Equip’Hotel is only a month away, and the Nov. 16-20 show at Porte de Versailles in Paris offers a vast slate of activities, seminars, exhibitors and networking opportunities. Its five themed sectors include Conceive & Design and Clean & Maintain areas, but most foodservice equipment will be found in the Cook & Serve sector, where…
The 17th edition of Hostelco, the International Restaurant, Hotel and Community Equipment Exhibition, took place this past week in Barcelona. The Oct. 20-23 show featured products from almost 500 companies (a quarter of them non-Spanish) from more than 30 countries, including Italy, Portugal, Germany, Turkey and the U.K. Hostelco 2014 hosted visitors from more than…
While independent full-service and quick-service restaurants, cafes and bars still greatly outnumber chain-operated restaurants in France, chains are posting strong gains while the number of independents is falling, according to the global research group CHD’s Foodservice Annual Count and Expenditure Tracking study of the French foodservice market from 2009 to 2013. Quick-service concepts also are…
Aug. 3-6 IAFP 2014 Int’l. Association for Food Protection- Indianapolis, U.S. Aug. 8-10 Hotelex Chengdu 2014-Chengdu, China Aug. 17-19 Western Foodservice & Hospitality Expo-Anaheim, Calif. Sept. 1-4 ABASTUR Restaurant & Hotel Show-Mexico City Sept. 4-7 RIGA Food 2014-Riga, Latvia Sept. 10-13 Food & Hotel Thailand 2014– Bangkok Sept. 15-18 Fine Food Australia– Melbourne Sept. 22-24…
What a summer for Brazil: The World Cup and the 30th edition of Fispal Food Service. The show, June 24-27 at the Expo Center Norte in São Paulo, beat all expectations, according to organizers. More than 51,300 visitors walked the exhibit aisles to see the latest trends in foodservice equipment, utensils and services for restaurants,…
Leading U.S. and European equipment manufacturers will be in China next month exhibiting at HOTELEX Chengdu 2014. The show, Aug. 8-10 at Chengdu Century City Int’l. Convention and Exhibition Center, provides a one-stop ordering and information platform for hospitality and food industry professionals in seven themed sectors: Catering Equipment & Supply, Bakery, Tableware, Textile, Appliance…
Although the 100 exhibitors at Foodex Saudi 2014 skew heavily toward food rather than equipment and supplies, there might be no better place to learn about the Middle East foodservice market and halal dietary needs than at this Nov. 17-20 show. More than 15,000 visitors and buyers from Saudi Arabia and the Gulf Coast countries…
Improving economies and consumer confidence in Northern Europe helped push restaurant traffic higher, while the young Russian foodservice market continued to boom during the first quarter 2014, according to the latest data from The NPD Group’s CREST research. Harsh weather impeded traffic in the U.S. and Canada during the quarter. Traffic rose 2% in the…
Technomic Inc., the Chicago-based foodservice research firm, released its new 2014 and 2015 operator forecasts to customers before the National Restaurant Association Restaurant, Hotel-Motel Show held May 17-20 in Chicago. The new predictions take into account this winter’s brutal weather on foodservice sales and the run-up in wholesale food prices since the first of the…
Casual-dining chains, while still a small segment of the Australian foodservice landscape, have been posting above-average growth rates, according to a study of the market from research firm