Exhibition World Issue 3 — 2020 | Page 13

Global Snapshot Dubai will officially n 1 October 2021 and ion was ratified by the ureau International aris. name ‘Expo 2020 United Arab Emirates ange in dates after d requested a Covid-19 pandemic. quired a two-thirds ay, that was achieved. World - The global exhibitions market is set to contract by 60% in 2020, according to the Globex 2020 forecast, released 29 May by AMR International. AMR’s methodology focused on three factors – event cancellations, event postponements and the contraction of events. AMR estimated each of these factors for each quarter and applied this method to 20 countries covered by its annual assessment. The Globex 2019 estimate of market size (based on proforma revenues) was US$29.7bn. For Q3 2020, AMR expects the market to drop by US$5.1bn, shrinking to US$11.6bn by the end of 2020. Issue 3 2020 7