The Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre (the Centre) has been consistently communicating and working closely with clients to reschedule a large number of meetings and events that have been impacted by the current coronavirus (COVID-19) situation. As a result, they have so far successfully rescheduled 66 events into the latter half of 2020.
The Centre’s team have been utilising all their vast experience to rearrange its calendar and apply as much flexibility and empathy to accommodate the large number of events which have been affected.

Mr Kevin Goh is appointed CapitaLand’s CEO, Lodging to oversee CapitaLand Group’s lodging business. Lodging is one of the three pillars of the Group’s strategic businesses for sustainable growth, together with the other two pillars being Fund Management and Investment/Development. Mr Goh is concurrently the CEO of The Ascott Limited, an appointment he held since 2018. He has been with the CapitaLand Group since May 2007. Mr Goh has taken on various leadership positions in Ascott such as Chief Operating Officer, Managing Director of North Asia and Regional General Manager for East and South China.

The 54-year-old leaves at the end of 2020. He canceled his contract one year before it expired. Supposedly to take on new challenges, as reported from Messe Berlin. Dr. Christian Göke has been head of Messe Berlin since 2013.
Göke presented Messe Berlin with the major international IFA Int. Funkausstellung, the Green Week or the ITB, the world’s largest tourism fair, which had to be canceled this year.
Göke is a lawyer and has been at Messe Berlin for 20 years, he once came from Messe Frankfurt.

Originally slated for May 10-12 at Area A of China Import and Export Fair Complex, the event is now moved to August 4-6 at Area B of China Import and Export Fair Complex. the COVID-19 outbreak, Asia Amusement & Attractions Expo organizing committee has kept a close watch on its development, as well as related policies worldwide in order to make sound and scientific assessment of the situation in time.

All around the world, in response to the Corona crisis, there are model examples of how companies are committed to the fight against the virus: one of them is the Italian ferry company GNV. In less than a week, the Genoa-based company converted its passenger ship M/n Splendid into a floating hospital and handed it over to the Liguria region for the symbolic value of one euro.

A message from Expo 2020 Dubai
Expo 2020 Dubai and the continued impact of COVID-19
“We continue to face a global situation that is both fast moving and unpredictable.
Over the last several weeks, we have been working hard, both internally and in consultation with key UAE and international stakeholders, to review the ongoing impact of COVID-19 on our plans and preparations for Expo 2020 Dubai.
These are extraordinary times and we, in common with our other stakeholders, expect to experience many challenges over the months to come.