{"id":26642,"date":"2026-02-02T09:33:19","date_gmt":"2026-02-02T08:33:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.flandersexpo.be\/coronavirus-update-events-are-going-ahead\/"},"modified":"2026-02-04T11:54:34","modified_gmt":"2026-02-04T10:54:34","slug":"coronavirus-update-events-are-going-ahead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.flandersexpo.be\/en\/coronavirus-update-events-are-going-ahead\/","title":{"rendered":"Coronavirus update: Events are going ahead"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"26642\" class=\"elementor elementor-26642 elementor-23736\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6a90e672 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"6a90e672\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5805980d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5805980d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>As Flanders Expo, we sympathize with everyone directly or indirectly affected by the current COVID-19 outbreak.<\/p><br><p>The trade fair and event sector provides people and industries with a platform to meet, do business, and collaborate. These gatherings are all the more important in times of crisis and uncertainty. It is our duty to give people the opportunity to continue meeting one another.<\/p><br><p>Small and medium-sized enterprises across all industries, in particular, rely on trade fairs. And just like all other events, they also support the global economy.<\/p><br><p><strong>We are therefore doing everything in our power to allow these economically vital meetings to take place.<\/strong> Naturally, the health of our organizers and their visitors is our priority, and we rely on the expert advice of world health organizations such as the <a href=\"[https:\/\/www.who.int\/emergencies\/diseases\/novel-coronavirus-2019](https:\/\/www.who.int\/emergencies\/diseases\/novel-coronavirus-2019)\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">WHO<\/a>, as well as the advice of national, regional, and local health authorities. We are following their recommendations closely.<\/p><br><p>As an event venue, we support our organizers and their visitors wherever possible and remain flexible to face this challenging situation together.<\/p><br><p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1011\" src=\"[https:\/\/easyfairsassets.com\/sites\/371\/2020\/03\/Open-for-business-coronavirus.jpg](https:\/\/easyfairsassets.com\/sites\/371\/2020\/03\/Open-for-business-coronavirus.jpg)\" alt=\"\" data-cmp-info=\"10\"><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As Flanders Expo, we sympathize with everyone directly or indirectly affected by the current COVID-19 outbreak. The trade fair and event sector provides people and industries with a platform to meet, do business, and collaborate. These gatherings are all the more important in times of crisis and uncertainty. It is our duty to give people [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":251,"featured_media":7578,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"elementor_theme","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"none","_seopress_titles_title":"We are going ahead - Flanders Expo","_seopress_titles_desc":"Flanders Expo is making every effort to ensure its events go ahead. 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