William Earl The NATPE conference is relocating to The Bahamas for its 2023 edition, leaving its longtime home in Miami for a resort on the island nation about 50 miles southeast of the south Florida coast.The National Association of Television Program Executives will hold their annual get-together in Nassau at Baha Mar Resort and Convention Center from Jan.
17-19. The move to an island cluster outside the U.S. is a swing to reinvigorate interest in the annual gathering that has seen attendance wane in recent years amid the upheaval in the broader television business.
NATPE is set to mark its 60th anniversary next year.“After many months of research and discussions with our partners we have greenlit the move to this bold new destination.
Our aim is to ensure that we provide added value and new revenue opportunities to attendees across the content ecosystem,” said JP Bommel, president and CEO of NATPE.
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