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United Kingdom

The Innovaon in Technology and Transport Hub (ITT Hub) will be launching in 2021. The show was previously scheduled to launch in May 2020 but was postponed due to Covid-19. The event has already aracted over 110 names from across the transport and related energy, data and finance sectors, and the ancipated final line up will include over 160 exhibitors and 100 speakers hosng over 6,000 commercial fleet operators and policy makers.

United States

Throughout the month of June, the Detroit Chapter of Food Rescue US distributed 270,000 pounds of meat, fresh produce and packaged foods from the 2020 Prime Site Award-winning TCF Center loading docks to local food redistribuon agencies in Southeast Michigan. According to Food Rescue US, an esmated one in seven people are struggling with food insecurity in the United States during the COVID-19 pandemic, causing poor health, emoonal stress and mental burden.

South Africa

This year’s edion of the Africa Aerospace and Defence (AAD) show has been “deferred” to 2022 due to the coronavirus pandemic, the exhibion organisers have announced. The exhibion, long seen as Africa’s premier aerospace and defence event, was set down for 16 to 20 September at Air Force Base Waterkloof in Centurion. The tradional weekend airshow was set to include large parts of the SA Air Force (SAAF) inventory as part of the commemoraon of the force’s centenary.

United Kingdom

Organiser of The Showman’s Show, Dorset, UK-based Lance Show & Publicaons Limited, has announced that the 35th edion of the UK event, founded in 1984, for the outdoor and special event sector, will not go ahead as planned this October. The plan is to return with the next edion to Newbury Showground, 20-21 October 2021. Jeremy and Johnny Lance, co-directors of Lance Show and Publicaons Limited, issued the following statement on the situaon: “As the Covid-19 pandemic connues to impact our wonderful industry we have taken the extremely difficult decision not to go ahead with The Showman’s Show 2020 this October.

Malaysia

Organizers of the Export Furniture Exhibion said they are postponing the 16th edion of the show unl March 2021. The EFE show was originally planned for March 2020 and then rescheduled unl Aug. 27-29 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Organizers decided to postpone it to early next year – March 10-13, 2021 – due to ongoing travel restricons related to the coronavirus. The show, officials noted, will be 30% larger than the 2019 event, featuring some 400 manufacturers from Malaysia and Southeast Asia which will occupy

Dubai

New dates have been announced for Beautyworld Middle East 2020, with the 25th edion of the region’s largest exhibion for beauty products, hair care, fragrances, and wellbeing, now taking place from 23-25 November 2020 at the Dubai World Trade Centre. The show’s organiser Messe Frankfurt Middle East, said the new dates come aer extensive feedback and consultaon with the venue, exhibitors, visitors, trade partners and associaons, as global governments connue

to contain the spread of Covid-19. about more than 4.5 million square feet of show space at the Kuala Lumpur Convenon Center.

Australia

The Gold Coast Convenon and Exhibion Centre (GCCEC) has received approval from the Gold Coast Public Health Unit to operate under its Site Specific COVID Safe Plan. Developed in consultaon with the GCCEC COVID Safe Task Force, industry bodies, government and health authories, the plan covers all essenal areas of operaon including cleaning and hygiene, social distancing – with new floor plans, food and beverage service, training and record keeping. The venue could potenally host up to 4,500 visitors per day based on 1 person per 4 square metres. The arena that would normally hold up to 6,000 now has a COVID safe capacity of between 1,500 and 3,000 people. Meengs and business events that can no longer take place in smaller venues can now look to the Centre.