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FILE - In this Thursday, Jan. 17, 2019, file photo, the floor of the North American International Auto Show is shown in Detroit. The head of Detroit's big international auto show says it will return to the Motor City next year, but with smaller indoor displays, and more emphasis on experiencing vehicles and technology outside. The North American International Auto Show was canceled in 2020, due the coronavirus pandemic, and it will be replaced this year by an outdoor event at a racetrack. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)
Auto show back in Detroit next year with focus on outdoors

Jun. 17, 2021 03:18 PM EDT

In a photo from May 6, 2021, Timothy Tharp with patrons Cecelia Shelley, center, and Amber Nolan, at his Checker Bar in downtown Detroit. Tharp also owns Grand Trunk Pub and the Whisky Parlor. He estimates that his businesses have lost about $1 million after closures caused by the coronavirus pandemic. But now as vaccinations increase and government-ordered lockdowns and restrictions to protect the public are being lifted, Tharpe believes the coronavirus pandemic could be remembered as just another hurdle the Motor City has had to leap. (AP Photo/Corey Williams)
Detroit tourism seeks rebound after year lost to pandemic

By Corey Williams May. 15, 2021 10:05 AM EDT

Governor J.B. Pritzker and Mayor Lori Lightfoot give an update on Chicago's reopening efforts at McCormick Place in Chicago on Tuesday, May 4, 2021. An announcement of auto show's return to McCormick Place was also made. (Jose M. Osorio /Chicago Tribune via AP)
Chicago Auto Show to return in July after coronavirus hiatus

By Don Babwin May. 04, 2021 12:56 PM EDT

A worker prepares for press day at the Audi booth during Shanghai Auto Show in Shanghai on Monday, April 19, 2021. Automakers are looking to China, their biggest market by sales volume and the first major economy to rebound from the pandemic, to revive sales and reverse multibillion-dollar losses. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)
New SUV models star at China auto show under virus controls

Apr. 19, 2021 01:00 AM EDT

World Market Center first trade show to return in Las Vegas

Apr. 12, 2021 02:43 PM EDT
LAS VEGAS (AP) — A new expo center has opened in downtown Las Vegas, marking a first step toward recovery after conventions and trade shows came to a halt last...

A woman walks in Cortina D'Ampezzo downtown, Italy, Thursday, Jan. 28, 2021. The granite peaks that majestically encircle the northern Italian winter resort of Cortina glimmer with one of the most prolific snowfalls in years, a cruel joke of nature as Italy’s ski areas have been laid silent by the COVID-19 pandemic. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni)
Mountain heartbreak: Italy has deep snow, closed ski resorts

By Colleen Barry Feb. 03, 2021 03:47 AM EST

Detroit auto show to be replaced by outdoor event this year

Jan. 11, 2021 07:28 PM EST
DETROIT (AP) — Detroit's big auto show will not take place as scheduled in September, but will be replaced by an outdoor exhibit at a race track in nearby...

Security guards wearing masks and armed with restrainers stand guard at the entrance to the Auto China 2020 show in Beijing, China on Saturday, Sept. 26, 2020. The auto show, the first major in-person sales event for any industry since the coronavirus pandemic began, opens Saturday in a sign the ruling Communist Party is confident China has contained the disease. Still, automakers face intensive anti-virus controls including quarantines for visitors from abroad and curbs on crowd sizes at an event that usually is packed shoulder-to-shoulder with spectators. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)
China opens auto show under anti-disease controls

By Joe Mcdonald Sep. 25, 2020 10:29 PM EDT

Visitors wearing face masks to protect against the coronavirus look at Tesla vehicles on display at the China International Fair for Trade in Services (CIFTIS) in Beijing, Saturday, Sept. 5, 2020. Auto executives are flying in early to wait out a coronavirus quarantine ahead of the Beijing auto show, the year's biggest sales event for a global industry that is struggling with tumbling sales and layoffs. Organizers say they will impose intensive anti-disease controls on crowds and monitor visitors and employees for signs of infection. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)
China auto show forging ahead under anti-virus controls

By Joe Mcdonald Sep. 23, 2020 10:59 PM EDT

Detroit auto show changes dates, moves to September of 2021

Sep. 21, 2020 03:19 PM EDT
DETROIT (AP) — Detroit's big auto show is changing dates once again. The show will now is scheduled to take place from Sept. 28 through...

The Citroen e-C4 all electric hatchback is display during a media presentation in Paris, Tuesday, June 30, 2020. PSA Group's Citroen Brand is showing off a new version of its C4 compact hatchback, a model that will be key to the company's sales prospects as it faces a highly competitive European car market that faces severe headwinds from the coronavirus. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)
Citroen unveils new hatchback as virus pushes event online

By David Mchugh Jun. 30, 2020 10:19 AM EDT

The website of the Canton Fair delivers live streaming from vendors is seen on a computer screen in Beijing on Friday, June 19, 2020. The twice-a-year fair usually draws more than 180,000 foreign buyers and 60,000 Chinese vendors to the southern city of Guangzhou. But with most foreign visitors barred from China, the event has transformed itself into an e-commerce platform with mini-shopping channels for nearly 8,000 vendors. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)
China moves vast trade fair online, but few buyers follow

Joe Mcdonald And Zen Soo Jun. 19, 2020 04:36 AM EDT

Waitress Janice Wagner moves chairs in the outdoor seating area at Agolino's Restaurant in West Pittston, Pa., Tuesday, June 16, 2020, during the coronavirus pandemic. (Christopher Dolan/The Times-Tribune via AP)
Court to weigh state's request to close Carlisle auto show

By Mark Scolforo Jun. 17, 2020 08:39 AM EDT

Group: Pandemic caused millions in Detroit convention losses

Jun. 14, 2020 04:54 PM EDT
DETROIT (AP) — The Detroit Metro Convention and Visitors Bureau says the Detroit area has lost out on more than $200 million through...

FILE - In this Nov. 20, 2019, file photo, Jack Hollis, Jack Hollis, group vice president and general manager of the Toyota Division at Toyota Motor North America (TMNA), speaks at the AutoMobility LA auto show in Los Angeles. Toyota's new Sienna minivan and a revived Venza midsize SUV were supposed to be unveiled at the New York International Auto Show in April 2020, but the show was postponed until late August due to the novel coronavirus. That would have been too close to when Toyota's vehicles would reach showrooms, so the company decided to go on its own and showed them online. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez, File)
Toyota vehicles debut online as virus postpones auto show

By Tom Krisher May. 18, 2020 06:43 PM EDT