Vietnam’s biggest food and hospitality tradeshow got a lot bigger this fall. The sixth biennial

KITTREDGE FOODSERVICE EQUIPMENT & SUPPLY has several changes in its sales management team. Jeffrey Mackey has been promoted to v.p.-sales and will continue to manage a 25-strong sales force covering greater New England. Three employees have been promoted to New England regional managers: Cynthia Lummus (Southern), Dennis Reardon (Central), and Bob Beattie (Northern). Beattie also…

With 700 exhibitors signed up and 30,000 attendees expected, the 96th Annual International Hotel, Motel + Restaurant Show opening next weekend will be a hot ticket. The show kicks off Nov. 13-15 at New York’s Jacob K. Javits Convention Center, after a full day of conference and networking activities on Nov. 12. The show is…

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BLANCO CS (Customized Solutions) has announced Frank Höck and Robert Götz will assume, respectively, domestic and export control of the Catering Systems business unit. Martin Braun will lead the German company’s new Food Presentation and Front Cooking Centre, which will process tasks and customer requests. Braun has been a key account manager for the last…

Paul Haviland has been named COO for WINSTON INDUSTRIES, with responsibilities spanning the strategic and operational leadership of the company’s worldwide organization. Haviland joined the Louisville, Ky., manufacturer 27 years ago and previously served as manager-administration.

Environmental factors such as energy and water use, lighting and ventilation are shaping 21st century restaurant design. Noise might be the next frontier, if a former restaurateur and retired chief building inspector for San Francisco has his way. Citing the newly adopted state code that will control decibel levels in school classrooms, Richard Skaff recently…

More than 7,300 restaurants and other small businesses in San Bernadino County, Calif., can breathe a sigh of relief. As of Nov. 1, they are exempt from a month-old state regulation on compressed gas, including the carbon dioxide used in soda dispensers. The law in question, Assembly Bill 408, addressed hazardous-material compliance issues and stated…