Volcanic Ash Impacts on International Meetings in Europe

The spread of the ash cloud from the volcanic eruption in Iceland has forced the cancellation of numerous meetings throughout Europe due to restrictions in air traffic. Conworld.net has contacted 159 European Convention Bureaus requesting updates from their destinations, and will be posting their responses online as soon as they are received.

MPI's One+ blog, PlusPoint, is also monitoring the story closely.

Here is a blog post from a fellow MPI member in the Netherlands about how to manage the impact on your event.

More analysis from M&IT magazine and MEETINGS: review.

Join our MPI Toronto Chapter LinkedIn group discussion as well to read about how our members are being impacted by this unprecedented situation.

Comments

[Joern Lucht]

Updates are in from Amsterdam, Cork(Ireland), Stockholm, Oslo, Copenhagen, Glasgow, Serbia and London. NBTA and ICCA have issued statements. Interesting reading; ranging from "Business almost as usual" to "Hotels sending out layoff warnings to employees". http://conworld.info/ce8G3j