11 September 2020: Informa Markets, (formerly UBM India), India’s leading exhibition organizer, is gearing up to host SATTE GENX, South Asia’s Virtual Travel Expo on 23rd September 2020. The event is expected to bring better interaction with the target audience, connect with potential buyers, live lead generation and unlimited opportunities to connect and share product…
11 September 2020: In what could be considered as waste of money, resources and time, the 10,100-bed Covid-19 health care facility at the Bangalore International Exhibition Centre (BIEC) will shut down from September 15 2020, according to a notification by the Karnataka government. The Centre was opened on July 27, 2020 in the presence of…
11 September 2020: Messe Frankfurt Middle East and ACE Group have decided to hold Beautyworld Saudi Arabia, the 3rd edition in April 2021 which was originally scheduled to run at the end of September 2020 in Jeddah. Now the show will take place from 6 – 8 April 2021 at Riyadh Front. It’s estimated that…
11 September 2020: The Hong Kong Tourism Board (HKTB) announced that Hong Kong has been recently chosen as the host city for 4 international MICE events, including the city’s first-ever events of high strategic values, and 2 repeated events amidst the COVID-19 challenges. These business events are expected to bring in about 10,000 high-yield visitors…
10 September 2020: Guido Fornelli has been elected as IELA Chairman for the period 2020-2022. The International Exhibition Logistics Association (IELA) has also elected four new Exhibition Logistics Leaders to its Board of Management (BOM). Guido Fornelli has been involved with the Association since 1992 and joined the IELA BOM for the first time in…
10 September 2020: Amid a global recession, 2020 will see the sharpest fall in global entertainment and media (E&M) revenue in the 21-year history of this research, with a decline of 5.6% from 2019 – more than US$120bn in absolute terms, according to PwC’s Global Entertainment & Media Outlook 2020-2024 survey. The COVID-19 pandemic has…