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The organisers of furniture and interiors fair\u00a0IMM Cologne\u00a0have postponed the next event until 2023 after concerns about\u00a0coronavirus\u00a0made planning \"almost impossible\".<\/span><\/p>\n

IMM Cologne\u00a0was due to take place in the German city this January but has now been pushed back to January 2023, amidst a surge in cases of Covid-19 across Europe.<\/p>\n

It is the second year in a row that the event has been cancelled as a result of the pandemic, after\u00a0the January 2021 edition of the fair was called off\u00a0in November last year.<\/p>\n

IMM success \"extremely endangered\"<\/strong><\/p>\n

Trade fair organiser\u00a0Koelnmesse\u00a0made the decision on the advice of the\u00a0Association of the German Furniture Industry\u00a0(VDM), which is IMM's industry sponsor.<\/p>\n

VDM CEO Jan Kurth believes the economic success of a 2022 event is \"extremely endangered\", with many exhibitors and attendees likely to withdraw.<\/p>\n

\"Following consultation with numerous exhibitors, industry representatives and trading partners, there is either no question of participation on the part of German exhibitors or exhibitors from the German-speaking region, or this is very much in doubt,\" said Kurth.<\/p>\n

Koelnmesse said that a successful event is \"not realisable in the current situation\", with other industry partners echoing the advice of the VDM.<\/p>\n

\"The current special basic conditions in the interior design industry make the practicability of IMM Cologne almost impossible,\" said Oliver Frese, chief operating officer for Koelnmesse.<\/p>\n

\"We didn't make this very bitter decision easy for ourselves, but consider it to be our obligation to take this step now in close consultation with the industry. In this way we provide clarity and planning security in the interests of our exhibitors.\"<\/p>\n

Other events still going ahead<\/strong><\/p>\n

Coronavirus led to the cancellation or postponement of many major furniture design events across 2020 and 2021, including the\u00a0Salone del Mobile\u00a0in Milan,\u00a0NeoCon\u00a0in Chicago and\u00a0Stockholm Furniture and Light Fair.<\/p>\n

Other\u00a0Koelnmesse event cancellations included the\u00a02020 edition of\u00a0biannual\u00a0office furniture fair\u00a0Orgatec.<\/p>\n

IMM Cologne becomes the first event of 2022 to be affected, extending the impact into a third year.<\/p>\n

However, it is the only Koelnmesse fair to be cancelled so far. The organiser still expects to host Orgatec Tokyo in April 2022, while garden trade fair Spoof + Gaga is scheduled to take place in Cologne in June.<\/p>\n

\"This step is restricted exclusively to IMM Cologne and its specific requirements for trade fair operations,\" Frese said.<\/p>\n

Decision to cancel was \"industry-specific\"<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"We are principally planning, as before, to carry out our spring events in 2022,\" Frese added.<\/p>\n

\"The political guidelines allow for this, and, following the excellent and safe course of the past autumn trade fairs, this must remain our mission in the interests of the participating industries.\"<\/p>\n

Frese described said the level of concern about safety varies across industries, and that the design to cancel IMM Cologne was specific to the interiors industry.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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