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Las Vegas

Las Vegas has welcomed the reopening of the US’s borders to fully vaccinated international travellers. L a s Ve g a s w e l c o m e d 5 . 7 m international visitors in 2019, resulting in US$4.8bn in direct economic impact. Prior to the pandemic, Las Vegas welcomed non-stop ights from 31 cities in 12 different countries. As international travel returns, Las Vegas welcomes back many of the city ’s major conventions: IMEX America, 911 November; the DEMA Show, 16-19 November; and CES, 5-8 January.

Europe

The new Covid variant, dubbed Omicron and originally detected in South Africa, poses a "high to very high" risk to Europe, the EU health agency has warned. Apart from South Africa, Omicron has been detected in Israel in a person coming from Malawi as well as in Botswana, Hong Kong and EU member Belgium. Nations are looking to ban ights to slow the spread of Omicron variant. Cape Town based Vuka Group, the new brand name for Clarion Events Africa following a MBO, has announced the signing of two collaborative deals with Smarter M o b i l i t y A f r i c a a n d K i n e t i c Events.Vuka Group CEO David Ashdown said the deals were part of a collaborative approach to assist the industry fully recover from the global pandemic. Smarter Mobility Africa launched its rst event in 2019 with t h e S o u t h A f r i c a n N a t i o n a l Department of Transport and Gauteng Provincial Departments for Roads and Transport as key strategic government partners.

Africa

Singapore

Messe München, organiser of the world’s leading event for the transport logistics and air cargo sector, has announced Singapore as the destination for transport logistic and air cargo in Southeast Asia. MMI Asia and the Singapore Tourism Board inked a Memorandum of Understanding on 15 November to organise transport logistic and air cargo for multiple biennial editions in Singapore. The Southeast Asian edition of transport logistic and air cargo will take place in Marina Bay Sands, Singapore 13-15 September 2023.

Dubai

The India Pavilion at Expo 2020 Dubai has hosted more than two hundred thousand visitors in about a month signifying successful promotion of India as an investment destination, the commerce ministry said. India is participating at the six-month Expo 2020 Dubai running from October 1, 2021 to March 2022. The India Pavilion in Expo 2020 Dubai started on October 1 to showcase a resurgent India’s march to becoming a $5 trillion economy in the post-covid world. The Pavilion which is a technology marvel captures the vibrant Indian culture and its past but also the capabilities and opportunities that it presents as a global economic hub to the domestic as well as the foreign investors.

Australasia

The Exhibition and Event Association of Australasia (EEAA) announced a newly constituted board of directors, following their annual general meeting, 28 September.

The key ofce bearers are as follows:

Ÿ Nicole Walker, Arinex - president

Ÿ Helen Mantellato, ICC Sydney - vice president

Ÿ Paul Elliot, Harry the hirer - treasurer

Ÿ Elissa Duke, MCEC – secretary