The COVID Project
The record
- Jurisdiction
- Las Vegas, NV · Nevada
- Level
- Organizer
- In force
- No start date could be read from the record.
- Functions reached
- Collection
- Hotels, Travel and Tourism SEC-06
Operative words
"IPW 2020 is cancelled. We are saddened that circumstances of the coronavirus pandemic including global travel restrictions, flight reductions, mandated social distancing and stay-at-home orders both in the U.S. and abroad have made this year's event impossible to execute." (IPW Event Update, updated Apr. 15, 2020, Ex. SEC-06-GM-023; cancellation FAQ, Ex. SEC-06-GM-024)
The organizer's notice
IPW, 'IPW 2020 Cancellation Frequently Asked Questions' (May 2020)
Notes
2020: Cancelled. Usual dates: May 30-June 3, 2020; IPW 2021 first re-set for May 10-14, 2021, then held Sept. 18-22, 2021. Scale: IPW 'is the country's leading international inbound travel trade show, driving $5.5 billion in future travel to the United States' (U.S. Travel release, Apr. 23, 2020, Ex. SEC-06-GM-025); about 6,000 delegates from 70 countries in a normal year (association figure; not independently verified). Venue orders 2020: NV-012, NV-017, NV-019, ECO-A-003, ECO-A-004, ECO-A-020, ECO-A-040. Venue orders 2021: NV-041, NV-044, ECO-A-007, ECO-A-008, ECO-A-037, ECO-A-057, FED-042.