Chamber cancels fall trade show
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MEDICINE HAT, AB – One of the city’s most popular fall events has fallen victim to COVID-19.
The Medicine Hat & District Chamber of Commerce has decided to cancel the 2020 Great West Home & Leisure Show due to the general uncertainty surrounding the pandemic and how Alberta’s relaunch will progress. The show was scheduled for Oct. 23-25.
“This decision was not made lightly as we know it’s a major event for our community, but in consideration of the present circumstances, the uncertainty of the regulations pertaining to mass gathering restrictions this fall and the significant decline in exhibitor interest for our fall show, we felt by making a decision early on we could provide some greater certainty to exhibitors and our contractors and our own operations,” said Chamber of Commerce president Tracy Noullett in a release. “Our trade show team spent the last month reaching out to past exhibitors to survey the interest in participating in our show and whether or not we could proceed with the show; however we found that a majority of our exhibitors would be unable to participate or commit with a number of factors impacting those decisions.
The trade show is a large source of revenue for the chamber, the loss of which the chamber will look to mitigate by reducing costs where possible but still providing value to the community.
