Events & TradeshowsNewsVol 27

HOSTMILANO 2019

By February 8, 2020No Comments


THE WORLD’S TRENDS STOP AT HOSTMILANO
Training, innovation and new partnerships with the US market.

Today’s news and tomorrow’s trends. In short, the very best on offer from the HoReCa and Retail worlds. If excellence Made in Italy and the talent for innovation have always been paramount at HostMilano (Fiera Milano, from 18 to 22 October 2019), the event’s role as the place-tobe for the hospitality industry becomes more and more international with every edition. The proof is in the figures available today, with 50 countries represented, with a total of 1,653 companies, 949 of which Italian (57.41 % of the total) and 704 international (42.59%), seven months before the kick-off.

US AND AMERICA AMONG HOST’S FOCUS MARKETS
Host is the perfect global equipment hub, focusing on the United States and Canada but also on the Americas in general, this being one of the regions with the greatest growth potential in the sector. Evidence of this potential lies in the presence of US companies at recent editions of the event (+11% in 2017 compared to two years earlier), and in the higher number of visitors arriving from the other side of the Atlantic (8% of the total). The special link with the American continent is reinforced by the numerous agreements signed with important American trade associations, all with a view to increasing knowledge of the Italian market by US members. Like the partnership with the FEDA Foodservice Equipment Distributors Association, an organisation which unites 255 distributors capable of generating 75% of the business of the US Ho.Re.Ca supply and vending machine industry. And those entered into with the FCSI – Foodservice Consultants Society International; SEFA, Supply and Equipment Foodservice Alliance; NEWH – The Hospitality Equipment Network; Restaurants Canada; IDC – Interior Designers of Canada; CAMAACAD, Canadian Automation Merchandising Association, and ACODRES – Asociación Colombiana de la industria gastronómica. Ties with the States are consolidated by the certification issued by the U.S. Commercial Service in the last 3 editions and requested again in 2019, making HostMilano the only event in the sector to have received it in Italy, and one of the few at international level.

USA: ITALIAN EXPORTS ARE GROWING, BUT THERE’S ROOM FOR MORE
As far as the export market is concerned, if Italy has confirmed its occupancy of the top spot in the global ranking in the last twelve months, the US market continues to be not only one of the most important in the world, but also one of those with the biggest growth margins for commodities Made in Italy. An example is provided by the events that have taken place in Professional catering machinery, equipment and accessories, in which the United Stated imported goods worth 9.1 billion euros in 2017, only a small percentage (2%) of which were from Italy (with a value of 167 billion euros).

In the last twelve months, however, the US has confirmed its position as the world’s leading country in the Furnishing & Food sector (leadership confirmed by forecasts for 2022, with 24.5% of the market share), despite purchases from Italy (1.9% in 2017) remaining modest, although some growth is taking place in the Furniture, furnishings and home textiles sectors.

Excellent results are coming from the Coffee – Coffee Maker – Vending Machine sector: the United States market’s total imports in the sector were 2.2 billion euros in 2017, with a net majority of this figure coming from High End products and Italian leadership in coffee makers.

Italy’s leadership is also evident in Bread baking machinery and equipment. Here, Italian exports lead the world ranking, with the US being the main export market, and are forecast to increase their lead from now until 2021. In 2017, the US market imported 203 million euros worth of Bread baking machinery and equipment, with over 30% coming from Italy (with a value of 61.4 million euros), all of which in the Premium Price segment.

A MENU FULL OF EVENTS, WITH CONTESTS, TRAINING AND SMART LABEL INNOVATION
Hundreds of events, workshops, presentations of data and research, tastings, training sessions and exciting competitions will be taking place. Business and networking are important at Hostmilano, but they aren’t everything. While the event menu includes the constant search for tomorrow’s trends, there is a very strong focus on appointments that those who want to be “formed” and “informed” on the non-stop evolution of the Ho.Re.Ca sector really shouldn’t miss.

Hospitality and innovation become the pair to celebrate with an absolutely unique award: SMART Label, Host Innovation award, the contest held by Fiera Milano and HostMilano, in partnership with POLI.Design, Consorzio del Politecnico di Milano with the patronage of ADI – Associazione Italiana per il Disegno Industriale. As in past editions, the level of innovation and the “smartest solutions” will be assessed by an international jury composed of five members, including university professors, professionals and experts with extensive experience in design, hospitality and energy saving. They will have to choose the candidate products, services and projects based on the following criteria: efficient functions of products and services, efficacy of products and ease of use of services, and innovative usability of technologies and benefits for users.

But it doesn’t end there, because, remaining within the scope of the Smart Label project, this year there will also be something new – Design Talks: seven professional seminars providing updates for architects, experts and operators in the trade offering a user-centric approach, with a focus on digital transformation.

For more information and updates, visit: www.host.fieramilano.it, @HostMilano, #Host2019