Cannes Lions announced today that the annual Festival of Creativity will not take place in June as previous planned.<\/p>\n
\u00abWe are now engaging our contingency plans for the previous published October dates\u00bb they said today . The organisers of the Festival had already announce possible alternative dates form 26- to 30 October 2020.<\/p>\n
Philip Thomas, Chairman, Cannes Lions, commented: \u201cThe global situation is dynamic and changing rapidly, we felt it was critical to provide visibility on June as soon as possible. We will continue to liaise closely with our customers as we develop our plans.\u201d<\/p>\n
Simon Cook, Managing Director, Cannes Lions, added: \u201cOur community is facing unprecedented challenges and collaboration has never been more important. We are focussed now on planning the festival \u2013 and our beating heart, the Lions \u2013 to ensure our community is able to recognise the extraordinary work it contributes to business, organisations and society.\u201d<\/p>\n
The decision comes, the organisers of the Festival point, \u00abfollowing much deliberation with our partners and customers, as well as, consultation with public health officials, the mayoral office of Cannes and the French Authorities. We acknowledge the challenging circumstances facing us all as a community – we have and continue to be in deep consultation with many of our customers and partners as we adopt our contingency plans. The health, safety and wellbeing of our customers, employees, sponsors and partners remains our first priority.\u00bb<\/p>\n
The organisers of the Festival say that they will continue to monitor the rapidly changing developments associated with the Coronavirus outbreak. \u00abAlthough we have sound mitigation plans, we shall continue to monitor this situation carefully and continue to engage closely with our customers, as we start to work in collaboration to ensure we can recognize the world\u2019s best creativity in 2020,\u00bb they point<\/p>\n
Image over the headline.-<\/strong> Simon Cook (Managing Director, Cannes Lions)-left- and Philip Thomas (President Cannes Lions) -ight-. Images \u00a9 Cannes Lions, composition,\u00a0\u00a9 Eastwind.<\/span><\/p>\n Related Eastwind Marketing links<\/span>:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n