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By Tony Lai


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20 MAY 2020


With most events cancelled or rescheduled in the first half of this year due to the COVID-19 pandemic, 2020 means a hard year for the sector which takes time for recovery


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he postponement of Global Gaming Expo (G2E) Asia, a major trade show for the gaming industry in the region held in Macau, not only explicates how the local gaming industry has been hit by the novel coronavirus (COVID-19)


but it also sheds light on how the MICE sector (meetings, incentives, conferencing, exhibitions) has been embroiled in this global pandemic. With the virus now spreading over 180 countries and


regions and infecting hundreds of thousands of people, as well as leading to the shutdown of cities and travel restrictions in place, this public health emergency has brought the MICE sector to a standstill, locally and globally. With no signs of a major rebound in the first half of 2020, industry insiders believe it will take time for the sector to restore its sheen and glitz. The American Gaming Association and Reed Exhibitions, the organisers of G2E Asia, announced in March that the trade show, which was originally scheduled to take place on 19-21 May, would be postponed initially to 28-30 July, then moved it further back to December. “The coronavirus disease (Covid-19) outbreak and related travel and commercial restrictions make those preparations too difficult to hold the show as originally planned,” the organisers noted in a statement. G2E Asia is just one among numerous MICE events that has been cancelled or postponed in the territory


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due to the virus spread. The 2020 Macao International Environmental Co-operation Forum & Exhibition, scheduled to be hosted on 26-28 March and organised by the Macau SAR Government, was cancelled and will only take place again next year. The 2020 UFI Asia Pacific Conference & Digital Innovation Forum, organised by the Global Association of the Exhibition Industry and hosted by the Macau Fair & Trade Association, will move from 4-6 March to 26-28 August. According to the preliminary figures unveiled by the Macau Trade Investment and Promotion Institute (IPIM) earlier, which is in charge of MICE development, at least 180 events were cancelled or delayed in the first quarter of 2020, accounting for over 10 per cent of the total number of MICE events held in the city per year. Government figures said a total of 1,536 MICE events were held in Macau in 2019 – including 1,459 meetings and conferences, 58 exhibitions, and 19 incentive events – up by 7.64 per cent from the previous year.


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“As the virus has spread across so many countries and regions, it is invincible for the Macau MICE industry, which is susceptible to external changes, to be negatively implicated,” said Alan Ho Hoi Meng, chairman of the Macau Convention & Exhibition Association.


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