Given the latest surge in Covid-19 cases and the worsening of the third wave, Messe Frankfurt SA has decided to postpone the 2021 Festival of Motoring to 2022, says MD Joshua Low.
The Festival of Motoring, presented by WesBank, has been staged yearly since 2016. It is the largest automotive show on the African continent and the only national industry-supported event endorsed by the National Association of Automobile Manufacturers of SA (Naamsa).
The fifth running of the event, scheduled for August 26-29 2021 at Kyalami, will now take place on August 26-28 2022. The show was also cancelled last year due to the pandemic, and was last held in August 2019.
“The safety of our exhibitors, attendees and staff is of the outmost concern for us. We believe this to be in the best interest of the industry and the event,” says Low.
“We understand the significant impact of Covid-19 on the industry, but we are excited about the next event; with new feature areas, an additional focus on B2B and other initiatives to ensure that it will be the best one yet.”
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