Research In Motion has officially released a detailed breakdown of the relocation plans for December’s BlackBerry Devcon that was scheduled to take place in Bangkok.
As we previously reported, the conference will now take place in Singapore while maintaining the 7-8 December dates. The new location will be at Suntec International Convention and Exhibition Centre. Delegates who will not be able to attend at the new venue will have their tickets refunded within 48 hours of cancelation. Possibility of compensation for travel fees will be addressed privately to each individual delegate.
Read on for the statement from the press release:
Important Notice: Due to the current high levels of rain and flooding in Bangkok, Research In Motion® (RIM®) is relocating BlackBerry® DevCon Asia to Singapore. The dates for BlackBerry DevCon Asia remain the same, December 7-8, 2011, but the location has changed to Suntec Singapore International Convention & Exhibition Centre in Singapore. Additional information on the venue in Singapore will follow soon, please check back for updates.
The decision to relocate BlackBerry DevCon Asia was made following advisories that warn of ongoing dangers related to the serious impact of rain and floods on the local infrastructure in Bangkok.
RIM apologizes to our current registrants for the late notice and inconvenience this may cause to get to the event. In case our registrants cannot attend the event in Singapore, RIM will fully refund any conference registration pass fees.
After the upcoming DevCon Asia in Singapore on 7-8 December 2011, RIM is committed to returning the DevCon Asia conference to Bangkok in the future.
