Declaration of accessibility

Hamburg Messe und Congress GmbH is committed to ensuring digital accessibility for people with disabilities. We continuously improve usability for all and apply the relevant standards (WCAG 2.2, BITV and the EN 301 549 standard) for accessibility. This digital accessibility statement applies to the Hamburg Messe und Congress GmbH website published at https://www.hamburg-messe.com/.

 

Status of compatibility with the requirements

The website is currently not fully compliant with the technical requirements of the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.2 and the Barrierefreie-Informationstechnik-Verordnung (BITV 2.0).

 

Non-accessible content

The following content is not accessible because it is not compatible with the underlying harmonized standard EN 301 549:

  • On one page there are images without labelling. It is difficult to navigate to the images with screen readers. | WCAG: 1.1.1
  • There are links without link text on several pages. | WCAG: 4.1.2
  • There is a list element on a page that is not part of a list. | WCAG: 1.3.1
  • On several pages, the contrast between text and background is too low. | WCAG: 1.4.3
  • There are “iframe” elements without labelling on individual pages. Navigation with screen readers to the iframes is difficult. | WCAG: 4.1.2
  • A page has no language stored in HTML. | WCAG: 3.1.1
  • On individual pages, the language stored in HTML does not match the page language. | WCAG: 3.1.1
  • There is a form field on a page without labelling. It is difficult to navigate to the form field with screen readers. | WCAG: 4.1.2
  • On individual pages there are headings that have no labelling or contain the aria-hidden attribute and are therefore not accessible for screen readers. | WCAG: 1.3.1
  • There are invalid aria attribute values on individual pages. These are not recognised by screen readers and are therefore not displayed correctly. | WCAG: 4.1.2
  • On a page, a superordinate element is missing the corresponding subordinate elements. This can confuse screen reader users, as content is expected but none is present. | WCAG: 1.3.1
  • On several pages, links cannot be distinguished from the surrounding text. | WCAG: 1.4.1

 

This declaration was created on 23.06.2025.

 

Feedback and contact details

Do you have a comment or a note about barriers on this website? Please get in touch with us. We will answer your questions as quickly as possible, but at the latest within the statutory period of six weeks. Thank you for your feedback. You can contact us at the following address: 

Hamburg Messe und Congress GmbH
- DBU: Accessibility -
Messeplatz 1
20357 Hamburg

 accessibility(at)hamburg-messe(dot)de

 

Arbitration

Schlichtungsstelle HmbBGG
Dammtorstraße 14
20354 Hamburg

 +49 40 428 43 3056
 schlichtungsstelle-hmbbgg(at)soziales.hamburg(dot)de

www.hamburg.de/politik-und-verwaltung/behoerden/sozialbehoerde/themen/behinderung/schlichtungsstelle-behinderung

 

Note on § 36 VSBG: We do not participate in dispute resolution proceedings before a consumer arbitration board and are not obliged to do so.