You are quite right on most of those points, except the above, If the MS had remained a going concern, the line up of events would have probably stayed as Puget (AKA St. Tropez) Bitburg, Ardingly (AKA Gatwick/London) and Chantilly all of which the MS had previous business with and/or existing continuing contracts in place and dates and venues would have been confirmed in the early new-year.
My intel suggests that the NXL team differs from the MS one, sure, there is some carry over, but certain board members were opposed to the takeover and have thrown whatever spanners they have to reach in what ever works were available.
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