6月8-9日，塔蘇斯展覽集團(tuán)首席執(zhí)行官Douglas Emslie發(fā)起了會(huì)展慈善長(zhǎng)跑。他在24小時(shí)內(nèi)跑完了120公里的路程，募捐到4萬美元，分別捐獻(xiàn)給了 EventWell等三個(gè)會(huì)展行業(yè)的慈善機(jī)構(gòu)，用于資助在疫情中受損嚴(yán)重的會(huì)展同仁。該次慈善活動(dòng)還有來自北京、悉尼、墨西哥城和芝加哥的業(yè)內(nèi)人士共同遠(yuǎn)程參與，并得到了多家行業(yè)內(nèi)外機(jī)構(gòu)的支持。

Douglas Emslie initiates runs for the industry

On June 8 to 9， 2021， Tarsus Groups CEO Douglas Emslie completed that promise as part of the Event Industry Backyard Ultra and ran 75 miles （120 km） in a 24-hour period， raising more than $40，000 for three charities – EventWell， The Meetings Industry Fund and The Indian Red Cross Society， on behalf of S. Balasubramanian （Bala）， who headed the Indian Exhibition Industry Association. “Over the past year， our industry has been devastated by the pandemic， and Im pleased that the Event Industry Backyard Ultra has done a little bit to help those most impacted. I would like to personally thank all the runners （physical and virtual）.

Along with the running， there were more than 17 sessions livestreamed that featured 54 speakers and five country host moderators in the U.S.， Mexico， Dubai， China， Australia and the U.K. Along with sponsors ASP and Swapcard， the event was supported by Charterhouse Capital Partners， Clarion Events， Diversified Communications， Emerald， SISO， GES， Freeman， Raccoon Events and Tarsus Group.