After the cancellation, and the announcement by as many as twenty-two other gem shows in Tucson that they would be postponing their shows to a late March/early April time frame, the AGTA Board of Directors began in earnest to devise a plan to reschedule AGTA GemFair™ Tucson to April 13 through 18, 2021. These efforts included surveying past buyers and numerous contacts with exhibiting members, through emails, zoom meetings, and telephone communications, to help gauge the level of expected participation in an April event.
“The decision to cancel our Tucson event for 2021 was clearly one of the most difficult decisions the AGTA Board of Directors has faced,” continued Hucker. “Moving forward, we are all committed to planning a robust show in Tucson in 2022. Additionally, we are currently investigating other opportunities for AGTA and its members to participate in Las Vegas this August as well as other exciting possibilities that we expect to announce very shortly.”
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