EVENTS ROUNDUP
Events Roundup With a number of events being affected by the Coronavirus pandemic and with uncertainty still remaining over some regarding their going ahead, in this issue we take a closer look at what’s on and where over the coming months By Jon Wadeson
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he global Coronavirus pandemic has badly affected a number of businesses around the world and none more so than those operating within the exhibitions and events sectors. With uncertainty still hanging over the sector and with organisers adjusting short-term plans for a post-COVID operating environment, for a number of events, plans to go ahead were not safe or even logistically possible and a number of exhibitions around the world had no other choice than to postpone until either later in the year or into 2021. With the quickly evolving situation now seeing a number of restrictions being lifted, events in the latter part of the year have been largely unaffected in terms of rescheduling, however expect them to be somewhat different than usual. In this issue, we round up the last on wet leisure events taking place around the world in 2020 and 2021.
square metres, more than 400 exhibitors present their products and services in the field of public pool and spa construction, swimming pool technology, pools, saunas, spas and wellness. According to the organisers, globally, it is the trade fair with the largest product range in the field of saunas too. So it’s fitting that at this year’s event, a ‘Sauna from Finland’ network will be staging a special show together with Messe Stuttgart on an area of 300 square metres. Experience rooms, products and consulting services are intended to give visitors an understanding of Finland’s
unique sauna culture. Around 15,000 visitors from more than 60 countries normally attend every two years to learn about the latest products, trends and pioneering ideas. Numerous presentations, workshops and discussion sessions in two congress formats round off the bienniel events offering. When interviewed in May and asked about the importance of this years event, Dr. Christian Ochsenbauer, Managing Director of the German Association for the Recreational and Medicinal Bath Industry said: “This will be the most important
STUTTGART SHOW TO GO AHEAD AND IS “PERHAPS THE MOST IMPORTANT INTERBAD EVER!” interbad, the international trade fair for swimming pools, saunas and spas, is one of the world’s most important platforms for the public pools sector and one of the top three trade fairs covering all interests of private wet leisure owners. In an area covering 35,000
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