At least 200 people, each with a sign representing one of the trades in the sector, were gathered, each connected at a safe distance by a chain.

-

AFP

The event sector, from the rental of furniture to the owner of conference rooms, was symbolically linked to the Old Port in Marseille on Tuesday, to highlight its difficulties in the face of the Covid-19 crisis.

"I am an electrician", "I am an assistant director", "I am in charge of the mission": at least 200 people, each with a sign representing one of the trades in the sector, were gathered, each connected to good sanitary distance by a chain.

“It shows the chain of partners, that behind a convention hall, there are people,” says in his chic suit Benoît Vincent, director of the World Trade Center in Marseille (convention center and meeting), who was demonstrating for the first time. times of his life on Tuesday, like many others in the Old Port.

" Trust us "

“We are asking for visibility.

For our customers to be able to place an order, they must know what they are going to be able to do, ”continues Lionel Maurin, commercial director of the Mona Lisa group (hotels and tourist residences).

"Trust us", plead the organizers because "nothing legally prevents meeting below a tonnage of 1,000 people".

And yet, all of them bear witness to cascading cancellations and turnover in free fall of 70 to 80% compared to last fall.

"It's incomprehension, why everything stops?

Complication, adapting, that's our job, ”pleads Maxime Trolliet, technical service provider and furniture rental company.

“Take an order for 2021, our industry is based on six-nine month maturities.

There, our order books are empty ”, continues Emmanuelle Emran Antoniotti, specialist in communication and events.

Aix-en-Provence and Marseille were the first cities in metropolitan France to be placed in the maximum alert zone at the end of September in the face of the spread of Covid-19.

Since then, the bars have been closed, festive and family events are prohibited, as well as the reception of the public, particularly in exhibition places such as fairs or exhibitions.

But similar events can be organized in the rest of the department.

And everywhere in the department, the gauge is limited to 1,000 people on the condition of a strict health protocol.

Economy

Coronavirus in Paca: "A quarter of VSEs and SMEs will not pass the end of the year"

Health

Marseille: An outbreak of coronavirus contamination in a heart surgery department in La Timone

  • Covid 19

  • Demonstration

  • Marseilles

  • Society

  • Coronavirus

  • Economy