Global Events Cancelled: Concerts, football, basketball and international exhibition, these are the largest global events that has been cancelled due to the COVID-19 Pandemic.
Meetings, Incentives, Conferences and Events (MICE) are heavily affected by the COVID-19 outbreak around the world. It is expected that the MICE industry will experience a heavy negative economic impact.
While Italy has had a concentration of events cancelled in the last week or so, worldwide events like trade shows are taking a hit as well, as concern about slowing the spread of the coronavirus — and hopefully cutting it off before it reaches epidemic levels — becomes paramount among corporate leaders worldwide. For example, the Mobile World Congress (MWC), the industry’s biggest annual trade show in Barcelona, Spain, was called off last week due to the virus.
Thus far, MWC is but one on a list of 24 trade show events cancelled due to COVID-19, a trend that experts are increasingly worried will take a massive bite out of the $2.5 trillion USD a year global industry.
Based on UFI data, the orders that exhibiting companies currently are not securing so far add up to $27.7 billion globally.
Of this, UFI estimates lost orders of around $14.8 billion in Asia/Pacific, $11 billion in Europe and $1.9 billion in the U.S.
As additional events continue to be postponed, these numbers will rise further in the weeks to come.
As an industry, the exhibitions generate a total economic output of $26.2 billion per month globally on average, translating into more than 270,000 jobs.
Besides the economic impact losses in the U.S. of events not taking place, in Europe and Asia/Pacific total losses so far are $16.5 billion. Hardest hit is Asia/Pacific, where the impact already is reaching more than $9.6 billion.
In Europe, with an ongoing wave of postponed and/or cancelled shows, the impact is reaching $6.6 billion. In addition, $1.2 billion so far in the U.S., as mentioned higher. Calculations for other regions are underway.
Festivals and conferences like Coachella, SXSW and E3 — which directly support jobs and generate revenue for local businesses by pulling in tens of thousands of attendees — provide a substantial economic boost to the communities they’re in.
Here are the list of events that has been cancelled as of 16th March, 7:00 am (Hong Kong timezone).
Asia Pacific Events Cancelled
59th ICCA Congress
Chinese Taipei
CES Asia
China
Taipei International Book Exhibition
Taiwan
League of Legends Pro League
China
Singapore Airshow
Singapore
China Commodity Markets Insight Forum 2020
China
National Association of Travel Agents Singapore (NATAS) travel fair 2020
Singapore
Mobile World Congress (MWC)
Spain
China Iron Ore 2020
China
East China Import and Export Commodity Fair
China
Palm and Lauric Oils Price Outlook Conference & Exhibition 2020
Malaysia
Marine Money China
China
Food & Hotel Asia
Singapore
National People’s Congress
China
Canton Fair
China
Interior & Design Manila (IDM)
Philippines
Middle East Events Cancelled
Qatar International Maritime Defense Exhibition
Qatar
Art Dubai Fair
Dubai
World Triathlon Series
Abu Dhabi
International Book Fair
Abu Dhabi
Grand Prix
Qatar
Ultra Festival
Abu Dhabi
Hindu Festival of Holi 2020
Dubai
International Boat Show/International Superyacht Summit
Dubai
Oil and Gas Conferences
Bahrain
GCC Game
Kuwait
Red Sea International Film Festival
Saudi Arabia
Petroleum and Energy Show
Oman
North America Events Cancelled
RIMS2020 Conference
Denver, USA
National Credit Union Management Association
Florida
Satellite 2020
Washington, D.C.
Aesthetic Meeting 2020 and Skin Care 2020
Nevada
MODEX 2020
Georgia
California Techno Security & Digital Forensics Conference
California
The Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exhibition
California
HelmsBriscoe’s European, Middle Eastern and Africa (EMEA) Regional Meeting
United Kingdom,
The Hearth, Patio & Barbecue Expo 2020
Louisiana
Incentive Live
Arizona
ICCA Association Expert Seminar – AES
Germany
World Education Congress
Texas
SISO CEO Summit
Texas
ROC Exhibitions, Inc
Maryland
Women’s Summit
Louisiana
Annual Symposium
Missouri
DECA’s International Career Development Conference
Tennessee
The International Pizza Expo
Nevada
Channel Partners Conference & Expo
Nevada
The Venetian and Sands Expo
Nevada
The ASD Market Week
Nevada
CinemaCon
Nevada
The International Restaurant & Foodservice Show
New York City
27th Annual Education Invitational
Caribbean
EXHIBITORLIVE
Nevada
CEO Summit
California
CONEXPO-CON/AGG and IFPE
Nevada
CONNEX 2020
Florida
IACC Americas Connect
Texas
Women in Leadership Meetings + Incentives
Washington, D.C.
