Courageous or insane: Madrid to open trade fair to visitors
In the past year, thousands of Spaniards died as COVID-19 raged in the southern European nation. The pandemic isn t over, but that s not stopping Madrid from breathing new life into the country s trade fair industry.
Madrid is in focus again as a hospitality fair is to open its gates to visitors amid the pandemic
Eduardo Lopez-Puertas has a tough year behind him. On March 10, 2020, Madrid s Ifema trade fair organizers had to close the event s gates. Following a bumper year in 2019, there suddenly was an eerie, sad silence in our exhibition halls, the Ifema managing director told DW.