Germany: CeBIT, world’s largest IT conference, canned
01 December 2018 |
12:19 pm
Despite turning the trade fair into a fun fair, organizers could not save the beloved but struggling trade fair. CeBIT once boasted 850,000 visitors a year, but that heyday has long since passed.
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