These malls have many points of unregulated entry and exit and rely entirely on voluntary scanning by shoppers, whereas a major event is ticketed with compulsory scanning and so tracing is completely covered, he said.
The sector's eight-page safety plan was written by health and safety experts.
Clarke, whose business is an exhibitor at 100 consumer shows a year, said one event cancelled in Auckland meant up to 3000 hotel nights lost to the economy.
On his own bat, he had written to Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern in May last year, to Covid-19 Response Minister Chris Hipkins, to the Ministry of Health and to Opposition MPs.
"We're not asking for handout. We've done our own research and our own safety plan. The hard work and research to achieve this has already been done by business leaders within our industry. The Government now need only wander up and take this silver platter of research and protocol and implement it."
A spokesman for Seymour said the petition would be tabled in Parliament today, where it would be referred to the petitions select committee. This is a recently created committee, replacing a system where the destination of petitions was decided by House clerks.
The change sought by the events sector could be implemented by a minor amendment to law through statute amendment law or through special Covid legislation.