Videoage International April 2019

32 Event Planner & Travel News April 2019 V I D E O A G E Airports Compete For Title of “Worst Services Provided” Airports are traditionally desig- ned and built by people who travel by private planes. They seem to know how to build large malls, but lack the basic knowledge of what it’ll take tomake “civilian” travelers comfortable before flying. In fact, today’s airports seem to have become huge shopping centers with some boarding/arri- val gates scattered about. An additional issue is that it se- ems to take longer to build some airports than it took to build the pyramids! For example, Berlin’s new airport, which was suppo- sed to open for business eight years ago, is still nowhere on the radar screen. And a third runway at London’s Heathrow, which was approved in 1946, has yet to land. Another concern is functionali- ty. After opening its Terminal One in 1998, Milan’s Malpensa airport still lacks many working electrical plugs. Then there are the airports that travelers should avoid at all cost, such as Atlanta, Georgia; Am- sterdam Schiphol; and Charles de Gaulle, Paris. In addition to being huge and difficult to navigate, the tiniest of drizzles can cause hours of delays. Each take-off and lan- ding at those airports are spaced apart by two-minute intervals. Therefore, each one-minute de- lay due to light rain can trigger a 30-minute delay every hour. Bologna Children’s Book Fair April 1-4 Bologna, Italy Tel: (39 051) 282111 Fax: (39 051) 6374011 www.bolognachildrensbookfair.com NAB Show Las Vegas April 6-11 Las Vegas, U.S. Tel: (202) 595-2052 www.nabshow.com VideoAge bonus distribution MIP-TV April 8-11 Cannes, France Tel: (212) 370-7470 Fax: (212) 370-7471 www.miptv.com VideoAge bonus distribution Tribeca Film Festival April 24-May 5 New York, U.S. Tel: (212) 941-2400 Fax: (212) 941-3939 www.tribecafilm.com Hot Docs April 25-May 5 Toronto, Canada Tel: (416) 203-2155 Fax: (416) 203-0446 www.hotdocs.ca Cannes Film Festival May 14-25 Cannes, France Tel: (33 1) 5359 6100 Fax: (33 1) 5359 6110 www.festival-cannes.com L.A. Screenings May 14-23 Los Angeles, U.S. Tel: (212) 288-3933 www.videoage.org VideoAge bonus distribution DISCOP Abidjan May 29-31 Abidjan, Ivory Coast Tel: (323) 782-1300 www.discop.com NATPE Budapest June 24-27 Budapest, Hungary Tel: (213) 453-4440 Fax: (213) 453-5258 www.natpe.com VideoAge bonus distribution At L.A. Screenings 2019 W o u l d y o u r a t h e r y o u r a d b e . . . Your choice is clear: VideoAge ’s Issue 1 (Latin America) and 2 (Studios) distributed by hand to all buyers in their hotel rooms delivered by carry-on trolley to distributors only? or