{"id":"SEC-21-GM-002","kind":"meeting","level":"organizer","jurisdiction":"Orlando (2021; Orange County Convention Center); Nashville (2020; Music City Center), FL (2021); TN (2020)","state":"TN","metro":"","industry":"21","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"United Motorcoach Association (UMA)","authority":"","instrument":"BMN 2021 UMA Motorcoach EXPO Moves to April 21 25","title":"UMA Motorcoach EXPO (United Motorcoach Association annual trade show and convention)","dateIssued":"2021-01-15","effective":"","end":"","startDate":"2021-01-15","endDate":"","quarters":["2021Q1"],"types":[],"addressees":[],"clause":"\u0022These new dates allow seven more weeks for more people to have a chance to become vaccinated and for companies to, hopefully, receive some federal economic relief\u0022 (UMA President and CEO Larry Killingsworth); \u0022The date shift, based on strong feedback from members, will enable more participants to have access to vaccines and hopefully many companies will have access to federal relief funding\u0022 (UMA release, Ex. SEC-21-GM-001)","enforcement":"","functions":["CH","TA","MT","HR","OP","MK","CB"],"notes":"2020: 2020 EXPO held January 19-23, 2020 in Nashville before any order (no disruption). During 2020 the 2021 edition was planned for March 3-7, 2021 in Orlando (Bus \u0026 Motorcoach News capture of November 24, 2020, Ex. SEC-21-GM-023); UMA\u0027s November 2, 2020 notice recorded that \u0027for most of 2020, over-the-road buses have been at a standstill due to the COVID-19 pandemic\u0027 and rolled registration rates back to below 2014 levels to draw attendance. 2021: Held in person April 21-25, 2021 at the Orange County Convention Center after a seven-week postponement; Bus \u0026 Motorcoach News (April 29, 2021) reported that organizers \u0027pushed through COVID-19 challenges to host an in-person EXPO\u0027 and quoted a vendor that \u0027the turnout was what we had hoped for, relative to where we\u0027re at with COVID\u0027 (Ex. SEC-21-GM-003); UMA added a digital \u0027EXPO Encore\u0027 May 18-20, 2021 for members unable to travel; 2022 EXPO Long Beach, CA, February 2022. Usual dates: January-March each year; 2020 edition January 19-23, 2020 (Nashville); 2021 edition set for March 3-7, 2021 (Orlando). Scale: Registrants from more than 30 States and Canada and more than 70 exhibiting companies as of January 15, 2021 (UMA release, Ex. SEC-21-GM-001); UMA describes EXPO as \u0027the largest and most comprehensive tradeshow exclusively serving North America\u0027s bus and motorcoach industry\u0027. Venue orders 2020: FL-047, FL-051, MET-ORL-009, MET-ORL-010. Venue orders 2021: FL-047, FL-051, MET-ORL-010, MET-ORL-011, FL-060, FED-020.","sourceUrl":"https://www.busandmotorcoachnews.com/2021-motorcoach-expo-moves-to-april-21-25/","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":1954828,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"BMN 2021 UMA Motorcoach EXPO Moves to April 21 25","collection":"SEC-21","url":"/library/SEC-21-GM-002","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/SEC-21-GM-002","citation":"United Motorcoach Association (UMA), BMN 2021 UMA Motorcoach EXPO Moves to April 21 25 (Jan. 15, 2021) (Ex. SEC-21-GM-002)","stateName":"Tennessee","related":["SEC-21-GM-023","SEC-21-GM-003","SEC-21-GM-001","FL-047","FL-051","MET-ORL-009","MET-ORL-010","MET-ORL-011","FL-060","FED-020"]}