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The International Association of Exhibitions and Events announced that due to the enhanced negative realities of COVID-19 around the world, the in-person portion of this year’s Expo! Expo! IAEE’s Annual Meeting and Exhibition slated for Dec. 8-10 in Louisville, Kentucky, will not take place. IAEE will refocus its efforts on the virtual Expo! Expo! with many of the same show elements presented in an engaging virtual format.

The Detroit Metro Convention & Visitors Bureau named IAEE member Claude Molinari as its new CEO, and he hopes to revitalize the burgeoning Southeast Michigan tourism industry hurt by the pandemic.

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IFES released the results of its study of the status of the international exhibition and event services industry, which found that the U.S. industry expects to recover far more slowly than its Asian and European counterparts.

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