Aktuelle Ausgabe
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15.10.2020 TCEB’s Unveils Operational Plan FY2021: Four Strategies for Business Recovery and Sustainable Growth
Thailand Convention & Exhibition Bureau (TCEB) has unveiled its Operational Plan for fiscal year 2021 (FY2021) aimed at lifting Thailand’s meetings, incentives, conventions and exhibitions (MICE) industry out of crisis and strengthening the industry’s fundamentals for sustainability.
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13.10.2020 UFI Global Congress goes digital from 16 to 19 November
UFI, the global association of the exhibition industry, confirms that this year’s Global Congress will be a digital-only event, taking place from 16 to 19 November. The event’s main theme is “Resilience”.
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30.09.2020 HML welcomes Hong Kong Government’s announcement to launch Convention and Exhibition Industry Subsidy Scheme
Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre (Management) Limited ("HML") today said it welcomes the announcement that the Hong Kong SAR Government will launch the Convention and Exhibition Industry Subsidy Scheme (“Subsidy Scheme”) on 3rd October 2020.
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24.09.2020 DWTC and MCH Group to host this year’s ‘glocalised’ UFI Global Congress
UFI, the global association of the exhibition industry, is pleased to announce the two congress hosts of the physical congress locations. The two on-site events will be hosted by Dubai World Trade Center (UAE) and by MCH Group (Switzerland).
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15.09.2020 AIPC, ICCA and UFI: “Good Practice Guide: addressing Covid-19 requirements for re-opening business events - version 2"
An increasing number of markets around the world have begun to reopen business events with varying Covid-19 protocols in place. While some cities in China are now operating full calendars, increasing number of exhibitions and live events are taking place in Europe, the Middle East and North and South America. Despite the necessity to shift to digital only events in recent months, numerous studies have shown that companies are eager to return to meeting face-to-face at live events as their preferred marketing channel to reconnect with customers and suppliers and rebuild their businesses following the pandemic.
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07.09.2020 TCEB helps international trade show organisers To Re-Energize their exhibitions in Thailand
The Thailand Convention and Exhibition Bureau (TCEB) has unveiled a new support scheme to help organisers of international tradeshows in Thailand get back to business in the wake of Covid-19.
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02.09.2020 EPFIC 2020 recorded 1300 participants, marking a glorious 10th anniversary
From 19 to 21 August, the 10th Expo Project Fair for International Cooperation （Nanjing）2020 (EPFIC 2020) was successfully held in Nanjing Air-hub International Expo Center. The theme of this event was "ten years of dream building, rise in water". It was co-organized by the People's Government of Lishui District of Nanjing City, China International Conference and Exhibition Magazine Agency. The event made great breakthrough and remarkable achievements in the aspects of the number of participants and trade effect.
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01.09.2020 Business benefits directly from trade fairs - especially during the corona crisis
The German economy is currently experiencing considerable declines in sales due to the corona pandemic. Investments and private purchases are often postponed or even cancelled. At the same time, the trade fair industry, otherwise the most important instrument of business-to-business communication, has difficulties getting back on track, partly because many exhibiting companies are now asking themselves: do we rely on trade fair participation to get our own business going? Or do we rather prefer waiting until the industry recovers, because then the success of the trade fair will probably be greater and other basic conditions will have improved?
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27.08.2020 UFI: New findings of the Global Recovery Project revealed
UFI and Explori are today releasing new findings from the ongoing “Global Recovery Project” research. The study programme is conducted by live events research specialists, Explori in partnership with UFI, the global association of the exhibition industry and supported by SISO, the Society for Independent Show Organizers.
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17.08.2020 Hong Kong government urged to provide more support to help Hong Kong exhibition and convention industry ride out Covid-19 storm
The Hong Kong Exhibition & Convention Industry Association (“HKECIA” and “the Association”) presented results of the latest member survey “Impact of Covid-19 to Hong Kong Exhibition & Convention Industry” (“Survey”) to representatives of Commerce and Economic Development Bureau, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (“HKSAR”) on 11 August 2020 and urged the authority to provide more support to help Hong Kong exhibition and convention industry ride out Covid-19 storm.
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14.08.2020 Meet in Malaysia @ Malaysia Business Events Week (MBEW)
The event will once again bring enormous impact in developing Malaysia’s business events tourism sector. Brought to you by Malaysia Convention & Exhibition Bureau (MyCEB), MBEW will take place on 24 and 25 August 2020 at the World Trade Centre, Kuala Lumpur.
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02.08.2020 IELA Reload: 11 weeks, 24 live sessions, 48.350 minutes heightening resilience
IELA’s recovery programme IELA Reload was a real Incubator of ideas for the future, spreading the fighting spirit to empower IELA members to succeed in the New Now, anticipating & rebounding by limiting losses and boosting strengths in profitable service areas. Launched on May 4th 2020, the programme had four pillars: E-Learning sessions – Regional IELA Talks – Recovery Talks and Rediscover of Tools.
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29.07.2020 UFI elects Monica Lee-Müller as president for 2021/22
The UFI presidential trio for the 2020/21 term will therefore comprise of: Monica Lee-Müller (managing director of Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre (Management) Limited (HML), Hong Kong), incoming president Anbu Varathan (Indian Machine Tool Manufacturers’ Association - IMTMA, India), president 2020/21 Mary Larkin (Diversified Communications, Portland, USA), outgoing president
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23.07.2020 New dates announced for the Abu Dhabi International Petroleum Exhibition and Conference
Dmg events, organiser of the Abu Dhabi International Petroleum Exhibition and Conference (ADIPEC), and with the support of its strategic partner and host, the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC), has announced that the ADIPEC Strategic and Technical Conference will take place virtually between November 9 and 12, 2020.
