{"id":6800,"date":"2021-01-21T09:43:25","date_gmt":"2021-01-21T08:43:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dgualdo.it\/wpmain\/?p=6800"},"modified":"2021-01-21T09:43:34","modified_gmt":"2021-01-21T08:43:34","slug":"hai-heli-expo-2021-cancelled-due-covid-19-restrictions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dgualdo.it\/wpmain\/hai-heli-expo-2021-cancelled-due-covid-19-restrictions\/world_news\/01\/2021\/","title":{"rendered":"HAI – HELI-EXPO 2021 Cancelled due Covid-19 restrictions."},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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PRESS RELEASE – Alexandria, Va. (Jan. 20, 2021)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Responding to an increasing number of voices from across the vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) industry, Helicopter Association International (HAI) has made the difficult decision to cancel HAI HELI-EXPO 2021.<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

HAI will not reschedule this year\u2019s event. Instead, the association will redirect its efforts to producing HAI HELI-EXPO 2022, which will be held on March 7\u201310 in Dallas, Texas, a city that has traditionally been a hub of rotorcraft operations.<\/strong> HAI HELI-EXPO\u00ae has long served as a venue where the international VTOL industry annually gathers\u2014to connect, learn, and conduct $2 billion in business.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cPlease understand that we did not make this decision lightly,\u201d says James Viola, president and CEO of HAI. \u201cHAI is here to support our members and customers. Leading up to mid-January,\u202fthe majority of\u202findustry voices who contacted us supported holding Expo\u202fas long as\u202fhealth and safety protocols were in place.\u202fWe took extraordinary steps, working with our partners in New Orleans, to be able to conduct a safe event.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As a mid-January deadline for exhibitors approached, the world also saw a spike in COVID-19 cases. \u201cPandemic conditions have changed, and the majority of our stakeholders have recently expressed discomfort with the logistics involved in business travel at this time,\u201d Viola says. \u201cIn response, we concluded that we had to\u202fcancel\u202fHAI HELI-EXPO 2021. We\u2019re grateful for the honest feedback that we received from our members, exhibitors, attendees, and other stakeholders.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cLike many others during this past year, we have had to adjust course in response to changing conditions,\u201d says Viola. \u201cHAI firmly believes that the flexibility that our industry has demonstrated throughout this pandemic will help our businesses and individuals persevere and strengthen.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

HAI is beginning to reach out to exhibitors, attendees, vendors, and other HAI HELI-EXPO 2021 stakeholders. Exhibitors have multiple options for their booth payments, including pushing participation and payment to the 2022 show in Dallas, repurposing dollars to other HAI advertising or sponsorship opportunities to support their business objectives in 2021, or issue of a full refund. More information on those options can be found at heliexpo.com\/faq<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Registered attendees will receive a full refund, as will those who registered for HAI Professional Education courses. Our housing vendor, OnPeak, will cancel all hotel reservations booked within the HAI block. Registered attendees, HAI Professional Education course registrants, and those with hotel reservations within the HAI block will receive additional communication from HAI within the next 5\u20137 business days; more information is available at heliexpo.com\/faq<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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