

The website lists the show’s Covid protocols and included a video that highlighted all the measures Surf Expo put in place to ensure a safe event. We look forward to sharing more details about the show next week.” Show organizers were unable to provide exact attendee numbers until they release the post-show report next week, but Show Director Roy Turner responded to our inquiries with this statement: “We are really excited to have successfully and safely staged Surf Expo at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, Florida, last week. According to the organizers of the twice-annual surf and water sports event, Surf Expo, the answer is a definitive “no.” If that show is any sort of indicator for other in-person events, specifically those put on by Emerald Holding Inc., the parent company of Outdoor Retailer, we may be turning the corner.Įven though Outdoor Retailer Winter Online is underway right now as a virtual show, Surf Expo 2021 staged live (yes, you read that right) in Orlando, Florida, on January 6-8, 2021, even as Florida, on January 2, 2021, reported its largest surge (more than 31,000 new cases and 217 deaths) in Covid-19 cases since the pandemic started.Īccording to, there were 321 registered exhibitors.

Get access to everything we publish when youĢ020 was the year of virtual trade shows and the question on everyone’s mind now is whether or not 2021 will look the same.
