Organizers of the Geneva automobile demonstrate claimed the event will go ahead following February, after two decades of compelled cancellations due to the coronavirus pandemic.

The GIMS Basis, the firm at the rear of the display, explained it would give exhibitors right until mid-July to register for the event.

The clearly show will be open up to the general public Feb. 19-27, GIMS explained in a assertion.

Automakers have been compelled to switch to internet livestreaming to display off their new cars and trucks when the 2020 show was cancelled at limited recognize all through the initial wave of the pandemic.

The development is accelerating and threatening the small business product of vehicle exhibits, which include significant investments for the providers getting part.

“We really don’t know what the scenario will be in February, but it appears like items will be again to standard in September and we are hoping items will remain that way,” GIMS CEO Sandro Mesquita informed Automotive News Europe in a telephone job interview.

He explained the exhibit was moved to February from its usual timing in March thanks to the transforming events calendar of Palexpo, the firm that owns the location in which the exhibit can take location.

Mesquita mentioned the 2022 present will deliver GIMS with an possibility to showcase the digital improvements that were prepared for the canceled demonstrates final yr and this year.

He acknowledged that the coronavirus has accelerated the digital change throughout trade exhibits of all forms and explained GIMS programs to use digital applications to grow the access of the occasion and give new experiences that provide alongside one another the virtual and the actual physical.

“We previously know our demonstrate will be a kind of hybrid show,” he reported. “Digital is crucial and will engage in a role in our display, having said that, bodily contact is something that is also vital, and our exhibitors are searching for that.”

In 2019, about 660,000 persons attended the Geneva exhibit and the exhibition created an approximated 200 to 250 million Swiss francs ($205 to $256 million) worthy of of company, Reuters documented.