{"id":"SEC-21-GM-005","kind":"meeting","level":"organizer","jurisdiction":"Omaha (2020); Baltimore (2021, scheduled); Grapevine (2022), NE (2020); MD (2021); TX (2022)","state":"MD","metro":"","industry":"21","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"American Bus Association (ABA)","authority":"","instrument":"Metro ABA Marketplace 2022 Successful Return to Live Event","title":"ABA Marketplace (American Bus Association annual business exchange for motorcoach operators, tour operators and travel suppliers)","dateIssued":"2022-01-25","effective":"","end":"","startDate":"2022-01-25","endDate":"","quarters":[],"types":[],"addressees":[],"clause":"\u0022The industry has been decimated by COVID-19 but so many of our members and industry colleagues are focused on rebuilding\u0022 (ABA President and CEO Peter Pantuso, as quoted by Metro Magazine, Ex. SEC-21-GM-004); ABA\u0027s own November 2020 statement: the industry\u0027s \u00273,000 small businesses closed their doors and furloughed more than 100,000 employees and left idle 36,000 buses,\u0027 \u0027losing 75 percent of its annual revenue\u0027 (Ex. SEC-21-GM-035)","enforcement":"","functions":["CH","TA","MT","HR","OP","MK","CB"],"notes":"2020: 2020 Marketplace held in January 2020 before any order. On October 15, 2020 ABA moved the January 2021 Baltimore Marketplace (with Busworld North America 2021) to June 19-21, 2021 (Ex. SEC-21-GM-004). 2021: No in-person Marketplace took place in 2021: ABA\u0027s site carried \u0027Marketplace On Demand\u0027 programming in May 2021 (arquivo.pt asset listing) and the January 8-11, 2022 Grapevine Marketplace was described as \u0027ABA\u0027s first major in-person meeting in two years\u0027 (Group Travel Leader, February 3, 2022) and a \u0027successful return to live events\u0027 (Metro Magazine, January 25, 2022, Ex. SEC-21-GM-005). Usual dates: January each year; 2021 edition scheduled for January 2021 in Baltimore. Scale: The 2017 Marketplace in Cleveland \u0027welcomed more than 3,400 tour operators, travel industry suppliers, and exhibitors and generated approximately $115.9 million dollars in booked business\u0027 (Metro Magazine, December 14, 2017, as read); the January 2022 Grapevine Marketplace drew about 1,800 attendees (Group Travel Leader, February 3, 2022) and 1,600-plus (Metro Magazine, January 25, 2022, Ex. SEC-21-GM-005). Venue orders 2020: MET-BAL-006, MET-BAL-009, MET-BAL-010, MET-BAL-008. Venue orders 2021: MET-BAL-011, MET-BAL-004, MET-BAL-012, MET-BAL-005, MET-BAL-014, MET-BAL-015.","sourceUrl":"https://www.metro-magazine.com/news/abas-marketplace-makes-successful-return-to-live-event","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":6632993,"grade":"secondary","character":"","description":"Metro ABA Marketplace 2022 Successful Return to Live Event","collection":"SEC-21","url":"/library/SEC-21-GM-005","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/SEC-21-GM-005","citation":"American Bus Association (ABA), Metro ABA Marketplace 2022 Successful Return to Live Event (Jan. 25, 2022) (Ex. SEC-21-GM-005)","stateName":"Maryland","related":["SEC-21-GM-004","MET-BAL-006","MET-BAL-009","MET-BAL-010","MET-BAL-008","MET-BAL-011","MET-BAL-004","MET-BAL-012","MET-BAL-005","MET-BAL-014","MET-BAL-015","SEC-21-GM-035"]}