Global Sports Week President and co-founder Lucien Boyer believes this
year’s event is a great chance for sporting leaders to share ideas
in time of "tension" caused by war in Europe and the COVID-19
pandemic.
Host City 2020 Explores Post-Covid Landscape Conferences & Conventions 12/10/20
(ATR) Adapting to the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic and what the future might hold post-crisis were front and center at Host City 2020 this week.
Dr. Jaouad Mahjour of WHO speaks during day one. (Host City 2020)
The two-day conference, which began on Dec. 8, is the annual gathering for those involved in the staging of major events for business, sport and culture. Like so many other fixtures on the conferences calendar, Host City 2020 was held in a virtual mode as a result of the pandemic.
Paul Bush, director of events at VisitScotland, one of the conference’s supporting partners, said in his final remarks that among the highlights of Host City 2020 was hearing speakers say events will return… we just don’t know when, how and what shape they will be .