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UK’s ‘The Photography Show’ has been postponed due to COVID-19, is still on course for a 2020 show

10 Mar

The organizers behind The Photography Show and The Video Show, have announced the event is being postponed due to ongoing concerns regarding COVID-19 (the coronavirus). Originally set to take place from March 14 through March 17 at the National Exhibition Centre in Birmingham, England, the event will now take place at a later time in 2020, if all goes according to plan.

In the statement shared on The Photography Show website, organizers say they have ‘taken the extremely difficult decision to postpone The Photography Show & The Video Show until later in the year, when we will be able to deliver the show you deserve.’

The organizers note any current ticket-holders will be able to use their tickets for the future event, whenever the dates are established. In the event attendees aren’t able to attend at the future date, they will have the option to receive a refund, including any ‘Extras’ purchased alongside the main ticket.

According to The Photography Show website, over 300 brands and 32,000 visitors show up annually to see the latest products and attend over 270 talks, demos and galleries over the course of the four-day show. Canon, Epson, Fujifilm, Nikon, Panasonic, Rode, Sony, and Westcott are just a few of the featured exhibitors who are planning to attend the event. The organizers say they will ‘aim to keep the programme the same where possible, subject to speakers being available for the new dates [and] hope that the exhibitor list will remain much the same.’

You can visit The Photography Show’s website to view more details.

Articles: Digital Photography Review (dpreview.com)

 
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Photokina 2019 gets postponed, will become an annual event starting May 2020

04 Dec

In 2017, Photokina’s organizers announced the world’s largest trade fair would ‘reposition’ itself an annual event starting in 2018 and subsequently announced that after this year’s Photokina, which took place in September, the event would be moved to the month of May going forward.

Naturally, it was expected the next Photokina event would take place in May 2019, but plans have changed. According to the German Photo Industry Association (PIV), conceptual sponsor of the trade fair, and Koelnmesse, the event’s organizer, the 2019 Photokina event has been postponed a year, meaning the next Photokina event will take place from Wednesday May 27th, 2020 through May 30th, 2020.

‘The decision to postpone the start of the announced annual cycle by one year is intended to give all participants the opportunity to further develop the new concept for Photokina and to tap into new target groups among exhibitors and visitors in order to heighten the status of the trade fair as a global platform for the photography and imaging industry,’ reads the announcement press release.

From left to right: Gerald Böse, President and Chief Executive Officer Koelnmesse GmbH, Rainer Führes, CEO of Canon Deutschland GmbH and Chairman of the Photoindustrie-Verband – The Imaging Association, Jürgen Roters, Mayor of Cologne

PIV CEO Rainer Führes is quoted in the press release saying Photokina 2018 ‘clearly exceeded our already optimistic expectations with groundbreaking innovations and 180,000 visitors from 127 countries.’ He goes on to say that Photokina 2018 ‘set the bar very high for the next event.’

“It is therefore unlikely that, in May 2019 after just over seven months, we will once again be able to create the same enthusiastic atmosphere that characterized Photokina 2018 […] This is why we have decided to start the planned annual cycle in 2020.’

Considering the quick turn-around time from the last Photokina — not to mention its proximity to CP+ in March and NAB in April — it was a big ask of Photokina and its organizers to expect exhibitors, media, and attendees to bounce back with enough updates, products, and cash to fill the floors.

Articles: Digital Photography Review (dpreview.com)

 
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