4. F&B PRESENCE IN THE INTERNATIONAL VILLAGE FOR 2015
The International Village has grown this year with companies from 45 countries on board and featuring a host of new brands. Larger country pavilions for 2015 include Italy and Turkey.
Designer tableware and kitchenware manufacturer Sambonet and Rosenthal Porcelain will be exhibiting, jointly offering a full range of dinnerware, holloware and flatware designed for hotel and professional catering clients.
Another Italian firm, Luigi Bormioli, will also be present at the show. Some of its new products include Grangusto, a new collection created for all fine wines and for the sales/service of wine by the glass. It will also launch a new product line featuring glass with a mirror finish, exceptional surface hardness, anti-scratch, and protects liquid contained from damaging UV rays. It has also extended the successful range Thermic Glass Food & Design with five single serving containers with handles, hand-made in borosilicate double-wall.
With production of approximately 70 million units per year, 22 stores and many outlets, Porland Porselen will launch its new product, Alumilite, following a five year R&D effort. The brand’s representative said: “Alumilite has a stiff structure similar to hard-paste porcelain, a translucent look, high mechanical resistance, a hard surface and is creamy white in colour — an indispensable feature of soft-paste porcelains.”
5. F&B EXHIBITORS GOING BIGGER FOR 2015
L’espace International Company, a supplier of top-quality, ultra-modern products and equipment to hotels, hospitals, restaurants, kitchens, palaces and villas, are hosting a bigger stand and product range at The Hotel Show Dubai for 2015. Brands the company supplies include: Tonino Lamborghini, LG Electronics and Candola, meanwhile recent projects include Al Misbah Golf Club, Hilton Kuwait Resort and Le Méridien Kuwait.
A L’espace spokesperson said: “Having well-established ties with renowned international companies across Europe, America and the Far East, we commenced our Kuwait operations in 2001. Currently, L’espace International Company is extending its business activities, to supply its entire range of products across the Middle East.”
8 THINGS YOU DIDN’T KNOW ABOUT The Hotel Show 2014:
- 17,772 total attendees from 98 visiting countries
- 596 international exhibitors from 45 different countries
- 200 exhibitors represented horeca / operating equipment & supplies
- 63% of visitors were key decision–makers, purchasers or buyers — 21% with purchasing responsibility in excess of US $1mn
- 53.4% of visitors were chefs, hospitality and catering professionals
- 61% of visitors were from hospitality, hotels & accommodation, arts, entertainment & recreation, restaurants, bars & fast-food, and catering
- 11.6% of total attendees were at the show specifically to source kitchen and catering equipment
- US $6.2mn worth of business was secured on-site
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