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16.07.2020 UFI Global Barometer shows global impact of Covid-19 pandemic
UFI, the Global Association of the Exhibition Industry, has released the latest edition of its flagship Global Barometer research, which takes the pulse of the industry. The report highlights the severe impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on the exhibition industry worldwide. Globally, 85% of companies declared their overall level of activity was “normal” in January. This quickly dropped to 15% in March, to reach between 5% and 6% in April, May and June. For both April and May, 73% of companies worldwide declared “no activity”.
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13.07.2020 IFES AGM @ Hybr.id Space started with a panel discussion “Key factor trade shows -how to get back on the fast track”
For months now, the trade show and event industry is on lock down. First steps into a “Corona-normal” are done with solutions like Hybr.id Space a showroom which is connecting onsite and online to a “phygital” marketplace. Using this innovative space shows even more: People are looking for face2face meetings, the need of running trade shows gets touchable.
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10.07.2020 IELA: Winning Confidence Back is a team effort of the whole value chain and a joint responsibility
Collaboration and a United Voice are key in the Advocacy work that is needed to be done. Being among one of the first economies to be shut down and now one of the last to be activated, IELA Reload invited with great interest a panel discussion from Africa to give their insight on the situation in their region in the event and exhibition industry.
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10.06.2020 The largest European exhibition centres heavily impacted by the crisis are mobilising for a reopening on 1 September 2020 at the latest!
The EMECA association, which represents the European major exhibitions centres, alerts on the urgency of their reopening and calls for strong financial support from European and national public authorities to ensure the survival and the economic recovery of an entire industry.
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04.06.2020 Global Exhibitions Day 2020
The 5th edition of Global Exhibitions Day (GED) 2020 spread the message “exhibitions are key to rebuilding economies” across the globe. From videos to meetings with policy makers, webinars to hybrid events, webcast to social campaigns, bingo, cakes, virtual running parties, and more, people and organisations from at least 114 countries/regions got involved in GED 2020.
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28.05.2020 HKCEC: First exhibition since Covid-19 pandemic held successfully with preventive measures
The Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre (HKCEC) is ready to welcome events back to Hong Kong. With a series of preventive measures in place, the HKCEC welcomed the city's first exhibition since the Covid-19 pandemic. The 98th Hong Kong Wedding Fair, a three-day local consumer exhibition rescheduled from February, was held successfully during 22-24 May, attracting soon-to-weds and couples for wedding products and services.
Shenzhen World successfully hosted the world’s largest furniture exhibition
08.09.2020
Shenzhen World, the largest trade fair venue globally, has successfully hosted the Shenzhen International Furniture Exhibition, which took place from August 20 until 23. With the gradual reopening of the exhibition business in China by the central Government many venues have restarted operations. To date, however, most shows have seen significant reductions in size and attendance.
In accordance with local health regulations, Shenzhen World together with the
organizer of the Shenzhen International Furniture Exhibition implemented strict
safety protocols. For attendees, social distance keeping and the wearing of
face-covering masks throughout the entire venue were mandatory. Additionally,
all attendees were obliged to be in possession of their respective green travel
passes (mobile). A further combination of health measures, such as body
temperature scanners, sanitization stations and regular cleaning enabled the
show to go forward in a safe environment.
The event’s overwhelming success can, amongst
other factors, also be attributed to the new product segments which were
introduced this year, such as "Challenging Impossibility" by Japanese
residence master Sadao Tsuchiya, or “WorkBox: Foreseeing the future 2025”. In
addition, a number of world leading brands, like Gensler, Vitra, Haworth or Vita
Home took part in the show.
As a result, Shenzhen International Furniture Exhibition,
in its first edition in Shenzhen World, advanced to the largest furniture show
globally. Exhibitor numbers increased by 75% compared to the previous edition
of the show, whilst visitor numbers increased by nearly 40% to 216.000. With
320.000 gross m² and more than 140.000 net rented m² the size of the show
nearly tripled.
Oliver Hou, executive chairman of the Shenzhen
Furniture Association, the organizer of Shenzhen International Furniture Exhibition,
expressed that he was extremely pleased with the outcome of the show. “In the
current circumstances we did not expect such an overwhelming success, but buyer
interest was very high and thus the show succeeded much better than expected.
For the next edition of the show in 2021 we expect that the show will use
400.000m², the entire space of Shenzhen World.”
Mr. Yun Ma, president and CEO of Shenzhen
World, said: “Hosting such a big show was a challenge for us but also very rewarding.
Shenzhen World, with its ample hall space, its large boulevards, its grand
meeting rooms and vast F&B areas is the only venue globally which can host
such shows and we are proud that the entire event took place smoothly and so
successfully”.
Gerd Weber, partner at jwc, said: “It is
clear that when we at jwc developed the Master Plan for Shenzhen World, we did
not foresee the extent of a Covid-19 situation. But of course, seeing today
that Shenzhen World was capable to host an event of this size in the current
circumstances, gives us great satisfaction and confirms our venue development
philosophy”.
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