In this file photo taken on Jan 20, 2019, a woman passes by the World Economic Forum logo in Davos, Switzerland. (PHOTO PROVIDED TO CHINA DAILY)

ZURICH - The World Economic Forum will hold its postponed 2022 annual meeting in the Swiss Alpine resort of Davos, WEF founder Klaus Schwab said in a newspaper interview, quashing speculation it could again seek a different venue than its traditional home.

The WEF on Monday postponed the next annual meeting until mid-2022 due to the spread of the Omicron coronavirus variant

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"It will take place in Davos," Schwab told the Blick tabloid in the interview published on Wednesday when asked whether the WEF might again consider Singapore as a venue for the event that attracts the business and political elite.

Organizers had shifted the planned 2021 venue to a mountaintop conference center in central Switzerland and then to Singapore before abandoning it altogether amid the pandemic.

The WEF on Monday postponed the next annual meeting until mid-2022 due to the spread of the Omicron coronavirus variant.