'We Will Survive This,' Says ALTI-Expo Show Owner on 2nd Postponement

ALTI-Expo show owner Barry Vogel confirmed the cancellation of the Audio & Loudspeaker Technology Association's Oct. 24-25 audio event (see 2108230070) in Orlando. The fall show was a postponement from the original June 13-14 dates, Vogel emailed registrants Monday. Most of the revenue for the association comes from the annual trade show, “so of course this is difficult,” Vogel told us Tuesday. “We are a fairly small, specialized show” with about 300-400 total attendees, “though we are working on growing that (at least we WERE prior to Covid!).” The association was also looking forward to its first ALTI Automotive Audio Conference in concert with the High End Audio Show in Munich, but that event was pushed off from September to May due to COVID-19. Vogel assumed ownership of ALTI in July 2020 “knowing that (re)building an association in today’s world is a challenge under the best of situations,” he said: “This has been anything but the best of situations.” ALTI expanded services to members to help them do business in the COVID-19 era, he said. “The dynamic loudspeaker and related technologies industry needs and deserves an association dedicated exclusively to it,” he said, saying ALTI is that group, and “we will survive this.”