UFI宣布拉斯维加斯为其2023年全球大会举办地

國际展览业协会（UFI）已经宣布第90届UFI全球大会将于2023年11月1—4日在拉斯维加斯举办，其联合主办方是拉斯维加斯会议和游客管理局（LVCVA）。“我们非常高兴第一次在美国举办这场盛会。这个国家对于UFI来说非常重要，这也是我们希望传达的信息。”UFI主席安布·瓦拉森说道。UFI首席执行官兼董事总经理Kai Hattendorf评论说：“我们很期待这次大会，期待全球会展同仁在2023年UFI全球大会时相聚美国。”“我们很荣幸被推选为UFI全球大会的主办城市，这将进一步展现拉斯维加斯作为全球商务休闲旅游目的地的魅力。” LVCVA的首席运营官Brian Yost说道。据了解，UFI 全球大会每年的 10 月或11 月将在全球展会目的地巡回举办。2019 年在泰国曼谷举办；2020 年受疫情全球出行的限制，大会开始转入线上。今年大会前不久在荷兰阿姆斯特丹举办，2022 年在阿曼首都马斯喀特举办。

UFI announces Las Vegas as 2023 destination

UFI， the Global Association of the Exhibition Industry has announced that the 90th UFI Global Congress will be held in Las Vegas and will be hosted by the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority （LVCVA） from November 1 to 4， 2023. UFI president， Anbu Varathan， said “We are delighted to hold a UFI Congress in the United States for the first time. This country is of great importance to UFI， and this is the message we wish to communicate”. Kai Hattendorf， UFI CEO and managing director， commented： “We look forward to this congress， gathering the global exhibition industry in the U.S. for the UFI Global Congress in 2023. As the global trade association for our industry， this will allow us to connect our colleagues from across the US markets even better with their global peers”. “We are honoured to have been selected as the host city for UFI Global Congress inaugural U.S. show， which further demonstrates the destinations appeal as a global destination for business and leisure travel”， said Brian Yost， chief operating officer for the LVCVA. The 2023 UFI Global Congress will take place at Aria Resort and Casino on the worldfamous Las Vegas Strip. “On behalf of MGM Resorts and Aria， we are very excited to be chosen as the host the 2023 UFI Global Congress”， said Stephanie Glanzer， SVP and chief sales officer for MGM Resorts International. The UFI Global Congress takes place in October or November every year in trade show destinations around the world. In 2019， the event was hosted in Bangkok， Thailand. In 2020， due to COVID-19 related global travel restrictions， the congress went digital， with programming from Hong Kong， Dubai， London， and Bogota. In 2021， it was hosted in Rotterdam， The Netherlands， followed by Muscat， Sultanate of Oman in 2022.