Dallas, 5th June: The Center for Exhibition Industry Research (CEIR) released its report on exhibition activity in the U.S. in the first quarter of 2020. The CEIR Total Index, a measure of the U.S. exhibition industry’s performance, posted a 15.1% decline in the first three months of the year.

Also according to CEIR, as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, over 70% of events originally scheduled for the second half of March were cancelled and the remaining events were postponed. All four of CEIR’s key exhibition metrics recorded a decline in the first quarter.