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UV-C purification: a key step towards Covid-safe venues?
As Belgium struggles with one of the highest ratios of coronavirus infection per head of population, moves at Brussels Expo to…
German government considers further measures to support hard-hit sectors, including tradefairs
REUTERS: The coronavirus pandemic will plunge Germany’s economy into its deepest recession since World War Two, Economy…
Hamburg maritime tradefair moves from September 2020 to February 2021
Leading international maritime tradefair SMM, has been postponed to 2-5 February 2021 in response to the coronavirus pandemic…
UFI publishes new global planning framework for reopening tradefairs
Global association of the exhibition industry, UFI has published, 5 May, a global planning framework document for reopening…
UK industry association creates twitterstorm urging government intervention to help the events sector
The UK Event Supplier and Services Association (ESSA) is calling on its members and all event industry businesses to join a…
AUMA demands restart date for Germany’s tradefairs to reboot business
Germany’s tradefair industry has demanded a timetable for rebooting business. While giving qualified support for the federal…
Chicago’s McCormick Place could be open for tradeshows in July
It was announced on 1 May that McCormick Place in Chicago, a convention centre-turned Covid-19 treatment facility, could begin to…
IEIA lobbies India government for new help for exhibitions sector
The Indian Exhibition Industry Association (IEIA) reports that it has been closely engaging with various ministries of the…
Resolution to postpone Expo 2020 Dubai by a year passes two-thirds threshold
The resolution for postponement of Expo 2020 Dubai has surpassed the required two-thirds threshold for the decision to run the…
Medical mission accomplished at IFEMA, as field hospital closes at exhibition centre
Madrid’s authorities have taken the decision to close the makeshift hospital at IFEMA tradefair grounds, as the number of deaths…
IELA RELOADS with programme for faster industry recovery
Exhibition logistics suppliers have been encouraged to prepare for the ‘New Now’ in the industry by joining the RELOAD Programme…