The Business Events Council of Australia (BECA) has formally established a Safety and Hygiene Subcommittee to ensure the business events industry is ready to safely restart and that government and the public can be confident that restrictions can be lifted. Aim BECA recognises that an opportunity exists to secure a restart of the industry much sooner than the allowances that will need to be made for mass gatherings. Because business events are an extension of the workplace and delivered in a con [...]

Connect and share with the exhibition industry this Global Exhibitions day. There will be webinars, online get-togethers, live social media, and other fun activities you can join in to celebrate GED2020. Find a list below. Are we missing something? Send us the details at ged@ufi.org. Also keep an eye on #GED2020, on your favorite social media channel, to see the amazing content being shared to mark our industries “Big Day”. ______________________________________________________________________ 2 [...]

The coronavirus outbreak is spreading further across the world. This poses us the pressure of external defense and internal defense rebound. This reality has postponed the comprehensive recovery of the MICE industry and revealed many underlying problems in the development of our industry. We need to address such challenges with a sober mind. While staying at home, we have more time to think. In the WeChat groups, many friends of MICE industry have expressed their ideas about how the industry dev [...]

As the battle with the COVID-19 pandemic now runs into months, there is a realisation that we have a battle on our hands that will last for a number of years. There is no exit in the traditional sense, we will need to live with and adapt to an environment which has this virus. New behaviours and habits are being formed that will be a permanent feature of our life. Trends that we have seen coming will now rapidly pick up momentum and shift the way we live and do business. There will be a new norm [...]

Economic support for exhibitions and events needed Practical proposals for secure reopening Our sector’s systemic relevance for vertical industries and economic recovery The trade fairs and exhibitions industry together with the wider community of live events (MICE) were the first ones affected by cancellations and total shut down. Our industry is supporting the response to the current health emergency by making available our infrastructures to host emergency hospitals, testing facilities, logis [...]

Live4Life-C19 is born out of necessity. It is an association of live communication experts who now offer their expertise at short notice and to bridge bottlenecks in the fight against CoVid-19. This involves on the one hand the construction of building structures such as room dividers, patient rooms or test centers, but also planning expertise such as logistical processes or water and electricity supply. It all began at the Javits Center in New York. The large conference center had to be transfo [...]

Thailand has taken more stringent measures against the outbreak of COVID-19 during the past week. The government has declared the state of emergency effective 26 March until 30 April, 2020.  In  response,  Civil  Aviation  Authority  of  Thailand  (CAAT)  has  issued  travel  advisory  to passengers  planning  to  enter  Thailand  effective  26  March  onward.  Bangkok  Metropolitan Administration (BMA) has ordered the temporary closure of premises effective 28 March until 30 April 2020 includin [...]

Honourable President von der Leyen, honourable President Michel, Once again, we would like to draw your attention to the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on the European exhibition industry. Trade fairs and business events were the first industry to be affected and the situation developed at fast pace until the total halt. After a few weeks only, we see the devastating effects of the Covod-19 situation on the exhibition industry. And we ask for support from both your institutions: please fight [...]