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| <p><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="4"><b></b></font></p> | |
| <p><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="4"><i>Gary Kayye's | |
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| <p><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="4"><font size="7" color="#336699">rAVe</font> | |
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| <p><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="3"><b>eNewsletter </b></font></p> | |
| <p><b><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="4" color="#336699">Special | |
| News Blast</font></b></p> | |
| <p><b><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="4" color="#336699">April 2, 2003</font></b></p> | |
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| <p><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="4" color="#336699"><b>ICIA | |
| delays infoComm China Due to SARS Danger and Cancels infoComm Japan Citing | |
| the Economy</b></font></p> | |
| <p><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"><img src="http://www.kayye.com/newsletter/2003/mar2003/vol1issue4/infocommasia.gif" width="304" height="110" align="right">The | |
| International Communications Industries Association, Inc.® (ICIA®) today | |
| announced the realignment of two of its InfoComm shows in the Asia region. | |
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| <p><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">The InfoComm China | |
| 2003 exhibition, previously scheduled to be held April 16-18 at the Shanghai | |
| Everbright Convention and Exhibition Center, is now slated for July 29-31, | |
| 2003 at the same location.</font></p> | |
| <p><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">The decision to reschedule | |
| the exhibition was made jointly by ICIA and its Asia partner IAPL in the | |
| interest of the participants, in light of developments relating to Severe | |
| Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) being reported in China.</font></p> | |
| <p><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">“As an association | |
| of AV companies, it is important to us that we address any major concerns | |
| relating to the wellbeing of those who participate in the InfoComm shows,” | |
| said Randal A. Lemke, Ph.D., executive director of ICIA. “In this case | |
| we have the support of ICIA participating members for postponing InfoComm | |
| China to July. We and our partners, IAPL, expect the July timeframe to | |
| be as successful, if not more so, than April. China is an invaluable trade | |
| location for AV manufacturers, dealers and other related service providers | |
| for the professional audiovisual market, and we are looking forward to | |
| the continued growth of this important show.”</font></p> | |
| <p><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">ICIA has simultaneously | |
| announced the postponement of InfoComm Japan, originally planned to take | |
| place July 30-August 1, 2003, in Tokyo. Citing the difficult economic | |
| environment in Japan, ICIA and its partner Japan Industrial Journal (JIJ) | |
| have concluded that they will postpone the show while they take time to | |
| determine next steps. </font></p> | |
| <p><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">While the show had | |
| experienced growth during its first three years, the economic downturn | |
| of the past year has generated considerable change for many of the participating | |
| manufacturing companies, with a resulting lag in commitments.</font></p> | |
| <p><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">I think this is a | |
| good move by ICIA. Although SARS could be the latest news-hype on TV (a | |
| story to fill the screen in between war coverage), this could be a real | |
| epidemic and appears to be a terrible thing in China and the surrounding | |
| countries. This is the right thing to do and it was a decision that should | |
| be applauded by the industry manufacturers. </font></p> | |
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| <p><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">This has been a special announcement from Gary Kayye's rAVe eNewsletter.</p> | |
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| <p><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="1"><i>Gary Kayye's rAVe | |
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