Geneva show cancelled for second year | Automotive Industry News

A bulk of surveyed exhibitors said they would possibly not participate in a 2021 edition

Switzerland’s biggest general public party has been cancelled for the 2nd yr in succession, with the upcoming Geneva Worldwide Motor Demonstrate pencilled in for 2022.

The Committee and Council of the Foundation which organises the once-a-year Salon Worldwide de l’Automobile claims it has formally turned down the supply of a mortgage from the canton of Geneva and now prefers to market the rights of the motor clearly show to Palexpo SA. That mortgage was conditional on the GIMS taking location in 2021.

This year’s party, held at the city’s Palais des Expositions adjacent to the airport, was cancelled at short discover by the Swiss Federal Council in the interests of general public security. Since then, few manufacturers have been inclined to dedicate to the proposed return of the Salon in March 2021.

There carry on to be considerations about how an party which typically appeals to some 600,000 guests and 10,000 media associates could consider location when Coronavirus carries on to be an tremendous difficulty.