15 April 2020, Guangzhou, China : The China Import and Export Fair (Canton Fair) will launch its 127th edition online in mid-June in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. “After more than six decades of unremitting efforts, the Canton Fair has become China’s largest comprehensive international trade fair with the longest history, most commodities and customers…
16 April 2020 : Indian Convention Promotion Bureau (ICPB) has asked the Union Ministry of Tourism to prepare and finalise a Tourism Recovery plans for revival of Indian tourism once the Coronavirus crisis fades away. During a recent meeting of ICPB held in New Delhi, Rakesh Kumar Verma, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Tourism, who is…
15 April 2020 : The economic disruption from Covid-19 outbreak shall be long-term and may ripple well into 2021-22, says Amaresh Tiwari, CIS, Vice Chairman, Indian Convention Promotion Bureau (ICPB). In his message to the industry, he said the impact of coronavirus outbreak (Covid-19) is being felt across the global tourism industry and more so…
15 April 2020 : Taking into consideration the tricky scenario, organisers and steering committee participants are planning to postpone Expo 2020 Dubai by a year, probably to 2021. The Steering Committee reviewed the major impact COVID-19 is having on global public, social, and economic health. The Committee collectively agreed to explore the possibility of a…
15 April 2020 : After completion of International Convention & Expo Centre (IICC) at Dwarka and Pragati Maidan redevelopment projects, New Delhi will become a MICE destination of a global scale, said Amitabh Kant, CEO, Niti Aayog who is also a Director of IICC. He was speaking to officials and media during his recent visit…
15 April 2020 : Severely affected by the ongoing Covid-19 crisis, Indian Exhibitions Industry Association (IEIA), the apex body of exhibiting and tradeshow industry, has urged the Union Government to immediately intervene and create an economic support package for the industry to relieve some of the stress the industry is going through. In its memorandum…