Reed Travel Exhibitions has rescheduled the dates for the three spring global trade shows in its WTM Portfolio: WTM Latin America, Arabian Travel Market (ATM) and Africa Travel Week, which comprises of WTM Africa and International Luxury Travel Market Africa. The original dates of the events have had to be changed in response to the escalation of COVID-19.

ATM has been rescheduled from April 19-22, 2020 at the Dubai World Trade Centre, UAE, to the new date of May 16 – 19, 2021 at the same venue. Danielle Curtis, the exhibition director Middle East, Arabian Travel Market (ATM) said, “In the meantime, while the physical show will be rescheduled to 2021, we will keep the industry connected by hosting an ATM Virtual Event from June 1 – 3, 2020 featuring a series of webinars, live conference sessions, speed networking events, one-on-one meetings and much more.”

Also, WTM Latin America 2020, which was due to take place from March 31 – April 2, will now be held from October 20 – 22, 2020 at the same venue, Expo Center Norte, in São Paulo.

Luciane Leite, the director of WTM Latin America said, “We appreciate the hard work that goes into the planning and preparations that our partners and exhibitors prepare for the event and we have to unite in this challenging period.”

Africa Travel Week, which comprises of WTM Africa and International Luxury Travel Market Africa, had been scheduled to take place from April 2 – 8, this year, will now be postponed until 2021 at the Cape Town International Convention Centre.

Carol Weaving, the managing director of Reed Exhibitions Africa said, “Due to the uncertainty in the region and around the world, with many of our clients facing company travel bans, we have decided to postpone the event to 2021.”

Claude Blanc, WTM portfolio director said, “Our policies reflect those of the country governments in which our events take place. We will meet at WTM events in the future. Until that time comes, WTM Portfolio has launched a new online portal called WTM Global Hub, to connect and support the travel industry professionals around the world.”