London Marathon 2020
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Mar 2020
2:58pm, 3 Mar 2020
524 posts
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BexleyKev
Synge - A lot of major companies are imposing International travel bans on employees and business conferences are being canceled, they just aren't as newsworthy as a large sporting event or likely to cause a social media frenzy. I would give you some links but they all have annoying pop-ups.
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Mar 2020
3:05pm, 3 Mar 2020
31,170 posts
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♪♫ Synge ♪♫
Thanks, BK, helpful to have that perspective - working for a small employer (ca 100 staff) with contact mainly with smaller businesses a long way from London, it's easy to miss out on what's going on elsewhere.
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Mar 2020
3:48pm, 3 Mar 2020
176 posts
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KeithL
I was due to be in the States the last week in March for a bi-annual conference which was cancelled (at quite a high cost) last week. Its surprising how many things have been cancelled so far - largely precautionary and largely as airports are likely to be a breeding ground. In many ways the longer that they can delay any decision on London the better - early decisions can only be negative |
Mar 2020
4:03pm, 3 Mar 2020
6,522 posts
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jda
There was a huge physics conference in the US this week which was cancelled....at the weekend, by which time probably hundreds and perhaps thousands had already travelled, and huge sums of non-refundable money will have been wasted (which may be a serious problem for grad students and low-paid researchers). Seems pretty shambolic and pointless - it's not like the organisers had any specialist knowledge about the risks.
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Mar 2020
4:15pm, 3 Mar 2020
10,505 posts
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larkim
The number of conferences etc cancelled has surprised me, presumably they've done the cost calculations and can sleep easy as most of the financial losses will be borne by the attendees rather than the conference organisers themselves. So it becomes relatively risk free for the organisers, making it an easy decision for them to make. And often they'll be able to run keynote sessions via online webinar instead. |
Mar 2020
4:42pm, 3 Mar 2020
7,362 posts
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Mrs Muckyhands
I work in a University in deepest darkest West Wales and the contingency plan that is being talked about here is .....
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Mar 2020
5:22pm, 3 Mar 2020
525 posts
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BexleyKev
... Quarantine ships?
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Mar 2020
8:41pm, 3 Mar 2020
15,995 posts
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Bazoaxe
2010 we had the ash cloud and those of us intending to fly had to consider alternatives and I had train tickets as well.
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Mar 2020
5:51pm, 5 Mar 2020
1,869 posts
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Trin
So Rome is cancelled, but what a positive way to break the news... m.facebook.com |
Mar 2020
5:55pm, 5 Mar 2020
16,634 posts
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EvilPixie
Paris postponed
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