Wine Spectator: Restaurants, Hotels, And Wine Trade Shows Suffer As Coronavirus Spreads

With the novel coronavirus that causes Covid-19 continuing to spread around the globe, the impact on the wine, restaurant and travel industries is growing. The organizers of one of the world’s largest wine trade events, ProWein, postponed its annual trade fair in Düsseldorf until further notice. Parent company Messe Düsseldorf said it will coordinate with partners to come up with a new date for the show, which was set to host 6,900 exhibitors from 64 countries and 60,000 trade visitors March 15 to 17.

The organizers of Vinitaly in Verona have announced that they too will postpone their trade show to June 14 to 17. Last year, Vinitaly hosted 4,600 exhibitors and almost 125,000 visitors from 145 countries. On the other side of the globe, Vinexpo Hong Kong has announced that it will move its 2020 event to July 8 to 10, from the previous date of May 26 to 28, also in response to the coronavirus outbreak. Wine Spectator has the full story.

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