Amidst Covid-19 Cancellations, Venues Take Health Measures

www.eventmarketer.com: MWC Barcelona was the catalyst, but a wave of event cancelations are being announced in real time as the Wuhan coronavirus (Covid-19) continues to spread at an unprecedented rate. The majority of cancelations, at present, are pertaining to global shows like MWC and Cisco Live: Melbourne, but U.S. cancelations are also beginning to crop up, including Facebook’s Global Marketing Summit, which was slated for March 9-12 in San Francisco. There’s also growing buzz about Tokyo 2020 and what it would mean to cancel the Summer Olympics, particularly in the wake of volunteer training events having been postponed.