E3
California
The Nonprofit Technology Conference
Maryland
NAB Show
Nevada
New York International Auto Show
New York City
The New England Food Show
Massachusetts
Coachella
California
International Conference on Surgical Cancer Care
Massachusetts
Spring 2020 National Meeting & Expo
Pennsylvania
TED 2020: Uncharted
Canada
Intimate-apparel trade
Nevada
McDonald’s worldwide convention
Florida
The Ace Hardware 2020 Spring Convention
Illinois
The Beauty Experience NY and International Esthetics, Cosmetics and Spa Conference
New York City
Emerald City Comic Con
Washington
ISC West
Nevada
Global health care conference HIMSS
Florida
The NXT Global Summit
Nevada
X4: The Experience Management Summit
Utah
Atmosphere’20 Digital
Nevada
Starbucks’ annual shareholder meeting
Washington, D.C.
2020 IMF-World Bank Spring Meetings
Washington, D.C.
Adobe Summit
Nevada
Travel and Expense Customer Conference
Florida
Shoreline Amphitheater
California
Google Cloud Next ’20: Digital Connect
California
Seafood Expo North America/Seafood Processing North America
Massachusetts
Inspired Home Show
Illinois
2020 APS March Meeting
Colorado
Natural Products Expo West
California
CERAWeek by IHS Markit
Texas
F8 Developers Conference
California
GPU Technology Conference
California
The Game Developers Conference
California
Lead 2020 Conference
California
Workday Sales Kickoff Sales Meeting
Florida
Zendesk Relate Conference
Florida
Domopalooza
Utah
Trans-Pacific Merchants
California
MotoGP Red Bull Grand Prix of the Americas
Sporting Events Cancelled
Ireland vs Italy (Six Nations rugby), Sat 7 March, POSTPONED
Ireland
Strade Bianchi (cycling), Sat 7 March, CANCELLED
Italy
Qatar MotoGP, Sun 8 March, POSTPONED
Qatar
Man City vs Arsenal (Premier League), Weds 11 March, POSTPONED
England
BNP Paribas Open (tennis), 11-22 March, CANCELLED
California, USA
Tirreno-Adriatico (cycling), 11-17 March, CANCELLED
Italy
Inter vs Getafe (Europa League football), Thurs 12 March, POSTPONED
Italy
Sevilla vs Roma (Europa League football), Thurs 12 March, POSTPONED
Italy
NBA (Basketball), from Thurs 12 March, SUSPENDED until further notice
MLS (football), from Thurs 12 March, SUSPENDED until further notice
USA
Pro14 (rugby union), from Thurs 12 March, SUSPENDED until further notice
United Kingdom
Magical Kenya Open (European Tour golf), 12-15 March, POSTPONED
Kenya
ATP Tour (tennis), 12 March-27 April SUSPENDED with all tournaments CANCELLED up until that date
Australia
World Athletics Indoor Championships in Nanjing, 13-15 March, POSTPONED until March 2021
China
World Short Track Speed Skating Championships in Seoul, 13-15 March, CANCELLED
Korea
La Liga (football), 14 March-4 April, SUSPENDED
Spain
Italy vs England (Six Nations rugby), Sat 14 March, POSTPONED
Italy
France vs Ireland (Six Nations rugby), Sat 14 March, POSTPONED
France
Real Madrid vs Manchester City (Champions League), Tues 17 March, POSTPONED
United Kingdom
Indian Open (European Tour golf), 19-22 March, POSTPONED
India
Cardiff Blues vs Zebre (Pro14 rugby), Sat 21 March, POSTPONED
Italy
Milan-San Remo (cycling), Sat 21 March, CANCELLED
Italy
Thailand MotoGP, Sun 22 March, POSTPONED (Sun 4 October)
Thailand
Swiss Super League, POSTPONED until Mon 23 March
Switzerland
Miami Open, (tennis) 25 March – 5 April CANCELLED
USA
Munster vs Benetton (Pro14 rugby), Fri 27 March, POSTPONED
Ireland
Rome Marathon, Sun 29 March, CANCELLED
Italy
Netherlands vs Spain, Sun 29 March, CANCELLED
Netherlands
China Open (snooker), 30 March-5 April, CANCELLED
China
Giro di Sicilia (cycling), 1-4 April, CANCELLED
Italy
Serie A, POSTPONED until Fri 3 April
Italy
Connacht vs Zebre (Pro14 rugby), Sat 4 April, POSTPONED
Italy
Benetton vs Munster (Pro14 rugby), Sat 4 April, POSTPONED
Ireland
Paris Marathon, Sun 5 April, POSTPONED until Sun 18 October
France
Xi’an Open (WTA Tour tennis), 13-19 April, CANCELLED
China
Fed Cup finals and play-offs, 14-19 April, POSTPONED
Hungary
Chinese Grand Prix (F1), Sun 19 April, POSTPONED
China
Kunming Open (WTA Tour tennis), 27 April-3 May, CANCELLED
China
Tokyo Olympics Will Move Forward
Despite of the multiple cancellations from various sporting events and MICE, the Tokyo Olympics will proceed as scheduled according to the press statement of the Olympic committee “The IOC EB encourages all athletes to continue to prepare for the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020. The IOC will keep supporting the athletes by providing the latest information and developments, which are accessible for athletes worldwide on the Athlete365 website”.
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