THE APPLAUSE AUGURING WELL FOR
2016’S EDITION
One of the highlights of the exhibition was its “Mirror Award Night”that credits the best in the hospitality and catering industry as well as a time of networking for companies in various segments. Among the awards conferred were “Top 10 Best Hotel Supplier”, “Top 10 Best Hotel Supplies Brand”, “Top 10 Best Catering Supplies Brand”, “Top 10 Best Catering Supplier”, “Top 10 Best Marketing Promotion”, “Top 10 Best Hotel Engineering & Design Supplier”, “Top 10 Best Hotel Designer”, “Best Sponsor”, “Best Boutique Hotel”, “Best Partner”, “Best Innovation” and “Mirror Gold Award”.
The 15 themes at HOTELEX included Catering Equipment Supply, Tableware, Appliance & Amenities, Textile, IT & Security, Fitness & Leisure, Food & Beverage, Coffee & Tea, Bakery & Ice Cream, Wine & Spirits, Hotel Building, Hotel Engineering, Hotel Design, Hotel Furniture and Hotel Cleaning. With everything under one roof, the 24th edition of the show registered a total of 96508 professional visitors, an 18.3% increase from 2014, covering a total of 250,000 sqm in exhibiting area.
With the coffee movement experiencing steady growth, HOTELEX was also a place to be as it held the China Barista, China Latte Art, China Cup Tasters Championships and China Brewers Cup. The cheer for participants turned into one for the organiser as World Coffee Events (WCE) announced it will be bringing 4 of its Championships to HOTELEX 2016! The crowd also mar veled at skills of participants contesting in pizza making, gelato making, baking, cooking, bar tending, hotel room technical skills, fashion drinks and so forth. Providing a comprehensive over view of the industry was the forums that looked at Foodservice in the 21st Century, Sustainability in Hospitality Industry and so forth. Professionals came to share their latest knowledge on the dynamics of the market thus improving the relationship between suppliers and buyers for the development of hospitality and catering industry.
HOTELEX 2016 will be held from March 29 – April 1 at Shanghai New International Expo Center. For enquiries and information, visit www.hotelex.cn
