Despite an encouraging upturn in activity since last fall, the economic situation remains delicate for the organizers of international conventions and trade fairs.
Two years after the start of the pandemic, professionals are still suffering from the absence of business travelers from Asia or the United States, while the requirement for a third dose of vaccine against Covid-19 in France is holding back the arrival of our European neighbours.
“There were as many events as in the second half of 2019. But on smaller surfaces and with fewer exhibitors”
, summarizes Pablo Nakhlé Cerruti, general manager of Viparis (the Paris Expo Porte de Versailles sites, Paris Nord Villepinte, Convention Center).
As a result, after reaching 9.3 billion euros in 2019, the turnover of the professional events sector collapsed by 75% in 2020.
Reports of events
The latest scores are not encouraging.
At the start of 2022, the major international fashion events…
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