ZimExpo Blog Release March 20, 2008
The 2008 ZimExpo Event had been penciled in for Indianapolis. To all of us and everyone involved it was coming back home as the 1st ZimExpo was launched in this city. However, during the planning stages it became apparent that the cost for hosting the event was going to be very high mainly because the event was coinciding with Indy 500 (i.e. Hotel rates and air fares, let alone the congestion that the Indy 500 normally causes). The ZimExpo board thus decided to seek an alternative venue, and settled on Dallas.
It is regrettable that this change of venue did affect many ZimExpo participants including many soccer teams. Over the years Soccer has been one of the major sporting events at the annual ZimExpo Fair and ZimExpo would like this to continue. It was with this in mind that the ZimExpo board asked all concerned to disseminate the change of venue information to everyone including those organizing soccer in a timely manner. The Sports committee arranged for three meetings to disseminate this information including an email sent out to the soccer reps on 02/13/2008.
ZimExpo has always been proud of the support and valued the participation of Indianapolis’ Amazulu and we regret their decision not to participate. We sincerely hope they will reconsider their position. The decision to change was not done to spite anyone but was purely a tactical business decision having considered the financial implication. It is also important to know that all soccer reps like many other reps of our entertainers are traditionally not consulted when venue decisions are being made; this has always been considered a business decision. But soccer being one of our major entertainers and crowd pullers on Sundays, ZimExpo will strive to ensure that such misunderstanding will not be repeated in future. Again it has been an honor to work with Indianapolis’ Amazulu and it is our hope that this cordial relationship will continue to grow positively.
Respectfully
ZimExpo Marketing & Entertainment
1 comment:
ZIMEXPO OWES US NO EXPLANATION AT ALL, NEITHER DO THEY NEED CLARIFY ANYTHING TO US.THEY SHOULD GO BY THEIR TACTICAL BUSINESS AS USUAL.THE ABOVE ESSAY DOES NOT MEAN ANYTHING TO US.SELIDUME LEDLULA.
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