MICE Boat Show
MICE Boat Show Cologne 2026
September 28–29, 2026
Transcend Cruises
✨🚢 The MICE Boat Show 2026 – Your unique experience aboard the brand-new Transcend Cruises
🌟 A Monday you'll never forget.
On September 28, 2026, something unprecedented in the MICE world awaits you:
The MICE Boat Show will take place on the Transcend —a revolutionary new vessel that will be launched in April 2026.
This ship is not a cruise ship, it is an event sensation:
👉 built exclusively for meetings, incentives, and business events
👉 first ship in a new fleet of six newbuilds
👉 a floating premium event concept – unique worldwide
🚀 Why you need to be there
✧ A setting that surpasses everything else
Instead of traditional exhibition halls, you will experience an atmosphere that combines luxury, design, and innovation.
Transcend offers you:
🏛️ 5 state-of-the-art event spaces
🔄 Flexible breakout zones
Spacious outdoor decks with stunning views
✨ Boutique design & state-of-the-art technology
🍽️ Top-level cuisine
Every moment on board feels special —and that's exactly what makes this event so unique.
🤝 A networking experience like no other
On a Monday that you deliberately keep free, you will meet:
👉The best providers and exhibitors in the industry,
👉Selected experts,
👉People who share ideas, have visions, and make decisions.
🎯 It's not about numbers, it's about genuine encounters.
Every conversation carries weight. Every encounter has potential.
The perfect environment to plan your 2027 event year.
🚢 You are part of a premiere
The MICE Boat Show is one of the very first events ever to be held aboard the Transcend.
So you're not just a guest—
You're a pioneer, a first mover, and part of this event's history.
💫 Exclusivity on the water. Inspiration in the river. Lasting connections.
⏰ 3:00 pm
Meeting point Transcend ⚓️ (for all event professionals staying overnight on board)
Check in and welcome aboard!
The Transcend is a promise to the future: a brand new luxury ship that will be launched for the first time in 2026. Designed exclusively for MICE events, it combines modern design, innovative event spaces and the special magic of a voyage on the water. On board, a place is created where encounters inspire, ideas flow and your business shines in the best light.
⏰ from 15:00
If you have booked an overnight stay, you can check into your room from 3 p.m.
Afterwards:
👋 Welcome - nice to have you here!
Brief welcome and tour on board! ✨🤝
Our moderator: Mario Schmidt
Moderator Speaker Edutainer VoiceOver Networker
⏰ 5:00 pm
Registration of day guests
Welcome and official greeting with introduction of all exhibitors
⏰ 5:30 pm
Fresh ideas. New contacts. Real impulses.
True to the motto "Inspiration in flow", join us for business networking - inspiring, personal and in a location that inspires! 🤝💡
⏰ 8:15 pm
Dinner together 🔥👨🍳
We are looking forward to an extraordinary cuisine.
⏰ 9:15 pm
Drum roll, please... 🥁
Take part in our competition - and maybe you'll soon be the lucky one to win some great prizes! 🍀🎁
⏰ 9:45 pm
🚀 The best conversations happen at the bar...
Casual networking, deepening conversations, and staying connected in a meaningful way.
⏰ approx. 10:30 pm
Farewell to guests who are visiting for the day. 🌟
🚀
⏰ Open end
The best conversations always happen at the bar!
All drinks on board are included.
We'll say goodnight at some point with beautiful dreams🌟
⏰ 8:00 a.m.
Even if it is difficult... we may ask you to vacate your cabin so that we can meet afterwards for a relaxed breakfast.
⏰ 10:00 a.m.
One last look... Check out and disembark...
Wonderful hours aboard an incredibly beautiful ship are coming to an end... And yet – no one can take these great moments away from us.
Other exhibiting partners:
Your participation in the MICE Boat Show Cologne
This networking event is aimed at decision-makers, planners and organizers of events of all kinds - from congresses, seminars and workshops to anniversaries, roadshows and meetings.
✨ Free participation on 28.9.26 from 17:00 to 22:00 - without a booth:
Participation in the MICE Boat Show Cologne is free of charge for trade visitors from the MICE industry - so register now and secure your place!
💡 Would you also like to support us?
Then we would be delighted if you select the €39.00 net contribution when you register. Payment is of course voluntary - but your contribution will help us to make the event even better.
👥 Accompanying persons without a cabin
Business companions are welcome and can simply register separately.
As this format is deliberately geared towards professional exchange, private companions cannot be accommodated this time.
✨ Participation 28.9. from 15:00 to 29.9.26 at 10:00 - with cabin:
We charge the following fee: €149.00 per person in a single or double cabin.
👥 Accompanying persons with cabin
Business companions are welcome and can simply register separately.
As this format is deliberately geared towards professional exchange, private companions cannot be accommodated this time.
As this format is deliberately geared towards professional exchange, private companions cannot be accommodated on this occasion.
👉 Register now and be there when Cologne's event community comes together on the Rhine on September 28, 2026 - for networking with a backdrop of the Rhine and Cologne, culinary delights and lots of new ideas.
Monday, September 28, 2026, starting at 2 p.m.
Until Tuesday, September 29, 2026, 10 a.m.
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