — a large share of our trade fair clients come from outside Germany. Invoices with VAT ID for EU companies, no German VAT for companies outside the EU.
Send us your hall, stand number and the products you want to feature. We will propose a time window and a fixed-price quote.
We normally reply within 24 hours. For short-notice bookings during a show week, please call.
