The IMOT is suspended for one year
Munich, October 21, 2020: The organizers of the IMOT - International Motorcycle Exhibition in Munich have now announced that this popular trade fair for two-wheeler fans will not take place in February 2021. In doing so, they are reacting to the renewed rise in Covid-19 infection numbers and to the uncertainty in the industry regarding major motorcycle events in the next few months.
“After weighing up all the findings and also in view of the Corona situation in Germany, which is currently developing very negatively, we have decided with a heavy heart to cancel IMOT 2021,” explains Petra Zahradka, Managing Director of IMOT.
“No one can currently estimate what the situation will be next spring - and we can and want to organize an IMOT only as professionally as we have successfully done for more than 27 years. We are canceling our trade fair out of responsibility towards our exhibitors, our team and of course towards our visitors." In order to be able to better assess the situation and to get an idea of the mood in the industry, the management had invited the exhibitors of the 2020 trade fair in an online Survey asked for an assessment for the upcoming IMOT. “A large majority were interested in spring trade fairs in 2021, but the same majority expressed great skepticism about the feasibility of trade fairs,” said Petra Zahradka. “Commitments and bookings could only be made at a very late stage and short-term cancellations, including from exhibitors, should be possible.
We fully understand this uncertainty in the industry - but it was also another reason for us to cancel IMOT 2021 early. We would like to give everyone involved planning security. We are sure that we have made the right decision and rely on the understanding of our exhibitors and fans. We are now starting to plan IMOT 2022 in Munich.”
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