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The World’s Best Vineyards 2020, due to take place in Sonoma County, California on 13 July, will now become a virtual ceremony hosted on the same date.

Given the evolving nature of the pandemic, the Africa Tourism Association (ATA) and the Ghana Tourism Authority have made the difficult decision to postpone the World Tourism Conference previously scheduled to take place from 12-16 October 2020 in Accra, Ghana.

Over 3,000 hospitality industry professionals have already registered and over 5,000 are expected to attend Hospitality Tomorrow, a free online summit, taking place tomorrow, 7^th April, to discuss the impact of the COVID-19 crisis on the hospitality industry.

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) announced the postponement of the 76th Annual General Meeting (AGM) and World Air Transport Summit. The event had been scheduled to take place on 22-23 June in Amsterdam. 

Forrester announced an update to its events lineup scheduled for the second quarter of 2020. Forrester previously announced that its SiriusDecisions Summit will be delivered as a virtual event.

Like the rest of the world, Meet in Reykjavík couldn't have predicted the world moving through these odd and volatile times.

The 12th Asia Pacific General Galvanizing Conference (APGGC) will be held in Yokohama, Japan from May 29 (Sun) to June 2 (Thurs), 2022.

The Society for Incentive Travel Excellence (SITE) will hold a webinar on contract law and its application to the incentive travel industry, Friday, April 3, at 10 a.m. (Chicago), 4 p.m. (London). 

The annual Miss Pacific Islands pageant will be hosted in Samoa this November, following the win of Miss Samoa 2019, Fonoifafo Nancy McFarland-Seumanu.

Construction workers on behalf of the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority (LVCVA) commenced the extensive process of pouring 600,000 square feet of concrete flooring in the main exhibit hall in the new West Hall expansion of the Las Vegas Convention Center (LVCC).

Bench Events, the leading organiser of conferences and forums for the hotel, aviation and restaurant sector is organising a complete live conference experience on the internet to bring together industry leaders to discuss the unprecedented economic circumstances caused by the COVID-19 outbreak and what the industry can do collectively to rebuild confidence.

As many companies around the world are doing their part to combat the spread of COVID-19 by instructing their employees to work from home, Global DMC Partners (GDP), the leading global network of independently owned destination management companies (DMCs) and creative event experts, is launching a brand-new weekly webinar series designed not only to combat social isolation but also to educate, innovate and inspire members of the meetings, events, travel and tourism industry.

In light of current events and growing measures to contain the coronavirus, the Organisation Team of the Concorso d’Eleganza Villa d’Este has decided not to proceed with this year’s edition on the planned dates (22nd to 24th May, 2020).

Solicited by the government of the Republic of Malta, and more particularly by the Ministry of Tourism, the organizers of World Connect have decided to move the event from Monaco to Malta from October 29th to 31st, 2020 at the prestigious Westin Dragonara Resort.