The COVID Project
The record
- Jurisdiction
- Orlando (2021; Orange County Convention Center); Nashville (2020; Music City Center), FL (2021); TN (2020) · Tennessee
- Level
- Organizer
- Issued
- 2021-04-29 Apr. 29, 2021
- In force
- Apr. 29, 2021 (the notice's date)
- Quarters
- 2021 Q2
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Functions reached
- Collection
- Passenger Transportation and Travel Services SEC-21
Operative words
"These 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" (UMA President and CEO Larry Killingsworth); "The 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" (UMA release, Ex. SEC-21-GM-001)
The organizer's notice
BMN Operators Vendors Share Highlights of 2021 EXPO Orlando
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 & Motorcoach News capture of November 24, 2020, Ex. SEC-21-GM-023); UMA's November 2, 2020 notice recorded that 'for most of 2020, over-the-road buses have been at a standstill due to the COVID-19 pandemic' 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 & Motorcoach News (April 29, 2021) reported that organizers 'pushed through COVID-19 challenges to host an in-person EXPO' and quoted a vendor that 'the turnout was what we had hoped for, relative to where we're at with COVID' (Ex. SEC-21-GM-003); UMA added a digital 'EXPO Encore' 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 'the largest and most comprehensive tradeshow exclusively serving North America's bus and motorcoach industry'. 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.