Conference News is reporting a new type of exhibition which is about to be staged in response to the Covid crisis.
The day-long exhibition, called A-Livex, will be held at the Royal Lancaster London Hotel on 26 January 2021. The major difference being trialled at this exhibition is that it will be hosted in the hotel bedrooms rather than using a large events space.
Fifty hotel bedrooms across three floors of the hotel will have their beds removed and each will operate as an exhibition booth or meeting room. There will also be conference rooms for panel discussions. A one-way system will be in operation and registration will include the need to make scheduled appointments.
The event organisers are planning for a maximum of 300 guests throughout the day, with 100 places already taken.
Mash Media, the event organisers, stress that the event is very much an experiment and an initiative to rebuild confidence in the safe running of events.
Under the current Tier system, indoor events for up to 1,000 are permitted in Tiers 1 and 2 areas, with this increasing 4,000 and 2,000 outdoors respectively. Tier 3 areas face much tighter restrictions. Any region showing a fall in rates could be upgraded to a lower Tier upon Government reassessment, which is scheduled every 14 days.